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Vanuatu citizenship sales strong despite currency hassles and integrity issues

January 27, 2026

By Johnny Blades, RNZ Pacific bulletin editor With all the setbacks of recent years, Vanuatu’s citizenship sale schemes should be dead in the water — instead they are thriving, and geopolitical chaos is playing a part. The citizenship-by-investment sector is the biggest single revenue earner for Vanuatu’s government, but lingering issues of integrity cast a ... <a title="Vanuatu citizenship sales strong despite currency hassles and integrity issues" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/27/vanuatu-citizenship-sales-strong-despite-currency-hassles-and-integrity-issues/" aria-label="Read more about Vanuatu citizenship sales strong despite currency hassles and integrity issues">Read more</a>

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Kamikamica resigns amid Fiji corruption charges

October 22, 2025

RNZ Pacific Fiji Deputy Prime Minister Manoa Kamikamica has stepped down from his position on the eve of his court appearance for corruption-related charges. Kamikamica has been charged by the country’s anti-corruption office with perjury and providing false information in his capacity as a public servant. Kamikamica, who also serves as the Minister for Trade ... <a title="Kamikamica resigns amid Fiji corruption charges" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/22/kamikamica-resigns-amid-fiji-corruption-charges/" aria-label="Read more about Kamikamica resigns amid Fiji corruption charges">Read more</a>

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Fiji govt offers NZ$1.5m settlement to former anti-corruption head for ruined career

July 16, 2025

By Margot Staunton, RNZ Pacific senior reporter The Fiji government looks set to pay around NZ$1.5 million in damages to the disgraced former head of the country’s anti-corruption agency FICAC. The state is offering Barbara Malimali an out-of-court settlement after her lawyer lodged a judicial review of her sacking in the High Court in Suva. ... <a title="Fiji govt offers NZ$1.5m settlement to former anti-corruption head for ruined career" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/16/fiji-govt-offers-nz1-5m-settlement-to-former-anti-corruption-head-for-ruined-career/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji govt offers NZ$1.5m settlement to former anti-corruption head for ruined career">Read more</a>

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PNG’s police chief David Manning reinstated after Black Wednesday riots

January 26, 2024

RNZ Pacific Papua New Guinea’s Police Commissioner David Manning has been reinstated after being stood down following riots and looting on January 10. That rioting — branded as Black Wednesday — was sparked by a police protest after unannounced deductions from their wages, which the government blamed on a glitch. The protest led to a ... <a title="PNG’s police chief David Manning reinstated after Black Wednesday riots" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/26/pngs-police-chief-david-manning-reinstated-after-black-wednesday-riots/" aria-label="Read more about PNG’s police chief David Manning reinstated after Black Wednesday riots">Read more</a>

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Australians should be wary of scare stories about New Zealand’s Waitangi Tribunal

May 2, 2023

ANALYSIS: By Michael Belgrave, Massey University Australian Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price’s recent claim that New Zealand’s Waitangi Tribunal has veto powers over Parliament was met with surprise in New Zealand, especially by the members of the tribunal itself. That’s because it is just plain wrong. As the debate around the Voice to Parliament ramps up, ... <a title="Australians should be wary of scare stories about New Zealand’s Waitangi Tribunal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/02/australians-should-be-wary-of-scare-stories-about-new-zealands-waitangi-tribunal/" aria-label="Read more about Australians should be wary of scare stories about New Zealand’s Waitangi Tribunal">Read more</a>

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Prasad warns Fiji government will end 2021 as ‘laughing stock’ over audit inquiry

January 2, 2022

By Luke Nacei in Suva National Federation Party leader Professor Biman Prasad has asked if the Fiji government inquiry into the Office of the Auditor-General will be held in public. Professor Prasad was responding to the announcement this week of a Commission of Inquiry into the OAG “to inquire into and report on: the conduct, ... <a title="Prasad warns Fiji government will end 2021 as ‘laughing stock’ over audit inquiry" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/02/prasad-warns-fiji-government-will-end-2021-as-laughing-stock-over-audit-inquiry/" aria-label="Read more about Prasad warns Fiji government will end 2021 as ‘laughing stock’ over audit inquiry">Read more</a>