Angore landowners set LNG machinery on fire in more PNG unrest
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
In a show of frustration over the nonpayment of a business development grant, Angore landowners in Hela province have set fire...
Former military chief warns PNG soldiers could be ‘outgunned’
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
A former Papua New Guinea military commander has warned that he is "concerned, if not frightened" that the PNG Defence Force...
Mendi community leaders welcome emergency state in PNG ‘wake up call’
Southern Highlands community leaders talk about the post-election crisis in their province. Video: EMTV News
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Community leaders from the troubled Southern Highlands...
Caribbean researcher tells of her work with NZ migrant community
Anabel Fernandez-Santana and Dr Camille Nakhid in the AUT research video.
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Anabel Fernandez-Santana, who has been awarded an vice-chancellor’s scholarship at Auckland...
Bernhard Marjen: West Papuan journalist and ex-policeman
OBITUARY: By Sincha Damara in Port Moresby
Bernhard Marjen was born in 1955 in Sorido, a village on the island of Biak on the West...
PNG troops arrive in Mendi – PM and politicians apologise for...
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More than 100 Papua New Guinea soldiers from Taurama Barracks First Royal Pacific Islands Regiment arrived in the Southern Highlands capital...
Frustrated PNG tribesmen capture 2 policemen – seize vehicles, weapons
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Two Papua New Guinean police vehicles travelling from Hagen to Hela in the Highlands after servicing were fired on today in...
PNG opposition demands PM O’Neill resign over Mendi torching riot
Oro Governor Gary Juffa speaks during the Opposition demand for Prime Minister Peter O'Neill's resignation. Video: EMTV News
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Papua New Guinea's Opposition...
Kontras urges Jokowi to resolve Papuan Wasior human rights case
By Karina M. Tehusijarana in Jakarta
Indonesia's Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) has urged President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to take concrete...
O’Neill imposes PNG curfew, vows arrests in wake of Mendi torchings
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Papua New Guinea authorities have imposed a 6pm to 6am curfew in the Southern Highlands provincial capital of Mendi to prevent...
Protesters in PNG’s Highlands torch plane, shut Mendi airport
By RNZ Pacific
Protesters in the Papua New Guinea Southern Highlands town of Mendi have torched a plane and closed the airport.
Earlier, the local police...
New military counter-terrorism unit arrests 5 West Papuans, says Jubi
By Victor Mambor in Jayapura
Five civilians in Timika have reportedly been arrested by the newly reactivated military counter-terrorism unit for "aspiring" to West Papuan...
Pacific news journalists grapple with challenges of social media, harsh laws
BRIEFING: By Geraldine Panapasa in Suva
Like it or not, social media has become part and parcel of almost everyday discussions.
Whether it’s talk about the...
Rappler’s editor Maria Ressa wins global press freedom award
Golden Pen winner Maria Ressa talks about "government impunity" over "war on drugs" killings and social media hate speech. Video: Rappler
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Activists fear Indian proposal for coal reserves in Indonesian-ruled Papua
By Febriana Firdaus in Jakarta
As it seeks to diversify its sources of fuel, India is looking to get in on the ground floor of...
Barbara Dreaver: Why is NZ and the world turning its back...
By Barbara Dreaver, 1 News Pacific correspondent
Over the years, many graphic and violent images of torture and beatings have emerged from the Indonesia-controlled...
‘Fake news’ and millennials’ lack of media judgment a challenge, says...
BRIEFING: By David Robie in Manipal, India
“Fake news” combined with a lack of critical media judgment by many in the millennial generation is a...
Green co-leader slams human rights ‘obscenity’ over West Papua
By Rahul Bhattarai in Auckland
Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson last night condemned the “obscenity” of jailing West Papuans by Indonesian authorities for raising their...
Juffa accuses O’Neill government of ‘shutting down’ free speech in PNG
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Oro Governor Garry Juffa says the people of PNG find it "frightening" and "alarming" that the Papua New Guinea government is...
Keith Jackson: Did dumb just get dumber and Sam Basil dig...
A near confrontation on the floor of Parliament on Friday, with the Papua New Guinea Opposition walking out in protest over the referral of...