Tag: Politics
Cook Islanders get ready to go to the polls – choice...
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...
Why The Conversation will focus on policy over personality in Australian...
COMMENTARY: By Misha Ketchell, The Conversation
The bell has been rung, the shadow campaign is now official, and Australia heads to the polls on May...
Decolonisation in New Caledonia – who decides the future?
In this second of three articles from Noumea, Dr Lee Duffield learns about multicultural Kanaky/New Caledonia and the events that led to their referendum...
‘Keep PNG great’ farewell message from the Grand Chief
By Gloria Bauai in Port Moresby
"I’m leaving with good memories of the country," says Papua New Guinea's Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare.
“Who would have...
Mereoni Chung: Through social media, Fiji’s youth challenge the political elite
Fiji Television News on the arrests of two former prime ministers and a trade unionist among others taking part in the Dialogue Forum.
OPINION: By...
PNG MPs are told: ‘Don’t interfere with elections’
By Peter S. Kinjap in Port Moresby
The governor of the Papua New Guinea Western Highlands, Paias Wingti, has called on politicians not to interfere...
No Nauru election visa for SBS journalist despite presidential handshake
By Stefan Armbruster in Brisbane
SBS World News has not been granted a journalist visa to cover Nauru’s general election this weekend, despite a direct...
Solomon Islands, Vanuatu condemn Papuan rights violations at UN hearing
The Solomon Islands and Vanuatu have condemned the "unresolved" human rights violations in West Papua by Indonesian security forces, saying they have continued in...
MSG too political and ‘lost its Melanesian integrity’, says Vanuatu envoy
By Godwin Ligo in Port Vila
The Vanuatu Ambassador to Brussels, Roy Mickey Joy, says the Melanesian Spearhead Group is too politicised, has lost its...
PNG’s Unitech votes for class boycott, students demand PM steps down
Unitech's Vice-Chancellor Dr Albert Schram pictured in EMTV video of student unrest updates.
By Scott Waide in Lae
An overwhelming majority of students at Papua New...
Regenvanu warns over ‘misleading’ media speculation on Vanuatu government
From Vanuatu Daily Post
The president of the Graon mo Jastis Pati (GJP), Ralph Regenvanu, has called on local and foreign media organisations to be...
Vanuatu winning poll candidate signs over 100pc of salary to chiefs
From Vanuatu Daily Post
By Len Garae in Port Vila
Provisional successful candidate for North Ambae Alickson Vira has kept his promise in the Vanuatu snap...
Three Kalsakau brothers make Vanuatu political history – all elected
Report from Pacific Media Watch
By Godwin Ligo in Port Vila
For the first time in Vanuatu’s political history since 1980, three Kalsakau brothers from the...
