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Nigeria election 2023: Votes are counted but final results may take days
Vote counting is under way in Nigeria's tightest presidential election since military rule ended in 1999.
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Entrenchment use under the grill in Standing Orders review
The use of entrenchment in law-making in this country has had a sound grilling at the Standing Orders Committee which is conducting its ongoing regular review of Parliament’s rules. Audio
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Nicola Sturgeon: Search begins to find successor
The search for a new First Minister of Scotland has begun after Nicola Sturgeon's surprise decision to stand down.
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Nicola Sturgeon to resign as Scotland's first minister
Nicola Sturgeon is to resign as Scotland's first minister after more than eight years in the role.
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Week in Politics: Has Chris Hipkins done enough?
Analysis - Prime Minister Chris Hipkins announces the government's awaited policy reset and meets his Australian counterpart in Canberra, while politicians tone down their Waitangi speeches and the…
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Pacific news in brief for February 9
Vow to rebuild Vanuatu chiefs' meeting house; French minister expands Pacific visit; and call for better cancer facilities in PNG
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Australia's PM pushes for bipartisan support on Indigenous referendum
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will push his plan in parliament, when it meets today for the first time this year.
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Indigenous Australians push for constitutional recognition
It is 183 years since the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi but across the Tasman indigenous Australians have been waiting a lot longer for a treaty or some sort of constitutional recognition… Audio
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Tagata o te Moana for 4 February 2023
We spoke with Massey University Senior Lecturer at the Centre for Defence and Security Studies, Anna Powles, about the significance of Kiribati's intention to return to the Pacific Islands Forum ahead… Audio
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Australia to replace Queen on banknote with design honouring Indigenous culture
Australia will replace the portrait of Queen Elizabeth II on its A$5 banknote with a new design to reflect and honour the history of its Indigenous culture.
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Cook Islands looks into producing medicinal cannabis itself
The Cook Islands could start growing its own cannabis following the country voting in favour of it being allowed for medicinal use. Audio
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Pacific Waves for 2 February 2023
A submarine volcano has erupted just 6 kilometres east of the island of Epi in Vanuatu.The volcano named East Epi Submarine Volcano has been slowly increasing in trembles, spitting smoke from around 6… Audio
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Cook Islands consider importing medicinal cannabis
The Cook Islands is seeing if it can import medicinal cannabis without changing any of its laws.The country voted in favour of cannabis being allowed for medicinal use, in a referendum during the 2022… Audio
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Australian Correspondent Brad Foster
Brad Foster reports that the Auckland flooding has been big news in Australia over the weekend. He also introduces us to the Australian Of The Year for 2023, body image culture campaigner, Taryn… Audio
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Darmanin back in New Caledonia in March to work on a new statute
The French interior minister Gerald Darmanin is due back in New Caledonia in early March to advance work on a new statute for the territory.
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How political polls work and why they can't tell you who will win
Opinion - Election year has begun with a bang, and already the punditry and speculation are ramping up, but Grant Duncan warns not to treat polls as gospel.
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Australia Day proving controversial
Australia Day, Invasion Day or Survival Day?
There has been an increasingly vocal push to change Australia's national day from January 26 over past years.
The date marks the anniversary of… Audio
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New Labour leadership much of the same, opposition says
New Zealand needs a government who "can get things done" but Christopher Luxon wouldn't go as far as to say he would beat the new prime minister in this year's election. Audio
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Pacific news in brief for January 19
Increase in illegal food businesses; stowaway incident triggers police response at Apia airport; and wage hike in New Caledonia due to rising prices
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Pacific news in brief for January 17
Dog cull begins in Cook Islands More than 20 dogs have been put down by the Cook Islands Police in a bid to tackle the growing canine population in...
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Next New Caledonia statute to be determined by French people, says academic
A French law professor says it is up to the French people as a whole, and not the voters in New Caledonia, to decide the future statute of New Caledonia.
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MMP in New Zealand turns 30 at this year's election
Analysis - This year's general election will mark the 30th anniversary of the binding referendum that ushered in the MMP system of voting, as well as the 10th election held under the proportional…
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Pacific Waves for 23 December 2022
Audio 23 Dec 2022Fiji's military forces are being deployed to maintain security and stability in the country following reports of threats made against minority groups; The French government says it won't be organising… Audio
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No statute referendum for New Caledonia
Audio 23 Dec 2022The French government says it won't be organising another referendum in New Caledonia during the president's current five-year term. Audio
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Temaru: 2023 election will be referendum on French Polynesian independence
The leader of French Polynesia's Tavini Huiraatira party, Oscar Temaru, says he'll treat next year's election as if it was an independence referendum.
