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French Polynesia's opposition leader, Oscar Temaru, has called for fresh elections after France's highest court upheld a conviction of President Gaston Flosse.

It appears the opinion polls and many news media organisations have already decided the outcome of the general election. Labour and the Greens are trailing National in the polls.

Fiji's Citizens Constitutional Forum is insisting its planned series of public "conversations" isn't a breach of the country's electoral decree.

French Polynesia's president Gaston Flosse has denied any wrongdoing after France's highest court rejected his appeal against last year's corruption conviction.

The Cook Islands Chief Electoral Officer is defending her decision to accept postal votes from New Zealand which arrived two days after the polls closed.

Joko Widodo has officially won Indonesia's presidential election and called for the country to unify after a deeply divisive poll that ended with his rival quitting in controversy.

Former Maori Affairs Minister Dover Samuels believes the Internet-Mana alliance could encourage first-time rangatahi Maori voters to sign up for this year's general election.

Labour leader David Cunliffe has told his caucus he regrets taking a holiday during the party's poor showing in the polls and has reminded some MPs to stick to core election messages. Audio

Labour Party leader David Cunliffe is defending his decision to take three days off work to go skiing - nine weeks before the general election and with his party languishing in the polls. Audio

The Cook Islands Democratic Party says the election count was inaccurate and it will challenge the result after win by the Cook Islands Party.

New Zealand First wants tougher penalties to curb the country's binge-drinking and drug culture if it is part of the next Government, leader Winston Peters says. Audio

The Fiji Labour Party says no one can have any confidence in the National Register of Voters because the government has decided to not make it public.

There's more disappointment for the Labour Party in the latest 3News Reid Research Poll which has the National Party more than 20 percentage points ahead of Labour.

The worm is getting a digital makeover. Originally used by Television NZ during the 1996 election campaign, the controversial graphic device is being updated for the 2014 election.

New Zealand First leader Winston Peters says he may have a tilt at the East Coast Bays electorate if National does a deal with the Conservatives by standing aside for Colin Craig.

New Zealand First goes into its election-year conference this weekend confident of growing its support, despite flagging in the polls. The party's support has slumped to 3.5 per cent.

Kim Dotcom continues to loom large over New Zealand politics. He's getting plenty of attention, but probably not in the way he would like.

The Fiji prime minister, Rear Admiral Frank Bainimarama, says he will visit Australia next month as part of his election campaign.