China testing Covid-19 vaccine in PNG
Nickel mining firm says 48 employees have been vaccinated against Covid 19.
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Papua New Guinea police make massive cocaine haul
Police have seized $86 million worth of cocaine they believe was destined for Australia.
Lloyd Jones: Feckless politics won't faze Behrouz Boochani but we should be ashamed
Comment: Shame on the small-minded who will say anything to light up a switchboard.
Kurdish-Iranian author Behrouz Boochani given refugee status in New Zealand
Boochani has been in New Zealand since November.
'Very strong' 6.9 earthquake hits near Papua New Guinea, tsunami alert lifted
An earlier tsunami warning for the country's northern coast has now been lifted.
Two friends die, another survives fiery Dunedin crash
A lone survivor of a deadly crash told a witness: 'My friends are in there'.
'Do not get pregnant': Pacific virus warning issued
Nation urges women to delay pregnancy for two years, due to the risk of coronavirus.
A most exclusive club: The 8 other countries that beat Covid-19
NZ joins an exclusive club of nine countries that have beaten Covid-19 cases down to zero.
Covid-19: The countries without cases - still
As the world deals with the pandemic, a few have managed to escape it so far.
Four survive 32 days adrift in Pacific after living off coconuts and rainwater
Some eight others, including a baby perished in the month-long ordeal.
PNG students among Wuhan evacuees on Air NZ flight
A total of 19 students from Papua New Guinea are among people evacuated from Wuhan.
Pacific Islands offer to support to Australia
100 PNG soldiers will be sent to Australia in efforts to fight bush fires.
Best of 2019: Sex, yams and cricket games in PNG
On a remote archipelago off Papua New Guinea, Mark Stratton finds a real Love Island.
Bougainville votes for independence from Papua New Guinea
Around 85% of eligible voters cast more than 181,000 ballots in two weeks of voting.
Discover Papua New Guinea by ship
Papua New Guinea's beauty is largely untouched, and definitely unmatched.
Hallowed sporting ground abandoned to homeless
Inside Whangārei's Jubilee Park, a former league ground and now a home for the destitute.
After six years, refugee writer tastes freedom in NZ
Boochani was held against his will at Australia's notorious offshore immigration camp.
Manus Island refugee lands in Auckland
The asylum seeker was met at the airport by Green MP Golriz Ghahraman.
Papua New Guinea: A journey through the past
Rosalie Willis goes on a journey of discoveries in Papua New Guinea.
Manus Island refugees offered move to Port Moresby
The offer includes accommodation in the Papua New Guinea capital.
Ardern: Return of Fijian PM to Pacific leaders' forum a 'milestone'
Fijian PM Frank Bainimarama has not been at the Pacific leaders' meeting in 10 years.
NZ scientist to fly drone over rowdy PNG volcano
How do you get up close to one of the world's angriest volcanoes? With a drone, of course.
Sex, yams and cricket games
On a remote archipelago off Papua New Guinea, Mark Stratton finds a real Love Island.
Reason behind paradise island's brutal bloodshed
A brutal massacre of women and children has highlighted a deadly turf war on our doorstep.
Women and children targeted in PNG violence
More than 20 people, including pregnant women and children, were brutally slain.
'Miracle': Kiwi photographer's watch saved him in machete attack
"The miracle was, the machete hit my wristwatch."
Top Kiwi photographer back in NZ after PNG stabbing
Colin Monteath was stabbed while fighting off criminals who set upon him and two others.
Top Kiwi photographer stabbed in PNG attack
Colin Monteath, 71, was stopped in a road block by six people armed with knives and axes.
Aftershocks rattle Papua New Guinea after big earthquake
The magnitude 7.5 quake struck at a relatively shallow depth of 10km.
Papua New Guinea 7.2 magnitude earthquake felt in Australia
The earthquake struck at 7.19am local time.
UK man armed with crossbow tries to flee Australia on a jet ski
The wanted man almost made the 140km journey from Cape York to Papua New Guinea.
Missing: 275 cars purchased for PNG Apec conference
Although the Maseratis are accounted for. Other cars are not.
New recruits' wings a strong incentive for trainee pilots
Academy welcomes a new cohort with a wings ceremony to provide motivation.
Foreign Ministers six-monthly bilateral meeting starts on Waiheke Island
Winston Peters and Marise Payne have begun their bilateral meeting, stressing the Pacific.