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RNZ News
05-08-2025
- Politics
- RNZ News
Prime Minister in Papa New Guinea to mark 50 years
Pacific politics about 1 hour ago While our foreign minister was a no show for the Cooks Islands celebrations, the Prime Minister has been in Papua New Guinea to mark 50 years of diplomatic ties there. Christopher Luxon spoke to parliament today, before getting a live mortar firing demonstration this afternoon. But it all comes against the backdrop of China's growing influence in the Pacific region. Political Reporter Russell Palmer has been travelling with the Prime Minister and spoke to Lisa Owen.
ABC News
04-07-2025
- Politics
- ABC News
China's military base not welcomed here says Fiji PM
On the program this week: Fiji's prime minister says he's against China gaining a military base in the Pacific, but he remains unconvinced that's Beijing's aim. Vanuatu's leader says he won't sign a landmark new strategic pact with Australia unless Canberra allows visa-free access for its citizens Climate stand off as Australia and Turkiye's bid to host COP 31 goes down to the wire. Election fever in Samoa as voters prepare to go to the polls on August 29. Pacific women journalists say they're facing a new challenge, with many being targeted online and on social media. First Nation group pays respect to Vanuatu's chiefs' nakamal.
ABC News
29-05-2025
- Politics
- ABC News
Fiji president suspends anti-corruption chief, fires deputy
On the program today: Drama in Fiji as the head of the country's anti-corruption commission, Barbara Malimali is suspended and her deputy sacked as police investigate her appointment. A series of high profile meetings between Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi and a host of his Pacific counterparts have wrapped up in China. A new parliamentary committee has been set up in Papua New Guinea to protect children who make up 43 per cent of the nation's population. Samoa's former long time prime minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi, believes his party has a good chance of regaining power after the implosion of the ruling FAST Party. It's win or bust, do or die, for head coach Tana Umaga as Moana Pasifika face the Wellington Hurricanes this weekend, for a shot at the playoffs. Fijian Drua co-captain Tevita Ikanivere and lock forward Isoa Nasilasila will become the first players to have made 50 Super Rugby appearances for Fthe iji team. Despite her footballing genes, getting out on the pitch wasn't always on the cards for Bella-May Fa'arodo. We meet the young footballer who's been turning heads at regional level.
ABC News
18-05-2025
- Politics
- ABC News
Fiji government warned of coup in 2000, says former US embassy staff member
It's been exactly 25 years now since one of Fiji's darkest days. The 2000 Fiji coup. Nirmal Singh Cheema, who worked for the US Embassy in Suva, says he had been made aware about the threat of a coup and had warned the Chaudry Government beforehand. A Pacific community leader in Australia who fought for the resumption of commercial kava imports. Fears they could be stopped again now that kava smuggling into the Northern Territory, where it's banned, has also resumed. After surviving two recent attempts to remove her from office, Samoa's Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa is facing mounting pressure to call an early election. Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele is pledging financial support for the Solomon Islands National Institute of Sport on an annual basis. Women are hugely under-represented in the marine industries workforce across the world, making up just twenty nine percent of the workforce. Photos of Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister James Marape playing basketball have been making waves on PNG social media.
