New Zealand parliament members cry out against bill threatening Maori communities
Members of New Zealand's parliament have rallied the international community in support of the island country's indigenous ...
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Samoan citizenship bill: Community gathers as bill unanimously passes second reading at Parliament
Parliament has progressed a bill that, if eventually passed will restore the New Zealand citizen rights ... the electorate of Mana, but I am Samoan first. For the 24,000 submitters who organised ...
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Winston Peters | Foreign Affairs Minister and Leader of NZ First Party
The NZ Government pledged $20million to help set up a Pacific-focused climate financing fund at the government leaders forum ...
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Anger among affected communities as Samoa suspends Manawanui ship clean up for CHOGM
Residents of Tafitoala told the ABC this week they wanted compensation from the New Zealand government for loss of income. "In terms of the impacts to our ocean and marine ecosystems, there should be ...
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NZ Heads To Samoa For Commonwealth Talks
This is the first time the two-yearly Commonwealth ... Approximately 460 New Zealand personnel will be deployed in Samoa. This includes around 260 Defence personnel, 100 Police, and 50 medical ...
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Samoan villagers demand compensation over sinking of New Zealand Navy ship
Samoa’s Marine Pollution Advisory Committee ... led government on the advice of Defence Minister Ron Mark, an MP from the NZ First Party. With the navy facing financial blowouts, Mark cancelled ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation29d
Anger among affected communities as Samoa suspends Manawanui ship clean up for CHOGM
The response to a sunken New Zealand Navy ship will cease while Samoa ... there should be just compensation," former Samoan MP Tuia Pu'a Leota, who lives in the affected area, said on Friday.