Tag: James Marape
Papua New Guinea celebrates 49 years of independence from Australia
By Scott Waide, RNZ Pacific PNG correspondent, and Lydia Lewis RNZ Pacific journalist
Papua New Guinea is today celebrating almost half a century of independence...
20 dead – PNG women, girls flee tribal fighting in Porgera...
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby
Women, girls, the elderly, and young boys have rushed to pack any vehicle they could as they escaped heavy...
PNG’s Marape remains PM after no confidence vote against him fails
By Scott Waide, RNZ Pacific PNG correspondent
Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister James Marape has successfully thwarted a vote of no confidence after 75 MPs...
Fiji, PNG fail to secure UN human rights mission to Indonesia’s...
By Stefan Armbruster, Harlyne Joku and Tria Dianti
No progress has been made in sending a UN human rights mission to Indonesia’s Papuan provinces despite...
PNG Post-Courier: Census fiasco – why the poor planning, poor vision?
EDITORIAL: PNG Post-Courier
We support Count Me In 2024. It is an important national census event for Papua New Guinea. It is supported by the...
PM Luxon talks doubling RSE in PNG – plane breakdown almost...
RNZ Pacific
The leaders of Papua New Guinea and New Zealand have discussed a refreshed partnership that could boost the number of places for short-term...
NZ’s Luxon briefly stopping over to see Marape in Port Moresby
PNG Post-Courier
New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon will stop over in Port Moresby today for a quick bilateral with Prime Minister James Marape before...
Sir Julius Chan ‘alive and well’ response to fake PNG media...
By Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby
New Ireland Governor and a former Papua New Guinea prime minister Sir Julius Chan told the PNG Post-Courier in...
Little Ima puts a question to PM Marape for Mulitaka survivors
By Miriam Zarriga in Mulitaka, Papua New Guinea
Little Ima met Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape last Friday during the "haus krai" in...
PNG landslide buried ‘more than 2000 people alive’: Rescue teams navigate...
By Eleisha Foon, RNZ Pacific senior journalist
More than 2000 people were buried alive in the huge landslide which hit Papua New Guinea on Friday,...
PNG landslide: Survivors of highlands disaster desperately seeking help
RNZ Pacific
The survivors of a massive landslide in a remote village in Papua New Guinea's highlands are still waiting for official help, more than...
‘Reckless’ kina devaluation spells disaster for PNG, says Nomane
PNG Post-Courier
Papua New Guinea's deputy opposition leader James Nomane has accused the government of "reckless economic management" that has forced devaluation to manage loan...
Solemn ANZAC dawn service at PNG’s Isurava battle memorial
PNG Post-Courier
In the early hours of ANZAC Day, aerial photographs captured an impressive gathering of Australians and Papua New Guineans at Isurava in the...
PNG’s PM Marape to ‘give hand to his bro’ Albanese on...
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has arrived at Kokoda Station, Northern province, at the start of his state visit...
PNG’s Marape orders military-police operation in Porgera over illegal mining
PNG Post-Courier
Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister James Marape has authorised a joint military and police operation in a decisive move to curb the escalating...
Bougainville threat to bypass PNG Parliament in independence standoff
By Don Wiseman, RNZ Pacific senior journalist
Papua New Guinea and Bougainville appear no closer to the tabling in the National Parliament of the referendum...
PNG ‘isn’t broke’, says PM Marape who wants byelections to go...
PNG Post-Courier
Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister James Marape says funding for impending byelections is not an issue.
“We are assisting the Electoral Commission with funding,...
PNG begins wild weather relief operations – 21 killed in mud...
PNG Post-Courier
Prime Minister James Marape has announced comprehensive relief operations in Papua New Guinea's devastating weather that has killed at least 21 people and...
PNG MP Allan Bird on death threats: ‘Picking on me isn’t...
By Eleisha Foon, RNZ Pacific senior journalist
Papua New Guinea's rising voice as opposition candidate for prime minister, East Sepik Governor Allan Bird, has pushed...
Stop treating Bougainville lightly, Sir Puka warns Marape
PNG Post-Courier
Opposition spokesperson for Bougainville affairs Sir Puka Temu has warned the Papua New Guinea government not to take the Bougainville ratification process lightly...
‘Chopped boy with a bush knife’: A PNG massacre killer says...
Warning: This story contains details that may be distressing to some readers.
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist, and Scott Waide, RNZ Pacific PNG correspondent
As...
PNG leader Marape’s no confidence ‘accountability’ vote set for May
By Scott Waide, RNZ Pacific PNG correspondent, and Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist
A vote of no confidence in Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister James...