Tag: Vanuatu elections
Vanuatu risks return to all-male parliament in snap election in spite...
By Leah Lowonbu in Port Vila
Vanuatu’s only incumbent female parliamentarian has lost her seat in a snap election leaving only one woman candidate in...
Leaders Party on track to be Vanuatu’s largest bloc as coalition...
By Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific editor in Port Vila and Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk
Vanuatu's Parliament is starting to take shape...
Vanuatu one month on: aftershocks, a no-go zone and anxiety
By Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific editor in Port Vila
Today marks one month since a 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck Vanuatu's capital, Port Vila, claiming 14 lives,...
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 minister calls for referendum voters in spite of Nouméa crisis
By Tensly Sumbe
Vanuatu's Elections Minister Johnny Koanapo is urging every Ni-Vanuatu person living in New Caledonia to take part in the upcoming vote for...
Ishmael Kalsakau elected Vanuatu PM, applause for Gloria King swearing in
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific reporter, and Hilaire Bule, RNZ correspondent in Port Vila
Ishmael Kalsakau was elected today unopposed as the 13th Prime Minister...
Independents, minor parties needed to form Vanuatu government
RNZ Pacific
The results of Vanuatu's snap election have been released, but it is not clear who has come out on top.
The official results have...
Vanuatu may have first woman MP in decade, say poll reports
RNZ Pacific
A woman candidate appears to have won a seat for the first time in Vanuatu in more than a decade in unofficial results...
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...
Vanuatu snap election: International observers arrive for key vote
By Hiliare Bule, RNZ News correspondent in Port Vila
Forty nine regional and international observers have arrived in Vanuatu to monitor the running of...