Tag: Leadership
PNG has lost a ‘vibrant and visionary’ leader, says grand chief...
PNG Post-Courier
Governor-General Grand Chief Sir Bob Dadae has described Papua New Guinea's late Deputy Prime Minister Sam Basil as a vibrant and visionary leader...
The value of virtue: 7 reasons why Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s crisis leadership...
ANALYSIS: By Suze Wilson, Massey University and Toby Newstead, University of Tasmania
The war in Ukraine would test even the most hardened political operator: millions...
Gordon Campbell: On gendered perceptions in Aotearoa politics
COMMENTARY: By Gordon Campbell
In recent weeks, barely a day has gone by without Christopher Luxon demonstrating the chasm of ability that exists between the...
From ‘pretty communist’ to ‘Jabcinda’ – what’s behind the vitriol directed...
ANALYSIS: By Suze Wilson, Massey University
With recent polling showing National edging ahead of Labour for the first time in two years, Jacinda Ardern’s previously...
PM ‘must take responsibility’ for Honiara tragedy, says Wale
By Robert Iroga in Honiara
Opposition leader Matthew Wale has rejected the prime minister’s claim that he and other opposition members were behind last week's...
PNG’s Pangu Pati entangled in new legal row over female president
By Jeffrey Enapa in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea’s ruling Pangu Pati is entangled in another internal dispute just six months before the issue of...
Michael Somare – the passing of a great man, Sana, the...
By Scott Waide in Lae, Papua New Guinea
Sir Michael was a man of many titles. He was father, grandfather and chief.
As a tribal leader,...
PNG Supreme Court dismisses challenge to Marape’s election
By RNZ Pacific
Papua New Guinea's Supreme Court has dismissed a legal challenge over the election of James Marape as prime minister last year.
The challenge...
‘Common goal – oust government’, says NZ’s new National leader Collins
By RNZ News
New Zealand's National Party has elected Judith Collins as its new leader to replace Todd Muller, with Gerry Brownlee as her deputy...
Muller’s ‘bolt from blue’ resignation leaves election hoardings standing
ANALYSIS: By Liam Hehir
The detailed reasons for opposition National Party leader Todd Muller's shock resignation are something we are not yet given to know....
USP students, staff call on council to drop ‘harassment’ of Ahluwalia
By Soli Wilson in Apia
A power struggle at the University of the South Pacific is continuing despite students and staff warning that it now...
NZ lockdown – day 21: 20% pay cut for PM, ministers...
By RNZ News
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, government ministers and public service chief executives will take a 20 percent pay cut for the...
‘I’ll resign if found guilty’, pledges PM Marape over UBS loan...
Deputy Prime Minister Davis Steven has been tasked to set boundaries on the terms of reference and set a timeframe to complete Papua New...
Embattled O’Neill ‘handing over’ PNG’s leadership to Chan
Prime Minister Peter O'Neill steps down from the top job and hands over the reigns to Sir Julius Chan, leader of Peoples Progress Party....
Wrest back PNG from ‘globalised zombies’ and ‘life suckers’, says Juffa
Pacific Media Centre News Desk
Popular Oro Governor Gary Juffa, one of the opposition leaders contesting Papua New Guinea's general election next month, has called...
Obama’s legacy is bittersweet – and its chance of survival hangs...
By Professor Thomas Clark
The grace. The elegance. The deftness of touch. The quick intelligence. The soaring rhetoric. The unlimited aspirations. The hope of a...
Peter Solo Kinjap: Confronting corruption – know our rights and insist...
OPINION: By Peter S. Kinjap in Port Moresby
Many current Papua New Guinean parliamentarians are highly respected individuals in their own areas - successful in...