Pacific Islands Australia and New Zealand Electoral Administrators Network Meeting

Members of thirteen Pacific Island countries attended the Pacific Islands Australia and New Zealand Electoral Administrators Network Meeting that was hosted in Honiara, Solomon Islands 6th – 9
th October 2026. This year’s meeting was chaired by the Australian Electoral Commission.

Electoral Commissioners, Supervisor of Elections, and Electoral Officers from the some of the Pacific Islands attended including Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Naoero, Palau, Kiribati, Federated States of Micronesia, and Tokelau. The Manager of Asia and the Pacific , International IDEA and UNDP Electoral Officer were in attendance to support the Pacific EMBs’.

The meeting focused on engagement and consultation of PIANZEA (Pacific Islands Australia and New Zealand Electoral Administrators) Advisory Group with Electoral Management Bodies within respective regions and to support, assist, and develop electoral work plans and agendas for Electoral improvements.

Tonga and Fiji were nominated by consensus during this meeting to sit on the PIANZEA Advisory Group for a two-year terms. Tonga Electoral Commission was represented by Electoral Commissioner Mrs ‘Amelia Fakahikuouiha Helu.