Monthly Archives: July 2022

PNG Post-Courier Chaos. That is the one word for Papua New Guinea's 2022 national general election. Unfortunately, the election has descended to that level, and polling...

EDITORIAL: The PNG Post-Courier The headline of this editorial, we believe, expresses what every eligible voter, business house and candidate in the nation’s capital feels...

Pacific Media Watch newsdesk Radio broadcaster Federico "Ding" Gempesaw has been shot and killed in broad daylight in front of his home in Carmen, Cagayan...

By Marjorie Finkeo and Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby Six suspects, including a woman, have been charged in connection with more than K1 million in...

PNG Post-Courier Angry voters in East Sepik and Hela have destroyed ballot boxes and set fire to ballot papers after finding that their names were...

RNZ Pacific Pacific Peoples Minister Aupito William Sio will attend the Pacific Islands Forum in Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta's stead as she recovers from covid-19. In...

RNZ Pacific Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister James Marape has confirmed reports his eldest son is one of two men arrested in relation to a...

RNZ Pacific France's abolition of the status of an overseas minister has received mixed reactions in both France and its overseas territories, with a pro-independence...

By Frank Rai in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea went to the polls yesterday to begin electing the 11th national Parliament only to find out...

Inside PNG News Forty-Two Papua New Guinea Defence Force staff have arrived in Kavieng for the national general election operations. New Ireland Provincial Police Commander Chief...

RNZ Pacific The president of New Caledonia's Southern Province Sonia Backès has been given a post in France's reshuffled and enlarged 42-member government. The prime minister...

ANALYSIS: By Stephen Howes and Kingtau Mambon It is often said that Papua New Guinea elections are fought on local issues, and this is no...

RNZ Pacific French Polynesia's nuclear test veterans have called for July 2 to be made a public holiday to remember the impact of France's nuclear...

RNZ Pacific Voting in the Papua New Guinea general election begins today. Voters will elect 118 members of Parliament, including governors of the 22 provinces, from...

By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby A man was held by Papua New Guinean security personnel in Hela Province on Saturday after he was found...

COMMENTARY: By Benny Wenda We celebrated the 51st anniversary of the independence declaration of the Free Papua Movement (OPM) at Markas Victoria on July 1,...

By Hayden Donnell, RNZ Mediawatch producer Some said the US Supreme Court’s controversial ruling on abortion was none of our business, because we don’t have...

By Theckla Gunga of Inside PNG Papua New Guineans, your future is in your hands, vote wisely. As the campaign trail wound up its last hours...

By Stephen Forbes, Local Democracy Reporter Manukau Urban Māori Authority (MUMA) is welcoming the government's health reforms as an important first step to improving Māori...

PNG Post-Courier Today is officially the last day of campaigning in Papua New Guinea's 2022 National General Election. Count tomorrow until Monday as rest days, but...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Greenpeace Aotearoa has condemned New Zealand for "standing by" while "deep wounds are inflicted on its Pacific neighbours" by silence over...

ANALYSIS: By Suze Wilson, Massey University The US Supreme Court’s recent ruling to throw out Roe v Wade is an issue of relevance to political...