Tag: Statistics
New Caledonia’s population drops to below 265,000, census reveals
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk
New Caledonia's population has shrunk to 264,596 over the past six years, the latest census, conducted...
Tongan Language Week helping empower NZ’s Tongan youth
By Finau Fonua, RNZ Pacific journalist
Uike Kātoanga'i 'o e lea faka-Tonga, or Tongan Language Week, is under way with schools and community groups organising...
Richard Naidu: The Fawlty Towers government – everything they touch...
By Richard Naidu in Suva
In my household, the 1970s BBC comedy Fawlty Towers is on regular repeat for family entertainment.
Only two years ago it...
Fiji government sacking of chief statistician branded ‘shameful’
By Christine Rovoi, RNZ Pacific journalist
Questions have been raised about why the head of Fiji's Bureau of Statistics was fired by the Bainimarama government...
Crosbie Walsh: What you need to know about opinion polls
ANALYSIS: By Crosbie Walsh
Have you ever noticed, when percentages are used in the print media in reporting political polls, that they almost never add...