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January 18, 2025
By Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific editor in Port Vila Today marks one month since a 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck Vanuatu’s capital, Port Vila, claiming 14 lives, injuring more than 200 people, and displacing thousands more. Downtown Port Vila remains a no-go zone. Star Wharf, the international port, is still out of action and parts of the ... <a title="Vanuatu one month on: aftershocks, a no-go zone and anxiety" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/18/vanuatu-one-month-on-aftershocks-a-no-go-zone-and-anxiety/" aria-label="Read more about Vanuatu one month on: aftershocks, a no-go zone and anxiety">Read more</a>
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January 17, 2025
By Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific editor in Port Vila More than 180,000 registered voters are expected to cast their votes today with polls now open in Vanuatu. It is remarkable the snap election is even able to happen with Friday marking one month since the 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck the capital Port Vila. According to ... <a title="Vanuatu polling underway in snap election one month after quake" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/17/vanuatu-polling-underway-in-snap-election-one-month-after-quake/" aria-label="Read more about Vanuatu polling underway in snap election one month after quake">Read more</a>
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January 15, 2025
By Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific editor in Port Vila The electoral commission in Vanuatu is trying its best to clear up some confusion with the voting process for tomorrow’s snap election. Principal Electoral Officer Guilain Malessas said this is due to the tight turnaround to deliver this election after Parliament was dissolved last year. The ... <a title="Vanuatu election: Preparation almost complete for snap ballot" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/15/vanuatu-election-preparation-almost-complete-for-snap-ballot/" aria-label="Read more about Vanuatu election: Preparation almost complete for snap ballot">Read more</a>
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January 11, 2025
COMMENTARY: By Anna Naupa Out of the rubble of last year’s 7.3 magnitude earthquake that hit Vanuatu’s capital Port Vila on December 17 and the snap election due next week on January 16, a new leadership is required to reset the country’s developmental trajectory. Persistent political turmoil has hampered the Pacific nation’s ability to deal ... <a title="Vanuatu election 2025: Earthquake aftershocks expose high cost of democracy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/11/vanuatu-election-2025-earthquake-aftershocks-expose-high-cost-of-democracy/" aria-label="Read more about Vanuatu election 2025: Earthquake aftershocks expose high cost of democracy">Read more</a>
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January 1, 2023
2022 PACIFIC REVIEW: By David Robie The Pacific year started with a ferocious eruption and global tsunami in Tonga, but by the year’s end several political upheavals had also shaken the region with a vengeance. A razor’s edge election in Fiji blew away a long entrenched authoritarian regime with a breath of fresh air for ... <a title="David Robie: 2022 Pacific political upheavals eclipse Tongan volcano" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/01/david-robie-2022-pacific-political-upheavals-eclipse-tongan-volcano/" aria-label="Read more about David Robie: 2022 Pacific political upheavals eclipse Tongan volcano">Read more</a>
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October 25, 2022
RNZ Pacific The results of Vanuatu’s snap election have been released, but it is not clear who has come out on top. The official results have revealed a fractured Parliament with seven being the highest number of MPs won by a single party. The caretaker prime minister and leader of Vanua’aku Pati, Bob Loughman, has ... <a title="Independents, minor parties needed to form Vanuatu government" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/25/independents-minor-parties-needed-to-form-vanuatu-government/" aria-label="Read more about Independents, minor parties needed to form Vanuatu government">Read more</a>
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October 21, 2022
RNZ Pacific A woman candidate appears to have won a seat for the first time in Vanuatu in more than a decade in unofficial results from last week’s snap election. Julie King, a member of the Union of Moderate Parties, is reported to have won one of the seats in the Efate constituency. She is ... <a title="Vanuatu may have first woman MP in decade, say poll reports" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/21/vanuatu-may-have-first-woman-mp-in-decade-say-poll-reports/" aria-label="Read more about Vanuatu may have first woman MP in decade, say poll reports">Read more</a>
