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France is going to the polls for parliamentary elections expected to determine the extent and pace of reform under new President Francois Hollande.

Papua New Guinea's deputy prime minister, Belden Namah, has taken a swipe at the Australian High Commissioner, Ian Kemish's plans to visit his Vanimo electorate next week. The Post Courier...

New Zealand Prime Minister John Key says he will be looking for more clues about how the eurozone debt crisis might be resolved when he meets Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany on Thursday.

Labour leader, David Shearer, says senior Cabinet members have hung Education Minister Hekia Parata out to dry over controversial proposals to increase some class sizes. Audio

The chief secretary to the Papua New Guinea Government, Manasupe Zurenuoc, says the distribution of polling materials for the 2012 National General Elections is well ahead of schedule. Mr Zurenuoc...

Education Minister Hekia Parata says the Government made the decision to have bigger classes after it regained power at the last election. Audio

Green Party co-leader Russel Norman says the way of measuring economic growth and wealth is out of date and needs to change. Audio

Pure Hawke's Bay says the outcome of a consumer poll supports its call for the Hastings District Council to impose a 10-year ban on genetically-modified produced food.

Green Party co-leader Russel Norman says the way of measuring economic growth and wealth is out of date and needs to change.

Support for the National Party has dropped below 50%, an opinion poll taken after the Budget shows.

In the first round of the election of a new 577-member French assembly, voters in French Polynesia have chosen the candidates of the ruling party and the opposition Tahoeraa Huiraatira...

A former Vanuatu prime minister, Barak Sope, says he wants to see more young people in Parliament, and this is one reason he is encouraging educated people to stand in...

In the first round of the election of a new 577-member French assembly, voters in French Polynesia have chosen the candidates of the ruling party and the opposition Tahoeraa Huiraatira...

Papua New Guinea's Electoral Commissioner, Andrew Trawen, says the country is well prepared for the general election, three weeks out from the start of polling. For the first time, foreign...

The pro-bailout New Democracy party in Greece is ahead of the SYRIZA party in an opinion poll in the run-up to parliamentary elections that may decide whether the country remains in the euro.

Papua New Guinea's Electoral Commissioner says election assistance from outside military forces is not to boost security against poll-related violence. For the first time, foreign military forces are…

Friday's headlines: Nearly 55,000 people may leave Christchurch over the next five years because of the earthquakes; education groups will join forces next week against the Government's revised class…

The Irish on Thursday will vote on Thursday on whether or not to ratify the new European Union Fiscal Treaty. Opinion polls suggest a majority will vote 'Yes'. Results are not expected until late on…

The New Zealand Government says Defence Force personnel being sent to Papua New Guinea to assist with the election will be there to provide logistical support.

Peter O'Neill has been sworn in as Papua New Guinea's prime minister, ending a three-hour standoff with the acting governor-general, who had refused to conduct the ceremony. It was the...

Mitt Romney has won the Republican presidential primary in Texas and the remaining delegates needed to secure the party's nomination for the presidential election.

Wall Street stocks advanced on Tuesday as Greek election polls pointed to support for pro-bailout parties, overshadowing weak US consumer confidence. European markets were also up.

The campaign headquarters of Egyptian presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq has been attacked.