Papua New Guinea
Staff desert Manus Island detention centre
Locals on Papua New Guinea's Manus Island are reported to be looting the refugee detention centre after staff employed by the Australian government to run the facility left early this morning.
Senator fears tragedy on Manus Island
An Australian senator is warning today's closure of the Manus Island detention centre could end in tragedy.
Asylum seekers refuse to leave Manus Island
A confrontation is looming in Papua New Guinea between local authorities and more than 700 men who are refusing to leave an Australian-run immigration detention centre on Manus Island. The centre is… Audio
Fears Manus detention centre closure may be violent
There are warnings today's closure of the Manus Island detention centre in Papua New Guinea could end in tragedy. Refugees detained by Australia on Manus say they'll peacefully resist removal from the… Audio
Manus Island refugees to peacefully resist relocation
An Australian politician is warning today's closure of the Manus Island detention centre could end in tragedy. Audio
PNG's Parkop proposes new scheme to occupy idle youth
The governor of Papua New Guinea's national capital district is planning a nation-wide scheme to get idle youth off the streets.
Dateline Pacific evening edition for 30 October 2017
PNG Immigration minister hopeful over Manus transition; A New Zealand MP calls the country's silence about Manus Island 'complicity'; Academic points to gaps in NZ's Pacific labour mobility scheme; A… Audio
PNG Immigration minister hopeful over Manus transition
Papua New Guinea's Immigration Minister has downplayed concerns of looming security or humanitarian crises on Manus Island. Australia's immigration detention centre on Manus is due to close tomorrow… Audio
Sport: PNG Kumuls urged to keep focus after 'dream start'
Papua New Guinea have been challenged to keep their feet on the ground after a stunning start to the Rugby League World Cup
MP calls NZ's Manus Island silence 'complicity'
A new Green MP, who was a refugee, says New Zealand's silence has made it complicit in human rights abuse in Australian offshore detention. Audio
PNG news editor responds to criticism over journalist's death
The editor of Papua New Guinea's Post Courier says the paper is not at fault over the death of his business editor.
PNG paper editor responds to criticism over journalist's death
The death of a prominent journalist in Papua New Guinea has prompted criticism of the newspaper she worked for. Audio
Integrity overrides convenience of govt for PNG MP
A new Papua New Guinea MP Bryan Kramer, is philosophical about the split in his political party after its leader and most of its MPs, but not him, recently joined government in an upheaval that has… Audio
Tagata o Te Moana for 28 October 2017
A journalist's death shines the spotlight on violence against women in in Papua New Guinea; The state of emergency declared for an erupting volcano in Vanuatu comes to an end; The Catholic Church in… Audio
Fijians sent to provide security on Manus
Forty-two Fijians have been employed to provide security services on Papua New Guinea's Manus Island.
Sport: Pacific teams underway at Rugby League World Cup
A sold-out home crowd will greet the Papua New Guinea Kumuls for their Rugby League World Cup opener against Wales in Port Moresby.
Car-jack suspects arrested in PNG
Police in PNG have arrested a man suspected of attempting to carjack an Australian family last week in Central Province.
Walking 3000km for PNG women
Twenty-three-year-old Finn Egan has scaled steep hills in downpours, traversed mountain tops, and fought through dense bush, as he walks the length of NZ to raise money to build a women's refuge in… Video
Extra police on standby for Manus relocation
Extra police are on standby to assist Papua New Guinea's Immigration Department relocate refugees when the Manus Island detention centre closes.
Everyone must work to end domestic violence - PNG police chief
The Papua New Guinea police commissioner, Gari Baki, says everyone has a role to play in ending domestic violence.
