Tag: PNG Parliament

RNZ Pacific The leaders of Bougainville and Papua New Guinea have signed a deal that may bring the autonomous region's quest for independence closer. Called "Melanesian...

By Don Wiseman, RNZ Pacific senior journalist Reports in Papua New Guinea say the governments of Bougainville and PNG have agreed to table the 2019...

By Scott Waide, RNZ Pacific PNG correspondent Papua New Guinea's Supreme Court has ruled that Parliament must be recalled on April 8 to debate a...

By Don Wiseman, RNZ Pacific senior journalist The parties involved in talks aimed at resolving an impasse over Bougainville's push for independence are planning to...

By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea's opposition leader James Nomane says Parliament needs to be recalled immediately as the gravity of Wednesday’s...

PNG Post-Courier Papua New Guinea's Police Commissioner David Manning has commended the coordinated efforts between police and defence intelligence units in the lead up to...

By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby Prime Minister James Marape has declared that he will not resign in spite of the defection of many Pangu...

By Melyne Baroi in Port Moresby A Papua New Guinea MP, Peter Isoaimo, who had been ousted by the National Court in an alleged bribery...

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...

By Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea's opposition has vowed to remove Prime Minister James Marape and his government from power. During a media...

By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist The opposition group in Papua New Guinea's Parliament staged a walkout yesterday after a fiery exchange, amid an ongoing...

RNZ Pacific A total of 12 MPs in the Papua New Guinea government of Jame Marape have now switched sides, joining the opposition ahead of...

By Miriam Zarriga and Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby Fires from the 24-hour spate of looting, rioting and mayhem in Papua New Guinea's Port Moresby...

By Finau Fonua, RNZ Pacific journalist, and Scott Waide, RNZ Pacific PNG correspondent Shops have been set on fire or looted in parts of Papua...

PNG Post-Courier Papua New Guinea's opposition has called on Prime Minister James Marape to immediately recall Parliament to address the escalating killings in the upper...

RNZ Pacific A cabinet minister in Bougainville is furious that the Papua New Guinea government has decided to make a vote on independence an absolute...

By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby The last time Papua New Guinea heard “there is a stranger in the House” was when two men walked...

By Scott Waide, RNZ Pacific PNG correspondent Students at the University of Papua New Guinea (UPNG) marched to Parliament House in in the capital Port...

RNZ Pacific The Autonomous Bougainville Government (ABG) wants to delay the next meeting of the Joint Supervisory Body with the Papua New Guinea government, claiming...

By Don Wiseman, RNZ Pacific journalist Papua New Guinea's People's National Congress is shaping up as the party to watch as the country's general election...

By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby Speaker Job Pomat walked into an empty chamber of Papua New Guinea's Parliament after the bell was rung about...