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The caretaker finance minister in the Cook Islands, Mark Brown, says he is confident the Cook Islands Party will hold onto power in next week's election because it has given the country nearly four…

The Cook Islands Democratic Party hopes its resurrected plan for outer islands development will help it back into government in next week's elections.

The Labour Party goes into its annual congress this weekend after weeks of poor political poll results - but leader David Cunliffe is still confident his party can win the election.

The Cook Islands Party's Mark Brown says improved infrastructure in the outer islands will help stop the population drain.

Labour Party leader David Cunliffe is undeterred by poor polling as his party goes into its election year congress in Wellington this weekend which he says will give Labour a polling lift.

The Sunday Star Times is being accused of sensationalising and impeding race relations over its reporting of an Asia New Zealand Foundation survey.

Fiji's military chief Mosese Tikoitoga says military officers will attend political gatherings as the military needs to be informed of political parties' manifestos.

For the fourth time in a month, an opinion poll has put support for the Labour Party below 30 percent. The party is at its lowest in the One News Colmar Brunton poll in two years.

The National Party's campaign chairperson has dismissed concerns National voters do not want the party to do an electorate deal with Colin Craig's Conservative Party.

The Prime Minister's warned National Party delegates that voters who stay at home on polling day because they believe National will be re-elected, could cause an election defeat.

Amnesty International wants the military government in Fiji to lift restrictions on journalists ahead of the election in September saying a worrying pattern was emerging. Audio

Miners in 1860, Maori men in 1867, women in 1893, 20-year-olds in 1969, 18-year-olds in 1974 – how we vote's changed a lot since the first parliamentary election in 1853.

Political parties in the Cook Islands have been utilising social media in an attempt to tap into the younger, swing voters for this years election.

Conservative Party leader Colin Craig has admitted he is not likely to win the East Coast Bays seat but believes there is a possibility the National Party will help him secure an electorate. Audio

Conservative Party leader and National's potential coalition partner, Colin Craig, has announced he will contest the Auckland electorate of East Coast Bays.

Sometimes the frenzy of the parliamentary press gallery's political reportage can lead to hysteria. When the story of David Cunliffe's letter broke, calls for his resignation were immediate.