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Political parties have started to draw lines in the sand following the confirmation of this year's election date.

Power Play - A September election will not have surprised many politicians, with opposition parties already setting their plans in motion, writes Jane Patterson. Video

Is Trumpology coming to New Zealand? Simon Wilson thinks we're better than that - but then, he says, so did lots of Americans.

With an election looming in Fiji in 2018, the commission responsible for overseeing preparations has been allowed to lapse out of existence.

The Dutch justice minister has resigned over a political scandal involving the payment of more than €2m to a convicted drug trafficker in 2001.

Parmod Chand, a former Fiji cane grower and MP in the 1990s, has been endorsed by the opposition National Federation Party to be its next member of parliament.

The process of updating Papua New Guinea's common electoral roll is on track, according to Electoral Commissioner Patilius Gamato.

Former French prime minister Manuel Valls has won the first round of the Socialist party's presidential primaries in New Caledonia.

Papua New Guinea's Electoral Commissioner says it is beyond his control to stop politicians from premature campaigning for this year's general elections.

Suspended MP of Fiji's National Federation Party Roko Tupou Draunidalo has resigned from parliament and the party.

There are warnings that a major security forces callout to Papua New Guinea's Hela province will not provide a long-term solution to ongoing tribal fighting.

Transparency Vanuatu says the past year has been a relatively settled one for the country's politics, which could be a good omen.

Former French prime minister Manuel Valls faces an outside chance of failing to make it to the Socialist party runoff in party primaries ahead of the country's Presidential elections.

Donald Trump is about to be sworn in as the 45th US president, taking power over a divided country after winning a savage campaign.

France's Socialist Party will hold primaries for the presidential election in French Polynesia this weekend and next.

PNG's opposition leader has again expressed his deep concern over the independence of the Electoral Commissioner as the country nears general elections.

The Labour Party has batted away any concerns voters might think of it and the Green Party as one and the same.

Australia has criticised Japan after pictures emerged showing a dead protected minke whale on a Japanese whaling ship, allegedly in Australian waters.

There's growing disquiet in Papua New Guinea over government plans for tweaking election rules ahead of the upcoming polls.

US President Barack Obama has called on Americans to defend their democracy in his farewell speech in Chicago.