Tag: Taxpayers
NZ election 2023: Raucous Northland debate crowd rails at covid, te...
By Peter de Graaf, RNZ News
Northland MP Willow-Jean Prime walked into the lion's den when she took part in an election debate in Kerikeri...
NZ govt says it ‘honoured’ Solomons support, rejects Sogavare’s claims
By Kelvin Anthony, RNZ Pacific lead digital and social media journalist, and Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific editor
The New Zealand government has rejected claims by...
Elitist, insensitive, blatant abuse of taxpayer money – PNG’s Coronation trip...
SPECIAL REPORT: By Scott Waide, RNZ Pacific PNG correspondent
It was a tumultuous week in Papua New Guinea after a 30 member delegation returned from...
‘My daughter didn’t misuse public funds’ says PNG’s under fire minister
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby
A defiant Foreign Affairs Minister Justin Tkatchenko says he will not resign over the furore surrounding his daughter Savannah’s...
PNG foreign minister defends daughter over ‘flaunting’ coronation trip video
ABC PACIFIC BEAT: By Marian Faa and Belinda Kora
Papua New Guinea's foreign minister has vehemently defended his daughter against a furious backlash to a...
$889k-plus in Fiji taxpayer funds paid out to Vatis Communications
By Timoci Vula in Suva
Fiji’s Department of Information spent $889,234.84 in taxpayer funds to the Fiji-owned company Vatis Communications until its contract was terminated...
New Tongan minister travels to NZ for medical treatment amid policy...
By Kalino Latu in Auckland
Tonga's new Minister of Agriculture, Food and Forests, Viliami Hingano, is currently in New Zealand for medical tests after the...
