Papua New Guinea
Observers call for big changes in PNG electoral process
The Commonwealth group that has been observing the Papua New Guinea elections has called for an urgent review of the election process.
PNG thinktank says worst of election yet to come
The head of a PNG think tank says worst of the country's chaotic election is yet to come. Audio
Pacific News and Sport briefs for Saturday July 23rd
250 people a day in Samoa seeking help for flu, some voting early in Cook Islands election, and no new community Covid cases in Nauru in latest figures
Vast improvement needed in election planning - Transparency PNG
Papua New Guinea police have reported the deaths of four people in what they say is an election related attack.
Push for reconciliation around Bougainville's Panguna
The government in the autonomous Papua New Guinea region of Bougainville wants to ensure landowners at Panguna agree and reconcile before the area is opened to development.
Marape wins re-election in first PNG election result
Papua New Guinea's caretaker prime minister James Marape has been re-elected as the MP for Tari-Pori in the country's Hela Province.
Pacific News in brief for Saturday July 9th
Call in PNG for changes in Electoral Commission operations after chaotic opening to poll; New Caledonia re-introduces measures to control Covid spread; nearly half of Nauru has had covid; New…
PNG election woes continue to stack up
PNG's election woes continue as key official resigns amid allegations of election fraud. Audio
PNG election woes continue
Election woes in Papua New Guinea continue to pile up with the sudden resignation today of a returning officer for Port Moresby Northeast and the indefinite suspension of voting in the National…
Pacific News briefs from RNZ Pacific on Saturday 25th June
Samoan man charged with double murder; Namah says party members using violence will be dumped; Green Climate Fund says help is coming for Tonga and Nauru Covid numbers continue to soar