Kelvin Anthony

Wellington

Lead Digital and Social Media Journalist at Radio New Zealand (RNZ)

Articles

Kiribati elections 2024: 58% turnout and a record 5 women elected into 45-seat parliament

Aug 20, 2024 | rnz.co.nz | Don Wiseman |Kelvin Anthony

A total of 30,699 I-Kiribati voters cast their ballots27 MPs retained their seats in the Maneaba ni Maungatabu, including the incumbent president, Taneti Maamau17 new MPs were elected, including a record five womenA record five female MPs have been elected into the Kiribati parliament, the Maneaba ni Maungatabo, which is one more than the last polls, while 14 sitting MPs have lost their seats in this year's election.
Kiribati election: Aspiring woman MP wants to fix 'government inefficiencies'

Aug 15, 2024 | rnz.co.nz | Kelvin Anthony

An aspiring independent parliamentary candidate in Kiribati believes "government inefficiencies" have impede improvements to the living standards of its citizens. Ruth Cross Kwansing is one of 18 female candidates out of 114 vying for one of 44 parliamentary seats being contested in Kiribati's national election.
Kiribati elections 2024: Polls open but ‘hype isn’t like other countries’

Aug 13, 2024 | asiapacificreport.nz | Kelvin Anthony

By Kelvin Anthony, RNZ Pacific digital/social leadThe atmosphere in Kiribati is “very calm” and “the hype is not as it is in other countries”, a local I-Kiribati resident says. People in the Micronesia nation are casting their ballots in the first round of voting today. Polling stations opened at 7am NZ time. READ MORE: Kiribati elections 2024 – what’s at stake in today’s voteOther Kiribati reportsThere are 115 candidates contesting for 44 parliamentary seats — 97 males and 18 females.
Kiribati polls open: 'Hype is not as it is in other countries’

Aug 13, 2024 | rnz.co.nz | Kelvin Anthony

The atmosphere in Kiribati is "very calm" and "the hype is not as it is in other countries", a local I-Kiribati resident says. People in the Micronesia nation will be casting their ballots in the first round of voting on Wednesday. Ballots opened at 7am NZ time. There are 115 candidates contesting for 44 parliamentary seats - 97 males and 18 females. The 45th seat is nominated by the Banaban community, majority of who live on the island of Rabi in Fiji.
Fiji's Kiwi prosecutor's suspension 'not a matter for' Foreign Minister Winston Peters

Jul 21, 2024 | rnz.co.nz | Kelvin Anthony

Foreign Minister Winston Peters has "hung…out to dry" Fiji's suspended Kiwi director of public prosecution (DPP) who wrote to him seeking assistance, a former Fijian government advisor-cum-critic says. On 11 July, Christopher Pryde, who was stood down for alleged misconduct in April 2023, wrote to Peters seeking New Zealand government intervention after his salary was "unilaterally" cut off by the Fijian government midway into his seven-year employment contract.
'Serious implications': International concern for suspended Fiji prosecution chief

Jul 11, 2024 | rnz.co.nz | Kelvin Anthony

The Fiji and the New Zealand law societies are have expressed concerns of "unreasonable delay" by the Fijian government in dealing with its suspended Kiwi public prosecutor's case. New Zealander Christopher Pryde, Fiji's director of public prosecutions, has been suspended for almost 15 months for alleged misconduct, awaiting a Tribunal hearing. He continued to receive all contractual entitlements while he was suspended, until a decision was made by the Fiji government to stop paying his salary.
Suspended Fiji prosecutor Christopher Pryde seeks NZ government intervention

Jul 10, 2024 | rnz.co.nz | Kelvin Anthony

Fiji's suspended director of public prosecutions (DPP) wants the New Zealand government to intervene and "address a grave injustice perpetrated against" him by the Fijian government. Christopher Pryde, a New Zealand citizen, held the DPP's position from 2011, until he was suspended in April 2023. He remained on full benefits while an inquiry and a decision as to whether the President Ratu Wiliame Katonivere should convene a Tribunal was being made.
FijiFirst deregistration will create 'complex' political situation, Fijian academic says

Jun 27, 2024 | rnz.co.nz | Lydia Longwell Lewis |Kelvin Anthony

A significant shift in Fiji's political landscape is expected Friday as the largest political party in parliament is set to be deregistered. A decision on convicted former Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama's FijiFirst Party's future is set to be announced after the 4pm local time deadline, with its deregistration a very real prospect. It has come to this stage after 16 FijiFirst MPs voted with government in favour of a significant payrise for parliamentarians, despite a public outcry against it.
Footage of French forces officer kicking Kanak man in head surfaces online

May 29, 2024 | asiapacificreport.nz | Kelvin Anthony |Margot Staunton

By Kelvin Anthony, RNZ Pacific digital lead, and Margot Staunton, RNZ journalistPolice brutality will further escalate tensions between pro-independence activists and French security forces in New Caledonia, a senior church leader in Nouméa says. On Tuesday night, video footage which shows a French security officer, who appears to have apprehended a Kanaky activist, then pushed the handcuffed man to the ground, before kicking him in the head and knocking him out.
Footage of French forces officer kicking Kanak man in the head surfaces online

May 28, 2024 | rnz.co.nz | Kelvin Anthony |Margot Staunton

Police brutality will further escalate tensions between pro-independence activists and French security forces in New Caledonia, a senior church leader in Nouméa says. On Tuesday night, video footage which shows a French security officer, who appears to have apprehended a Kanaky activist, then pushed the handcuffed man to the ground, before kicking him in the head and knocking him out.