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Representatives of Papua New Guinea and Bougainville held talks this week in Port Moresby over the future of the autonomous region's political status this week.

Christian Téin arrived back in New Caledonia on Thursday, after spending one and a half year in mainland France, following his arrest in June 2024.

Earlier this year, New Zealand extended its funding pause to its realm country, the Cook Islands, "reluctantly".

The government says it is not a power grab, but about "making local government fit for purpose". Audio

" We can do it right now, if Winston Peters is willing to walk the walk."

Another founding member of the Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front has formally split from the indigenous pro-independence movement.

Naïma Moutchou's visit also coincided with another formal announcement from one major "moderate" component of the pro-independence movement to officialise an already existing split with the FLNKS.

However, Mark Brown says New Zealand is "having issues" with the state of its own economy as Kiwis "are running away" to Australia.

France's Minister for Overseas' first visit to New Caledonia is marked by marathon political talks and growing concerns about the French Pacific territory's deteriorating economic situation.

The Cook Islands government says it remains committed to free association with New Zealand despite recent disagreements and trust issues between the two governments. Audio

A geopolitical analyst says the prime minister should fix the diplomatic stand-off, as the foreign minister is making things worse. Audio

Abigail Spanberger and Mikie Sherrill cruised to comfortable victories in the Virginia and New Jersey governors' elections.

Bougainville's vice president says the autonomous Papua New Guinea region is going full steam ahead with its political agenda to achieve independence.

Mawera Karetai did not erect a single billboard or spend a cent on her Māori ward election campaign in the Bay of Plenty, so it came as a shock when she actually won.

The new Tasman District Council has been sworn in, with councillor Brent Maru appointed as deputy mayor.

Turnout on the Māori roll in Gisborne surged 40.5 percent, from 3657 voters in 2022 to 5139 this year.

More than two dozen people have been jailed mainly for cannabis offences in the last year, the party's co-leader says.

A policy think tank is proposing big reform of the country's electoral system, including having 170 members of Parliament.

Twenty-four of the 42 councils that were required to hold a referendum voted to remove them.

Twenty-four of the 42 councils that were required to hold a referendum voted to remove them.

A controversial piece of legislation to postpone the date for New Caledonia's crucial provincial elections passed its first hurdle in the French Senate on Wednesday.

The mayor has requested the meeting be held behind closed doors, claiming there have been "all sorts of improprieties".

Whanganui's first Māori ward councillors say their election marks both a milestone for local democracy and a call to strengthen Māori participation in local government.

Two dozen districts have voted to scrap their Māori wards, while 18 voted to keep them.