Tag: Snap Election
Samoan PM Fiamē advises dissolution of parliament, calls for snap elections
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...
Vanuatu polling underway in snap election one month after quake
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...
Vanuatu election 2025: Earthquake aftershocks expose high cost of democracy
COMMENTARY: By Anna Naupa
Out of the rubble of last year's 7.3 magnitude earthquake that hit Vanuatu’s capital Port Vila on December 17 and the...
French Pacific prepares for snap elections with mixed expectations
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk
After the surprise announcement of the French National Assembly's dissolution last Sunday, French Pacific territories are...
David Robie: 2022 Pacific political upheavals eclipse Tongan volcano
2022 PACIFIC REVIEW: By David Robie
The Pacific year started with a ferocious eruption and global tsunami in Tonga, but by the year’s end several...
Lobbying begins for new coalition government in Vanuatu after vote
By Hilaire Bule, RNZ Pacific correspondent in Port Vila
Talks among Vanuatu political parties have started for the formation of a coalition government following Thursday's...
Choose majority rule instead of ‘mockery’, warns Vanuatu chief
Report from Pacific Media Watch in Port Vila
By Godwin Ligo of the Vanuatu Daily Post
Port Vila-based Ambrym chief Worwor Issac says he has observed...
