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Bolivian voters approved a new constitution on Sunday to give the poor indigenous majority more power, let socialist President Evo Morales run for re-election and hand him even tighter control over…

A new survey says despite the global financial crisis, New Caledonia is set to continue on its path of economic growth which has been nearly five percent a year for...

For Americans burdened by a sense of history, something once unthinkable has happened. The United States has elected a black president.

National's leader John Key is denying the party's plan to provide assistance to victims of the recession would create inequities.

An independent financial review is to be carried out on the agency that runs children's health camps. It wants an increase in funding of $5 million for the seven camps.

A report by the OECD says poverty in New Zealand almost doubled between the mid-1980s and 2005.

The president of New Caledonia's Southern Province has this weekend named his new political movement the Caledonia Together Party. This comes as Philippe Gomes and 11 Congress members finalised a...

A researcher at the University of Canterbury has found mortality rates have remained high in areas where there is significant social inequality.

A new report identifies major failings in the way primary healthcare is funded and delivered.

Some employer groups are angry about changes to KiwiSaver which were rushed through Parliament on Wednesday.

New Zealand hospitals perform fewer potentially life-saving heart operations than in most other comparable countries, according to a draft nationwide review of cardiac surgical services.

A report by the World Health Organisation says social inequities are killing people on a "grand" scale.

The director of the Samoa AIDS Foundation says political and church leaders have to start talking openly about men who have sex with men, and sex workers, in order to...

A northern employers' group is taking on the Government over a proposed law change to KiwiSaver, which would enable personal grievance claims.

The Forum Ministerial Working Group looking into Fiji's progress towards returning the country to democracy has been told that without a restructured public administration system, Fiji's coup culture…

The ruling coalition in Solomon Islands has acknowledged that corruption exist within government systems, with the prime minister warning that increasing disparity is a risk to stability. The Prime…

New Caledonia's mainly Kanak USTKE union has launched a political group called the Workers Party. The weekend move was expected as it had been announced weeks ago. The inaugural congress...

New Caledonia' mainly Kanak USTKE union will officially launch a political party this weekend. The union's leader, Gerard Jodar, says there is a need for the workers' voice to be...

A workshop is taking place in Solomon Islands to address the needs of women, youth and children. The newly formed Ministry of Women, Youth and Children is hoping to draw...

The village of Leone in American Samoa has taken an official position supporting the Governor's efforts to seek lower airfares for the Pago Pago-Honolulu route. The Council of Chiefs for...

The Solomon Islands government is reminding public servants that their pay increase must be met by an improvement in their performance at work. The acting Finance Minister, Gordon Darcy Lilo,...

The United Nations Development Programme says Fiji's lower ranking in its Human Development Report this year is the result of a drop in life expectancy and stagnation in school enrolment.

The Commonwealth Parliamentary Association has called on the Tongan government to ratify an agreement aimed at addressing gender inequality. This week Tonga hosted its first ever CPA workshop on…