Tag: Parliament

By Jamie Tahana, RNZ Pacific journalist Samoa's incoming prime minister has called for the caretaker Human Rights Protection Party (HRPP) government to relinquish power so...

RNZ News Samoa's Prime Minister-elect says she does not think the accusation of treason by the incumbent leader holds sway and suggested he his having...

RNZ Pacific Samoa's election-winning FAST party leader Fiame Naomi Mata'afa has been named the country's first woman Prime Minister, in a swearing-in ceremony her rival...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Samoa's judiciary sent a powerful message today to the other two branches of the country's democracy amid a political crisis branded...

By Jamie Tahana, RNZ Pacific journalist Samoa's constitutional crisis deepened today with the party that commands the majority of seats locked out of Parliament, but...

By Michael Field of The Pacific Newsroom New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has appealed for people in Samoa to uphold its democracy and institutions. Speaking...

RNZ Pacific An urgent legal challenge against a shock proclamation by the Samoan head of state is being heard in the Supreme Court Chambers in...

RNZ Pacific Samoa's Head of State has agreed to convene Parliament in order to swear in the members elected in April's general election after weeks...

By Barney Orere in Port Moresby The five reserved seats for women being put forward by Papua New Guinea's special parliamentary committee on gender-based violence...

COMMENTARY: By Golriz Ghahraman Tomorrow I will move a motion calling on the New Zealand Parliament to join the Green Party in recognising the rights...

RNZ News Māori Party co-leader Rawiri Waititi has been ejected from New Zealand's Parliament for doing a haka in protest against questions by the Opposition...

ANALYSIS: By Meriana Johnsen, RNZ News political reporter It was supposed to chart a new way forward but He Puapua, a report on how the...

By Rebecca Kuku in Port Moresby Papua New Guinean Prime Minister James Marape has defended the adjournment of Parliament for four months, saying this is...

By RNZ News New Zealand's parliamentary Speaker has offered an olive branch to Māori Party co-leader Rawiri Waititi over his refusal to wear a tie...

By RNZ Pacific The Speaker of Fiji's Parliament has rejected calls from the opposition to debate the controversial deportation of the University of the South...

Pacific Media Watch newsdesk In the wake of Twitter’s decision to shut down President Donald Trump’s accounts for good, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has proposed...

By Johnny Blades, RNZ Pacific journalist Papua New Guinea's prime minister has urged the public to not get caught up in the country's political crisis...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk The Papua New Guinea Parliament has passed the 2021 national budget with more than half of MPs - including the opposition...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Prime Minister James Marape says his executive is still in control for the next three weeks for doing state business, passing...

By RNZ News Former Green Party MP Keith Locke says his contemporaries should stay out of the New Zealand cabinet in order to remain critical...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk The Catholic professionals group has filed an application in Papua New Guinea's Supreme Court to intervene in last month's challenge on...

By Katrina Tanirau of the Cook islands News Parliament’s Speaker Niki Rattle has ruled against banning Cook Islands News political editor Rashneel Kumar from reporting...