Politics

Tonga’s Acting Prime Minister Samiuela Vaipulu says the government will resolve its differences with the King “the Pacific way”. This comes after the government rejected a directive from the Privy Council, which said King Tupou VI was revoking the ministerial...

New Zealand’s Foreign Minister Winston Peters and the Minister for Health and Pacific Peoples Dr Shane Reti are visiting Tonga, Cook Islands and Samoa this week. This is Peters’ second trip to the region after he visited Fiji in December where he...

Waitangi Day always stirs up emotions for Valeria Gascoigne, a woman with both Samoan and New Zealand Māori parents. “It’s a celebration of being Māori and also Samoan and being proud of both; it’s making me a bit emotional now,”...

Solomon Islanders are set to hit the polls on 17 April. Chief electoral officer Jasper Anisi told the Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation (SIBC) the tentative date of the Governor-General’s proclamation is 20 February. This would mean the elections would take...

Fiji has launched its national energy policy but it comes with warnings for the path ahead. Minister for Agriculture and Waterways Vatimi Rayalu presented the report, which was endorsed by Cabinet last May, on Friday. He said it supports their...

Tuvalu’s senior electoral official has confirmed there will be six new MPs and 10 returning to Parliament following the 2024 general election which saw former Prime Minister Kausea Natano ousted. The country went to the polls on Friday to elect...

Tuvalu is gearing up for its national election tomorrow. Tuvaluans will cast their votes to fill the 16-member parliament when polls open from 8am till 4.30pm Friday, local time. Elections are held every four years on tiny island nation with...

New Caledonia’s Congress has endorsed the postponement of provincial elections that are now no longer to be held in May 2024 as initially scheduled, but not later than 15 December this year. The endorsement was acted earlier this week: 38...

The Papua New Guinea government announced a late night Cabinet reshuffle on Thursday, with six new MPs coming into the executive. It comes during a two week state of emergency, established after rioting and looting left up to 22 people...

Fiji’s three-party coalition government is at risk of collapse after just over 12 months in power following the dismissal of a Cabinet minister on Friday, with calls for Sitiveni Rabuka to step down as prime minister. Rabuka announced the sacking...