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The Papua New Guinea opposition leader, Dame Carol Kidu, says she finds talk within the government of removing the electoral commissioner suspect. The government says the re-appointment of Andrew…

The French constitutional court has formalised the results of the first round of the French presidential election and rejected all challenges, including one from French Polynesia over the use of...

The French Polynesian president says a letter promoting decolonisation didn't violate the campaigning rules for last weekend's French presidential elections. Oscar Temaru made the comment after local…

The New Zealand foreign minister Murray McCully says he will visit Fiji next week as part of the Pacific Islands Forum Ministerial Contact Group on Fiji. Mr McCully says New...

New Zealand's Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully will visit Fiji next week as part of the Pacific Islands Forum Ministerial Contact Group.

Papua New Guinea trade union leaders, churches and civil society groups have met the Prime Minister, Peter O'Neill, and received assurances that the elections will go ahead on time, with...

A former French Polynesian president has lodged a complaint about a government-sponsored letter distributed last week which could nullify the results of the first round of the French presidential…

Britain's Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt on Tuesday refused to resign after an inquiry into media ethics heard that he had supported media tycoon Rupert Murdoch's bid for full control of satellite…

The Papua New Guinea prime minister has again said he will address what he calls the legal flaw in the appointment of the electoral commissioner, Andrew Trawen. Peter O'Neill made...

Papua New Guinea's Post Courier newspaper is reporting that the government has decided to delay the elelction by six months, with the writs to be issued on October the 27th.

The French Polynesian president, Oscar Temaru, has used the French presidential election to push his decolonisation message. His supporters have been distributing a letter in public places, signed by…

France voted on Sunday in round one of a presidential ballot, with a feeble economy that could make Nicolas Sarkozy the country's first president to lose a fight for re-election in more than 30 years.

The National Party and its leader continue to hold commanding leads over Labour in the latest opinion poll.

Nelson Mayor Aldo Miccio intends to form a group to produce a new proposal to merge Nelson City with Tasman District Council.

Voters in Nelson City and the neighbouring Tasman District have rejected a proposal for the amalgamation of their two councils.

President Nicolas Sarkozy of France is bracing for defeat on Sunday, when voting is held in the first round of presidential elections.

Reports from Port Moresby say the Papua New Guinea government may remove the electoral commissioner, Andrew Trawen. A government spokesman says there was a flaw in his appointment and that...

All political campaigning has to cease in the French Pacific tonight at midnight ahead of the first round of voting in the French presidential election. By law there has to...

Government ministers have agreed in principle to introduce plain packaging for tobacco products on the grounds that drab, generic packaging is a health measure which could help to save lives.

Papua New Guinea's Electoral Commissioner says he's confident the electoral rolls will be ready in time for the polls scheduled for late June. Andrew Trawen says 93 percent of all...

Pressure is building on Papua New Guinea's Electoral Commissioner, Andrew Trawen, from parliamentarians wanting the elections to be deferred. Despite announcements last week by the Prime Minister…

The Papua New Guinea prime minister, Peter O'Neill, says a suggestion that an Australian-led regional force be sent to PNG to ensure a free and safe election is unwarranted and...

The Australian federal government has been urged to arrange a regional security force to secure the peace during Papua New Guinea's coming elections. PNG's political leaders are split on whether...

Papua New Guinea's O'Neill government appears to have backtracked on its move last week to defer national elections which was originally scheduled for June. 63 MPs voted for a motion...

The Governor of Papua New Guinea's National Capital District says the Electoral Commissioner needs to prove that he is ready to hold elections in late June. Parliament last week voted...