Tag: prime ministers

By Teuila Fuatai, RNZ Pacific senior journalist As Tonga's 26 newly elected representatives turn to choosing a prime minister among them, one potential candidate is...

By Sulamanaia Manaui Faulalo of the Samoa Observer Prime Minister La'aulialemalietoa Leuatea Schmidt says international media are “in the dark” about the reasons behind his...

By Renate Rivers of PMN News Samoa's Prime Minister La'aulialemalietoa Leuatea Polataivao Schmidt has banned the country's only daily newspaper, the Samoa Observer, from all...

RNZ Pacific Samoan Prime Minister La'aulialemalietoa Leuatea Schmidt has returned home after an eight-week absence for medical treatment in New Zealand. La'aulialemalietoa departed Apia for Auckland...

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...

By Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific editor in Port Vila and Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk Vanuatu's Parliament is starting to take shape...

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...

COMMENTARY: By Lopeti Senituli in Nuku'alofa In a highly anticipated session of the Tongan Parliament to debate and vote on the second vote of no...

RNZ Pacific Parliamentarians in Tonga will meet on Christmas Eve to select the kingdom's new prime minister, Speaker of the House Lord Fakafanua has confirmed. He...

By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby Prime Minister James Marape has declared that he will not resign in spite of the defection of many Pangu...

By Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific editor Jeremiah Manele has been elected Prime Minister of Solomon Islands, polling 31 votes to 18 over rival candidate and...

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...

By Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific editor Former opposition leader Matthew Wale has been announced as the second prime ministerial candidate ahead of the election in...

RNZ Pacific The race to form the next government of Solomon Islands could be a tight one, with no single party emerging from the election...

RNZ Pacific The involvement in Tonga's government by King Tupou VI is a return to the "dark ages" for the kingdom, a long time journalist,...

By Kalino Latu, editor of Kaniva Tonga Tonga's Prime Minister Siaosi Sovaleni Hu’akavameiliku has resigned as Minister of Defence in order to appease King upou...

Tonga has been locked in a political standoff between the country's King Tupou VI and Prime Minister Siaosi Sovaleni Hu'akavameiliku which erupted into a...

RNZ Pacific Four-time Vanuatu Prime Minister Sato Kilman has been elected to the top job for a record fifth time in Port Vila, ousting Alatoi...

By Kelvin Anthony, RNZ Pacific journalist in Port Vila and Christine Persico The Vanuatu Supreme Court has ruled in favour of the opposition, which contested...

RNZ Pacific Two men charged with conspiring to murder former Samoan prime minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi have been jailed. Malele Paulo, also known as King Faipopo,...

By Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby The late Sir Rabbie Namaliu’s character and his humble leadership featured well in one of Australia’s top news organisations...

By Diane Wilson in Kokopo Deputy Prime Minister John Rosso has described the late Sir Rabbie Namaliu as a "shining example" of what politicians and...