Tag: Governance
Superpower rivalry makes Pacific aid a bargaining chip – vulnerable nations...
ANALYSIS: By Sione Tekiteki, Auckland University of Technology
The A$140 million aid agreement between Australia and Nauru signed last week is a prime example of...
NFP president slams Labour leader for ‘hallucinating’ about Fiji governance
By Anish Chand in Nadi, Fiji
National Federation Party president Parmod Chand has described Fiji Labour Party leader Mahendra Chaudhry as a “self-professed champion of...
Paul Buchanan: All in all, Trump’s election is a calamity in...
COMMENTARY: By Paul G Buchanan
Surveying the wreckage of the US elections, here are some observations that have emerged:
Campaigns based on hope do not always...
Fiji state appeals Banimarama and Qiliho sentences in corruption case
RNZ Pacific
Fiji's Acting Public Prosecutor has filed an appeal against the sentences of former prime minister Voreqe Bainimarama and suspended police chief Sitiveni Qiliho...
‘Performing monkeys for colonial institutions’ – Pacific adviser quits NZ Rugby
By Eleisha Foon, RNZ Pacific senior journalist
Prominent Pasifika community leader Pakilau Manase Lua has resigned from New Zealand Rugby's (NZR) Pasifika Advisory Group, saying...
Waitangi 2024: how NZ’s Tiriti strengthens democracy and checks unbridled power
ANALYSIS: By Dominic O'Sullivan, Charles Sturt University
The ACT Party’s election promise of a referendum for Aotearoa New Zealand to redefine and enshrine the “principles”...
Long term plan needed for underlying PNG problems, says academic
By Don Wiseman, RNZ Pacific senior journalist
Academic Andrew Anton Mako says the Papua New Guinea's systemic dysfunction was plain to see in the rioting...
War on Gaza: The US plan to revamp Palestinian Authority is...
ANALYSIS: By Samer Jaber
For two months now, the United States and other Western countries backing Israel have been talking about “the day after” in...
Richard Naidu: Money, politics and fear – yet FFP’s millions still...
ANALYSIS: By Richard Naidu in Suva
It has been six months now, but I have to make a strange admission. I miss the laughs I...
Fiji PM Rabuka downplays ‘loyalist’ nepotism allegations
By Kelvin Anthony, RNZ Pacific lead digital and social media journalist
Fiji's Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka has played down criticism he is leading an administration...
PNG police ‘lack accountability, governance’, warns commissioner
By Marjorie Finkeo in Port Moresby
The Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary "has a gap" in its accountability and governance in the organisation, warns Police...
Transparency PNG calls for further charges over ‘worrying’ Paraka case
RNZ Pacific
Transparency International Papua New Guinea has welcomed the conviction of lawyer Paul Paraka as the police confirm they are widening the investigation into...
Additional budget funds earmarked for USP arrears, says Prasad
By Repeka Nasiko in Lautoka
The University of the South Pacific will be receiving additional funding from the Fiji government in the 2023-2024 national budget,...
NZ’s Media Freedom Council slams mayor Brown’s ban attempt as ‘insult...
RNZ News
New Zealand's Media Freedom Council has called Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown's exclusion of some media outlets from his budget speech today "unacceptable".
In an...
Blinken, Daki sign controversial US-PNG defence pact after day of protests
The National, Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea yesterday intialled a defence cooperation agreement with the United States amid day-long protests against the signing by university...
Rob Campbell: Are diversity policies backfiring in business – or am...
Corporate diversity and inclusion have become more about profits than about recognising the rights of women and minorities, argues ousted Te Whatu Ora chair...
NZ’s Waitangi Day 2023 – why Article 3 of the Treaty...
ANALYSIS: By Alexander Gillespie, University of Waikato; Claire Breen, University of Waikato, and Valmaine Toki, University of Waikato
The heated (and often confused) debate about...
Iwi leaders warn Hipkins not to bow over Three Waters co-governance
By Jamie Tahana, RNZ News Te Ao Māori journalist at Waitangi, and Russell Palmer, digital political journalist
Iwi leaders in Aotearoa New Zealand have accused opposition...
Future of Fiji’s democracy at stake over coalition, warns Ratuva
By Felix Chaudhary in Suva
New Zealand-based Fijian academic Professor Steven Ratuva says that if the coalition government is strong, resilient and lasts, “this will...
Fiji’s President suspends police chief Qiliho and prisons boss Kean
RNZ Pacific
The President of Fiji has suspended the country's chief of police and its head of prison services following advice from the Constitutional Offices...
Sepuloni’s ‘historic’ appointment symbolic for NZ, say Pacific leaders
RNZ News
Leaders in Aotearoa New Zealand's Pacific community believe the appointment of the country's first deputy prime minister of Pacific descent will bring positive...
NZ’s incoming PM Chris Hipkins singles out ‘global inflation pandemic’ as...
RNZ News
Incoming Prime Minister Chris Hipkins of Aotearoa New Zealand has signalled tackling the "inflation pandemic" will be a top priority for his cabinet's...