Tag: General election
Ships in the night – final day of election campaigning in...
By Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific editor
It is the final day of election campaigning in Solomon Islands and there is a palpable sense of anticipation...
National MP Jian Yang, who admitted training Chinese spies, quits politics
By RNZ News
Opposition National list MP Dr Jian Yang has announced his retirement from New Zealand politics and says he will not stand in...
Trust in government is high in NZ, but will it last...
ANALYSIS: By Richard Shaw of Massey University
New Zealand’s general election is currently set for September 19. Under ordinary circumstances, campaigning for the election and...
Independent, returning MPs dominate new Solomon Islands Parliament
By Koroi Hawkins of RNZ Pacific
Independent and returning MPs dominate the line-up for Solomon Islands new Parliament with all the results in from last...
Commonwealth observer group praises Solomon Islands election
By RNZ Pacific
The Commonwealth observer group has commended the commitment of the people of Solomon Islands to participating peacefully in last Wednesday's national election.
In...
Only two women elected in Solomon Islands – no new females
By SIBC
Two women have been elected out of the 25 female candidates who contested last week's Solomon Islands general election, officials have declared.
They are...
Solomon Islands students ‘denied’ opportunity to vote in election
By Rosalie Nongebatu
As Solomon Islanders headed to the polls on Wednesday to vote for leaders whom they trust will lead them in the next...
Opposition leader calls on Fiji to end ‘betrayal’ of West Papuans
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Fiji's Opposition Leader Ro Teimumu Kepa has called on the government of Fiji to "stop its betrayal" of the people of...
PNG police launching islands region security operation for elections
By Sally Pokiton inn Port Moresby
The 2017 New Guinea Islands national security operation for the general elections will be launched on Manus Island today.
Police...
PNG’s general election faces ‘limbo’ threat over preparations, says Polye
Opposition Leader Don Polye says this year’s general election in Papua New Guinea may be in limbo if the government does not help the...
Peter S. Kinjap: Only a ‘scrub up’, fresh MPs can save...
OPINION: By Peter S. Kinjap in Port Moresby.
The current Papua New Guinea government is being accused of being the most corrupt in the short...