Kiribati's president-elect Taneti Maamau has secured 55 percent of votes.
It is his third term in office with the ruling Tobwaan Kiribati Party.
Koroi also talks to Kathryn about the outcome of Pacific Islands Forum leaders fact-finding mission to New Caledonia.
And the official Pacific cyclone season starts today and runs through to the end of April.
RNZ Pacific Editor Koroi Hawkins.