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Tougher rules on NZ waterway pollution urged - survey
Audio 28 Jan 2019Eighty percent of New Zealanders want tougher rules to protect rivers, lakes and streams from pollution according to the results of a nationwide poll commissioned by Fish and Game. The poll was… Video, Audio
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Dateline Pacific morning edition for 25 January 2019
The leader of the opposition in the Cook Islands has challenged the government to call parliament and test their claim that an opposition MP will cross the floor; Watchdog educating Solomon Islanders… Audio
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Watchdog educating Solomon Islanders ahead of poll
Solomon Islands goes to the polls in a few weeks and ahead of that key event Transparency International is upping its efforts ducation to ensure people are well informed. Audio
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CNMI special elections this March
Special elections to fill a vacant seat in the Northern Marianas House of Representatives will be held this coming March.
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Cook Islands Democratic Party looks to have secured Ivirua seat
The Cook Islands Democratic Party looks set to hold on to its Ivirua seat, according to preliminary results of yesterday's by-election.
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Solomons election date to be released early next month
The date for the Solomon Islands election will be announced next month.
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Dateline Pacific evening edition for 22 January 2019
Audio 22 Jan 2019The Vanuatu Council of Ministers has approved a plan for the restoration of services to Ambae after ongoing volcanic eruptions over the past year and a half forced two mass evacuations and disrupted… Audio
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Dateline Pacific morning edition for 22 January 2019
The Solomon Islands is preparing for historic polls this year, the first under new electoral laws and without an international intervention force in the country; the president of Bougainville, John… Audio
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Solomons prepare for first election post RAMSI
The Solomon Islands is preparing for historic polls this year, the first under new electoral laws and without an international intervention force in the country. Audio
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Why do people refuse to listen to opposing views?
Social psychologist Jeremy Frimer from the University of Winnipeg wanted to know why both liberals and conservatives have become so resistant to one-another's views. So he conducted an experiment. Audio
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Trump angered by Democrats' rejection
US President Donald Trump has attacked Democrats for rejecting his proposals to end the longest government shutdown in US history.
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Trump comments forcing Cohen to rethink plan to testify - lawyer
US President's former attorney Michael Cohen is reconsidering his plan to testify publicly to the US Congress because of Donald Trump's intimidation, an adviser to Mr Cohen says.
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Australian PM heads out to Pacific "backyard"
A visit by Australia's prime minister to Vanuatu and Fiji this week is the first by an Australian prime minister in more than a decade.
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Corbyn demands election over Brexit deadlock
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has stepped up calls for a UK general election "at the earliest opportunity" to "break the deadlock" over Brexit.
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Trump throws 'tantrum' over wall funding
In what Democrats called a "temper tantrum", US President Donald Trump has stormed out of a meeting over funding for a wall along the Mexican border and seeking an end to the shutdown of the…
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No municipal elections for Fiji until "major reforms"
Local council elections will not be held in Fiji until major reforms are made, the government says.
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France reminded to decolonise New Caledonia
Last November's referendum outcome is a reminder to France that it has to accompany New Caledonia to full independence, the territory's pro-independence movement says.
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Cooks Democrats confident of retaining Ivirua seat
The turbulence of recent months in Cook Islands politics is set to continue with the opposition Democratic Party confident it can win a by-election on January 21.
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Gabon coup: Government says situation 'under control'
A spokesperson for the government of Gabon has said the political situation in the country is "under control", following an attempted coup.
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Bangladesh election: 'Gang rape' suspects detained
A court in Bangladesh has remanded seven men in custody, including a local leader of the governing Awami League party, over a suspected gang rape.
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Trump: No compromise on wall with Mexico
"It's a very important battle to win," the president said of the issue that has shut the government down.
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Border wall: No breakthrough in US shutdown talks
Senior Trump administration officials and Democratic congressional staffers have failed to end a partial government shutdown, but will meet again tomorrow.
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Water pollution now public's top concern
A new poll has found freshwater pollution is now worrying New Zealanders more than any other topic.
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DRC heads to the polls for tense, long-delayed presidential vote
Polling stations in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have opened for a presidential election that could lead to the country's first democratic transfer of power.
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Protesters attack Ebola centre in DR Congo
Protesters angry with the postponement of Sunday's presidential election in parts of the Democratic Republic of Congo have attacked a clinic where possible Ebola cases are assessed.
