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Engan students call for PNG inquiry into Goroka campus clash
By Philip Kepson in Wabag
The Engan students at the University of Goroka have called on the Papua New Guinea government to investigate what was...
Jayapura police arrest 1004 Papuan activists, says KNPB
By Benny Mawel in Jayapura
The West Papua National Committee claimed that more than 1000 of its members have were detained by Indonesian police during...
Parent likens PNG police student shootings to Bougainville crisis
By Anthony Kaybing in Buka, Bougainville
The shooting of university students by the Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary in Port Moresby last week has been...
Activists condemn new crackdown on Papuans – 100 arrested in 4...
The Australian West Papua Association has condemned the arrest of 65 KNPB (National Committee of West Papua) and student activists in Sentani and 4...
AUT vice-chancellor gives ‘profoundly shocking’ message in wake of Orlando massacre
Vice-chancellor Derek McCormack of Auckland University of Technology has described the weekend massacre in Orlando, Florida, as "profoundly shocking" and he has extended the...
MSG too political and ‘lost its Melanesian integrity’, says Vanuatu envoy
By Godwin Ligo in Port Vila
The Vanuatu Ambassador to Brussels, Roy Mickey Joy, says the Melanesian Spearhead Group is too politicised, has lost its...
Indonesia and Philippines confront the ghosts of past dictatorships
By Mong Palatino in Manila
Indonesia’s Golkar party wants former strongman General Suharto to be declared a national hero. In the Philippines, President-elect Rodrigo Duterte...
Large-scale PNG copper mine in sensitive Sepik region alarms environmentalists
By Jemima Garrett of ABC Pacific Beat
A feasibility study for the first large-scale copper and gold mine in Papua New Guinea's environmentally-sensitive Sepik River...
Bougainville majority not aware of mining moratorium being lifted, says BFM
Lifting of the mining moratorium on Bougainville has hoodwinked the majority of people on Bougainville, says the Bougainville Freedom Movement.
In March 2016, the Autonomous...
TVNZ’s Barbara Dreaver fires back at Fiji PM’s ‘ridiculous claims’
As Television New Zealand's news boss calls for the ban on Barbara Dreaver entering Fiji to be lifted, the Pacific correspondent has responded to...
Unitech ‘guarantees safety’ for students while UPNG now quiet
By Rocky Issou and NauFM News
The Unitech administration in Papua New Guinea's second city of Lae has condemned last week's shooting by police of...
Two Mt Hagen high school students arrested in Highlands protest fallout
The EMTV News report yesterday about the Mt Hagen high school arrests following social media images of the police opening fire on students at...
Highlands unrest following PNG police crackdown on students grounds flights
Graphic student footage of police firing on protesters on Wednesday at the University of Papua New Guinea shows sustained gunfire and tear gas grenades...
Soldiers sent to Timor-Leste border for drug smuggling patrols
Three hundred and fifty Indonesian soldiers from West Kalimantan’s Tanjungpura Military Command have been assigned to keep peace along the border between Indonesia and...
Matariki – the science and history behind the Māori New Year
The bright blue stars known as the Seven Sisters are known for marking the beginning of Matariki - or the Māori New Year.
In the...
Pacific voices: ‘Are Samoans starting to talk to a phone –...
Auckland University of Technology's annual Samoan Language Week debate - that "technology will be the death of Samoan language" (o le a liu efuefu...
‘They shot at us like we’re trying to rob a bank,’...
Prime Minister Peter O'Neill says the confrontation could have been avoided in a statement to the nation on EM TV News tonight.
By Luke Kama...
‘Shut up’ calls as MPs question PNG government about armed police
Shouts of "shut up" and "don't directly insult me" resounded in Papua New Guinea's national Parliament when Rabaul MP Dr Allan Marat asked who...
Port Moresby hospital chief says shooting death reports ‘false, misleading’
Four University of PNG students were rushed to Port Moresby General Hospital in critical condition earlier today, along with four others with minor injuries. All...
Gallery: Peaceful protest scenes end in police crackdown at UPNG
Several students were wounded when police opened fire today with tear gas and with what they said were warning shots against a University of...
Somare condemns police for firing on UPNG students – 8 wounded
The founding father and Governor of East Sepik Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare has condemned the actions of police this morning at the University...
PM O’Neill says an inquiry will probe police shootings at UPNG
Prime Minister Peter O'Neill announced today that a Commission of Inquiry will be established as soon as possible to investigate this morning’s police shooting...
