Tag: Parliament

RNZ Pacific Samoa's Parliament has been formally dissolved, and an early election is set to take place within three months. After months of political instability and...

By Grace Tinetali-Fiavaai, RNZ Pacific journalist Its official. Samoa's Parliament will be dissolved next week and the country will have an early return to the...

RNZ Pacific Prime Minister Fiamē Naomi Mata'afa has advised Samoa's head of state that it is necessary to dissolve Parliament so the country can...

By Layla Bailey-McDowell, RNZ Māori news journalist Legal experts and Māori advocates say the fight to protect Te Tiriti is only just beginning -- as...

By Don Wiseman, RNZ Pacific senior journalist The parties involved in talks aimed at resolving an impasse over Bougainville's push for independence are planning to...

By Moera Tuilaepa-Taylor, RNZ Pacific manager International Women's Day, March 8, is an opportunity to celebrate the achievements of women around the world. Closer to home,...

By Leah Lowonbu Vanuatu has celebrated the reconstruction of the national council of chiefs meeting house, called the Malvatumauri nakamal, destroyed by fire two years...

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...

Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation has misled the Australian Parliament and is liable to prosecution -- not that government will lift a finger to enforce...

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...

RNZ Pacific Samoa's prime minister and the five other ousted members of the ruling FAST Party are reportedly challenging their removal. FAST chair La'auli Leuatea Schmidt...

COMMENTARY: By Lagipoiva Cherelle Jackson and Junior S. Ami With just over a year left in her tenure as Prime Minister of Samoa, Fiame Naomi...

By Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific editor in Port Vila More than 180,000 registered voters are expected to cast their votes today with polls now open...

COMMENTARY: By Monika Singh The lack of women representation in parliaments across the world remains a vexed and contentious issue. In Fiji, this problem has again...

Pacific Media Watch New Zealand’s leading daily newspaper has joined the debate about the haka that stunned Parliament and the nation last week, defending the...

By Lillian Hanly, RNZ News political reporter, Craig McCulloch, RNZ deputy political editor, and Te Manu Korihi Te Pāti Māori's extraordinary display of protest --...

RNZ News New Zealand's controversial Treaty Principles Bill passed its first reading in Parliament today and will now go to the Justice Committee for consideration...

By Lillian Hanly, RNZ News political reporter Survivors of abuse in care arrived at Parliament today to hear the formal apology from the state which...

RNZ News A national hīkoi across Aotearoa New Zealand began today in the small Far North town of Te Kāo. Supporters gathered at Pōtahi Marae, before...

By Repeka Nasiko in Suva "Let other people decide your salaries" is the latest message in the Fiji parliamentary pay controversy. This is the call of...

PNG Post-Courier Papua New Guinea's Police Commissioner David Manning has commended the coordinated efforts between police and defence intelligence units in the lead up to...

By Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific editor Police in Solomon Islands are on high alert ahead of the election of the prime minister today. The two candidates...