Papua New Guinea

In 2016, work began on the Rural On-Grid Extension Project to extend the power grid of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea increasing access to electricity in rural areas. The project, led by PNG Power was supported by the New Zealand...
19 September 2022
Papua New Guinean expats, students and former residents in Auckland, celebrated the country’s Independence Day at the weekend. Over 100 guests gathered in Cornwall Park in Mt Eden on Saturday to celebrate the event, with cultural displays and dancing. The...
16 September 2022
New roading projects in rural Papua New Guinea will boost market access for farmers. The European Union is working with the International Labour Organisation on two farm-to-market access roads which will help more than 16,000 villagers. A road connecting the...
16 September 2022
It’s likely to be months before the lives of thousands of people affected by last weekend’s earthquakes in Papua New Guinea return to normal. The tremors, the biggest of which registered magnitude 7.6, caused damage across much of the highlands...
13 September 2022
In 2015 ChildFund Papua New Guinea established the 1-Tok Kaunselin Helpim Lain, a helpline that provides support to thousands of people throughout the country  It is Papua New Guinea’s first national telephone service, operating 24 hours a day seven days...
12 September 2022
A 7.6-magnitude earthquake in eastern Papua New Guinea on Sunday is reported to have killed at least four people, injured others, and damaged property and essential infrastructure. There are reports the quake hit about 67 km east of Kainantu, and...
8 September 2022
An advocate for more equal representation in parliament wants a Senate to be created in Papua New Guinea as a way of getting more women elected. There have only been nine women elected to the PNG parliament in 47 years...
he new Papua New Guinea Cabinet will include a Minister for Coffee. Re-elected Prime Minister James Marape has kept a number of MPs in the same roles as in the previous administration. He has named John Rosso to continue as...
Five years of build-up has become a reality after the 22nd Commonwealth Games began in Birmingham in England on Friday morning. More than 5000 athletes representing 72 nations and territories are in the West Midlands to compete in 19 sports...
2 August 2022
Papua New Guinea have won the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) Women’s Nations Cup for the first time after beating hosts Fiji 2-1 in Suva. The three-times runners-up secured the title through first-half goals from Meagen Gunemba and Ramona Padio. Fiji...