Tag: US elections
Pacific US territory leaders denounce the storming of Capitol Hill
By RNZ Pacific
The governors of Pacific US territories the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas and Guam have denounced the violent protests in US Congress.
In...
‘Delighting in causing complete chaos’ – behind Trump supporters’ brazen storming...
ANALYSIS: By David Smith, University of Sydney
After weeks of President Donald Trump’s baseless claims about voter fraud and other improprieties costing him the presidential...
Biden presidency likely to be boost for climate change, West Papua...
By Laurens Ikinia in Auckland
US President-elect Joe Biden’s pledge to rejoin the Paris Climate Agreement is “fresh air” news for Pacific Islands countries, say...
American columnist apologises to NZ for ‘scary’ Trump leadership
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
An American columnist and high tech expert has apologised to the people of New Zealand over the “scary” experience of authoritarian...
NZ’s Ardern seeks Biden leadership on climate change, global issues
By RNZ News
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says it is important for New Zealand to have tight connections with the US on big global issues...
Fiji’s Bainimarama first world leader to congratulate Biden – too early
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Fiji's Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama is reported to have become the first world leader to publicly congratulate US President-elect Joe Biden...
Cartoons: Malcolm Evans on the demise of Trump – back to...
'I ain't buying it' - Trump voters protest US election call
Donald Trump was the real winner of The Apprentice
US election -...
Joe Biden edges closer to White House, but faces climate policy...
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Joe Biden is almost certain to be the next president of the United States, ushering in a welcome return to engagement...
Thank goodness for the peaceful poll contrast in NZ to ‘united’...
OPINION: By Crosbie Walsh
As Aotearoa New Zealand waited for the election special votes results there was no talk of violence in the streets or...
Two former NZ prime ministers call for US to restore global...
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Two former New Zealand prime ministers have called for an end to polarisation and the need for "healing" as the US...
With re-election hopes fading, Trump tries for an election win in...
ANALYSIS: By Sarah John, Flinders University
Facing the gradual erosion of early leads in several battleground states — and increasingly likely defeat in the presidential...
Joe Biden headed for narrow victory in US presidential election
ANALYSIS: By Adrian Beaumont, University of Melbourne
Joe Biden is now poised to win the US presidency. The mail-in votes in Wisconsin and Michigan have...
Nightmare ‘haunts US dream’, says leading NZ newspaper
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
A leading New Zealand newspaper has branded the knife-edge US presidential election as a "nightmare" scenario in response to fears of...
With US D-day, the outcome won’t be simply a matter of...
ANALYSIS: By Jennifer S. Hunt, Australian National University
It has been billed as the most significant US election in generations, and with nearly 100 million...
Nik Dirga: The one word that really matters for US election...
OPINION: By Nik Dirga
I conducted a highly scientific study among a handful of my Facebook friends back home in America this week, asking them...