Tag: Leadership

ANALYSIS: By Matt Fitzpatrick, Flinders University In the late 1960s, the prevailing opinion among Israeli Shin Bet intelligence officers was that the key to defeating...

RNZ Pacific Fiji's Minister for Defence and Veteran Affairs is facing a backlash after announcing that he was undertaking a multi-country, six-week "official travel overseas"...

By Christina Persico, RNZ Pacific bulletin editor Samoan Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa has survived a vote of no confidence after weeks of political turmoil. In...

RNZ Pacific Jotham Napat has been elected as the new prime minister of Vanuatu. Napat was elected unopposed in Port Vila today, receiving 50 votes with...

SPECIAL REPORT: By Lagipoiva Cherelle Jackson and Lilomaiava Maina Vai The Speaker of the House, Papali’i Li’o Taeu Masipau, decisively addressed a letter from FAST,...

By Leah Lowonbu in Port Vila Vanuatu’s only incumbent female parliamentarian has lost her seat in a snap election leaving only one woman candidate in...

EDITORIAL: Samoa Observer, by the editorial board There should be only one reason why people enter politics. It is for the good of the nation...

COMMENTARY: By Anna Naupa Out of the rubble of last year's 7.3 magnitude earthquake that hit Vanuatu’s capital Port Vila on December 17 and the...

ANALYSIS: By Denis Muller, The University of Melbourne ABC chair Kim Williams has attracted considerable attention with his criticism of the broadcaster’s online news choices....

RNZ Pacific The new secretary-general of the Pacific Islands Forum, Baron Waqa, is "well equipped" for the role, Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka says. Waqa, a...

By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist The opposition group in Papua New Guinea's Parliament staged a walkout yesterday after a fiery exchange, amid an ongoing...

RNZ News New Zealand's opposition Labour Party has announced its shadow cabinet to face off against the conservative coalition government. The party endorsed Chris Hipkins as...

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...

By Kelvin Anthony, RNZ Pacific lead digital and social media journalist A leaked document authored by a recently recruited senior University of the South Pacific...

By Diane Wilson in Kokopo Deputy Prime Minister John Rosso has described the late Sir Rabbie Namaliu as a "shining example" of what politicians and...

By Nathan Woti in Port Moresby Prime Minister James Marape has approved the building of a monument of the late Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare...

ANALYSIS: By Peter Wilson, political commentator for RNZ News Tuesday, February 7, at 2pm. That's when New Zealand's new Prime Minister Chris Hipkins' parliamentary year...

COMMENTARY: By Gavin Ellis It is unlikely that the Mayor of Auckland, Wayne Brown, took any lessons from the city’s devastating floods but the rest...

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...

Pacific Media Watch A mother, daughter of a migrant and an “OG Taranaki girl” - they are some of the ways Aotearoa New Zealand's new...

RNZ News Chris Hipkins says the opportunity to become Prime Minister of Aotearoa New Zealand is the biggest privilege of his life and his eyes...

RNZ News Aotearoa New Zealand has become hugely polarised and it is little wonder Jacinda Ardern has decided to call it a day, says Helen...