Tag: Taneti Maamau

COMMENTARY: By Barbara Dreaver, 1News Pacific correspondent There has rightly been much debate and analysis over New Zealand’s decision to review the aid it gives...

A NZ-born Kiribati member of Parliament, Ruth Cross Kwansing, has tried to bring in some Pacific common sense into the diplomatic tiff between her...

By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific Bulletin editor/presenter Kiribati President Taneti Maamau was unable to meet New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters because he had "a...

RNZ Pacific Foreign Minister Winston Peters has confirmed New Zealand's aid for Kiribati is being reviewed after its President and Foreign Minister cancelled a meeting...

By Don Wiseman, RNZ Pacific senior journalist The I-Kiribati people will go to the polls for the first round of voting today. Ballots are expected to...

By Don Wiseman, RNZ Pacific senior journalist An Australian-born judge in Kiribati could well face deportation later this week after a tribunal ruling that he...

RNZ Pacific A former president of Kiribati warns the crisis involving the island nation's government and the courts has left the country with a "dysfunctional...

By Eleisha Foon, RNZ Pacific at the Pacific Islands Forum in Suva Former Kiribati President Anote Tong suspects a major agreement is "cooking" between Beijing...

RNZ Pacific Kiribati's sudden withdrawal from the Pacific Islands Forum without wider political discussion by the government is out of order, the country's opposition leader...

RNZ Pacific A Pacific journalist believes the Kiribati government has been coerced by Beijing to accommodate China's foreign minister's visit. Kiribati authorities have confirmed that Wang...

By Barbara Dreaver, TV1 News Pacific correspondent Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi is to visit Kiribati on Friday for four hours as part of a...