Tag: Parliament

RNZ Pacific A woman candidate appears to have won a seat for the first time in Vanuatu in more than a decade in unofficial results...

COMMENTARY: By Wadan Narsey There is a shameful public tragedy unfolding day by day as the Bainimarama government tries to stop a potential political candidate,...

By Moana Ellis, Local Democracy Reporter The swearing in of Labour list MP Soraya Peke-Mason to Parliament on October 25 will mark a milestone for...

By Māni Dunlop, Māori news director, and Ashleigh McCaull of RNZ News It has been a day of celebration and reflection for those who delivered...

By Gorethy Kenneth of the PNG Post-Courier The Conflict group of islands in Papua New Guinea's Milne Bay province cannot be sold to foreign interests,...

ANALYSIS: By Richard Shaw, Massey University The final act in this week’s protest on the lawns of Parliament was the announcement by Destiny Church leader...

RNZ Pacific The Chief Justice of Vanuatu has ordered the amendment of a constitutional application against the dissolution of Parliament to exclude the president of...

RNZ News New Zealand police praised how an anti-government protest at Parliament unfolded today, saying there were no arrests and no trespass orders issued. Police estimated...

By Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific journalist The president of Vanuatu has dissolved the country's Parliament just over halfway through the current four-year-term. President Nikenike Vurobaravu signed...

ANALYSIS: By Frank Bongiorno, Australian National University and Emily Millane, The University of Melbourne The go-to defence of pretty much everyone who is entangled in...

By Koroi Hawkins and Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalists, with reporting and photography from RNZ correspondent Hilaire Bule in Port Vila The Vanuatu Prime Minister...

RNZ News Aotearoa New Zealand's ruling Labour's caucus has unanimously decided to suspend Hamilton West MP Dr Gaurav Sharma effective immediately in the wake of...

By Gorethy Kenneth of the PNG Post-Courier in Port Moresby In a historic first, the Papua New Guinea Parliament has installed Pangu Pati leader and...

By Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea politics -- or for that matter, Parliament -- will no longer be the same any more...

By Don Wiseman, RNZ Pacific senior journalist Cook Islanders go to the polls tomorrow to choose a new 24 member Parliament. Voters will have four parties...

Inside PNG News Papua New Guinea's Governor-General, Sir Bob Dadae, today accepted Electoral Commissioner Simon Sinai's recommendation to extend the date for the 2022 general...

ANALYSIS: By Gavin Ellis The Aotearoa New Zealand Public Media Bill -- introduced to Parliament this week -- will have a long journey before it...

RNZ Pacific A Papua New Guinean economist says the election of women in Parliament will be crucial to advancing gender equality in the country. Papua New...

RNZ Pacific The 142 women running in the Papua New Guinea election are hoping to prove that the PNG Parliament is no longer a male-dominated...

RNZ Pacific The Vanuatu Prime Minister has again failed to push through controversial constitutional changes. These include extending the term of Parliament, changing the definition of...

By Arieta Vakasukawaqa in Suva Former FijiFirst party member and parliamentarian Alifereti Nabulivou claims many Fijians across the country have only one thing in mind:...

RNZ Pacific Vanuatu's Speaker was forced to suspend a special parliamentary sitting today after the opposition and several government MPs did not turn up. They were...