National electoral member for Maungakiekie Peseta Sam Lotu-liga with Prime Minister John Key on the campaign. Photo: Flickr

Pacific Scoop:
Report – by Alex Perrottet of Pacific Media Watch

As National meet with Māori Party politicians who are almost certain to be offered ministerial portfolios, both Pacific and Māori politicians are surveying the successes and the damage from the weekend’s election.

Labour candidate Chris Faafoi was returned to Parliament, after winning last year’s byelection, despite the Labour party vote slipping in his Mana electorate.

And Mana Party leader Hone Harawira also enjoyed local loyalty to keep his electoral seat, his second win this year after his resignation from Parliament and the Māori Party triggered a byelection in June. Read more »

Press Release – SPREP

The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) All news and images from the UNFCCC COP 17 in Durban is available at www.climatepasifika.blogspot.com Durban, South Africa, 23 November 2011 – Pacific survival is what the region is negotiating … Read more »

Press Release – UNDP

[25 November 2011 – Tarawa, Kiribati] What are the key roles of a Member of Parliament? How can Members use parliamentary process to more effectively discharge their constitutional roles? What are the critical development challenges facing the country and how can … Read more »

Press Release – Niue Island

The ‘yacht-less’ Niue Yacht Club has been awarded the prestigious 2011 Cruising Station of the Year Award by the Seven Seas Cruising Association (SSCA). The Niue Yacht Club beat over 100 international cruising stations to take out the prestigious … Read more »

Press Release – Fiji Government

Effective January 1, 2012, the Bainimarama Government will reduce or eliminate taxes for 99.4 percent of taxpayers • The top income tax marginal rate will be cut from 31 percent to an absolute ceiling of 20 percent • RESULT: The Bainimarama Government … Read more »

Press Release – Indonesian Solidarity

On 19th October 2011, the Indonesian military and police attacked peaceful participants at the third Papuan People’s Congress. The Indonesian Human Rights Commission found that three were shot dead, but the President’s office rejects this finding. Over … Read more »

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Press Release – West Papua Media Alerts

Living Peace, Connecting Movements, Reimagining Global Resistance With presentations by: Herman Wainggai : Former political prisoner and a leader in West Papua’s nonviolent struggle for self determination (joined by members of Students for West Papua) Jitman … Read more »

Press Release – Greenpeace International

An unnamed purse seine vessel with no flag or nationality but with Filipino crew was caught illegally transshipping its tuna catch to a carrier vessel, the Lapu Lapu. The vessels were found by Greenpeace in an area which has been closed to purse seine … Read more »

Press Release – OHCHR

The introduction of historic new laws that aim to give women a greater say in the Papua New Guinea Parliament was today welcomed by the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Regional Office for the Pacific. Changes … Read more »