Long-serving Niue MP wants ‘democracy observed at all levels in politics’
O'Love, or Veve, Jacobsen has been winning elections in Niue for the past 35 years, apart from a spell when she was the country's...
Cook Islands announces dates and theme for the 52nd Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting
The Government of the Cook Islands has announced that it will host the 52nd Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting (PIFLM52) from 06 - 10...
Several new MPs will be sworn in to the 18th Niue Legislative Assembly after...
Niue voted in several new representatives to the next Fono Ekepule according to the provisional results issued by the Chief Electoral officer Darren Tohovaka...
Pro-independence forces win elections on French Polynesia
Pro-independence forces won elections on France's Pacific territory of French Polynesia, giving them control of affairs on the archipelagos for the next five years...
Former Fiji AG Sayed-Khaiyum charged for abuse of office, to appear in court
Fiji's former Attorney-General and General Secretary of the FijiFirst Party, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum has been charged with one count of Abuse of Office contrary to...
Voters going to the polls in French Polynesia
Voting has started in French Polynesia in the second round to elect a new territorial assembly for a five-year term.
About 200,000 voters can choose...
Senator Kennedy introduces bipartisan U.S and Pacific Islands Forum Partnership Act to counter communist...
U.S senator for Lousiana John Kennedy has introduced the U.S and Pacific Islands Forum Partnership Act to promote diplomacy and combat Communist China’s increased...
Australia to host Quad Leaders’ Summit in Sydney: PM Albanese
Australian Prime Minister says he will host the 2023 Quad Leaders’ Summit in Sydney on 24 May.
It will be the first time Australia has...
One Pacific Voice urged for global plastics treaty
- Burdened by increasing plastic waste, the world is working towards a legally binding treaty to address this global issue across five international meetings.
Our...
Tensions mount in New Caledonia as Kanaks insist on decolonisation
New Caledonia's largest pro-independence party has been told that France is panicking and afraid of losing New Caledonia.
The head of the Caledonian Union Daniel...
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