Tag: PNG independence
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...
‘Quit lip service’ and reshuffle PNG cabinet for national benefit, says...
PNG Post-Courier
Vice-Minister of Planning James Nomane has called on Prime Minister James Marape to put Papua New Guinea first and reshuffle cabinet to bring...
PNG Post-Courier: Our democracy, our Melanesian way
EDITORIAL: By the PNG Post-Courier
“Is there a democratic Papua New Guinean nation -- or is it merely an arbitrary nation built on a shaky,...
Marape calls for policies for a ‘better PNG’ in independence message
PNG Post-Courier
Prime Minister James Marape has reiterated his call for staff of the Department of Prime Minister and National Executive Council to "fully embrace...
PNG’s Marape makes foreign policy gaffes over Israel, West Papua
ANALYSIS: By David Robie, editor of Asia Pacific Report
Prime Minister James Marape has made two foreign policy gaffes in the space of a week...
Bougainville president slams ‘mocking’ by drunken MP over independence
Asia Pacific Report
Bougainville President Ishmael Toroama today condemned a visiting Papua New Guinean member of Parliament for "mocking" the autonomous region's independence aspirations during...
PNG’s Sir Rabbie blessed at birth – ‘he’ll be a big...
By Jean Nuia in Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea’s fourth prime minister, Sir Rabbie Namaliu, has died -- four days shy of his...
PNG’s Sir Julius: ‘I shed tears of joy and sadness –...
PNG Post-Courier
The tears came freely as the birth of the new nation of Papua New Guinea was heralded by a new flag -- the...
