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Thousands more midwives needed to help PNG
Two thousand women are dying every year during pregnancy and childbirth in PNG, a new report estimates. Audio
Claim Bougainville Mining Act change will stifle investment
A Bougainville landowner group says the government's link with Australian company Caballus will destroy the Papua New Guinea autonomous province's ability to secure international finance.
Bougainville women march for unity after recent violence
When the women of Bougainville march today to mark International Women's Day, the recent violence in Buka will be at the front of their minds.
MV Rabaul case re-opens in PNG
Court proceedings have been re-opened in Papua New Guinea over the country's worst maritime disaster seven years ago.
Chimbu recount suspended shortly after starting
The recount for the Chimbu regional seat in Papua New Guinea's 2017 election has again hit a snag.
Family of PNG student who died in Chinese prison seek help
The family of a young Papua New Guinean who died in a Chinese prison is appealing for help in having his body repatriated.
Flooding brings death and destruction for East New Britain
Flash flooding has cut off many roads and washed out a number of villages in Papua New Guinea's East New Britain province. New Guinea Islands provinces are taking stock of damage from several days of… Audio
PNG's most wanted criminal urged to surrender or risk being killed
Papua New Guinea's most wanted criminal Tommy Baker has been urged to hand himself in by the country's police chief. For months, police have been unable to capture notorious prison escapee Tommy Baker… Audio
PNG authority to complete FSM crash investigation
Papua New Guinea is to take over the investigation into the fatal crash of an Air Niugini plane in Micronesia last year.
Bougainville govt's mining deal meets widespread opposition
There's been community outrage in Papua New Guinea's Bougainville region at the local government's new mining plan. Audio
Dispense with the Asia-Pacific tag, says Juffa
A member of Papua New Guinea's parliament says the Pacific Islands should not be lumped in with Asia as a region. Gary Juffa, the Governor of Oro province, says the Pacific should be considered as a… Audio
PNG minister wants laws to stop cultural appropriation
New laws are needed to prevent cultural appropriation by private companies in Papua New Guinea, Police Minister Jelta Wong says. Audio
PNG's West Papua policy under pressure
The Free West Papua Movement, or OPM, has called for international action on the conflict in Indonesian-ruled Papua at a rare press conference in neighbouring Papua New Guinea. At this event, they… Audio
Health crisis denial astounds PNG doctors
Doctors in Papua New Guinea have reacted angrily to the health minister's insistence that there's no crisis in the Pacific country's health system. While they scrounge for basic supplies to keep… Audio
Dateline Pacific morning edition for 29 January 2019
The Tonga government says the country is coping as well as it possibly can with a cut to its internet and phone links with the outside; Japan's plans to discharge over one million tonnes of highly… Audio
Call for new approach to drink and drug issues in PNG
A Papua New Guinea social commmentator says the country has got to take a new approach to the way it deals with drink and drug issues. Audio
ABC Wantok Programme for 28 January 2019
Crime related deaths in Papua New Guinea's Milne Bay; Alleged fraud clouds development of land near Solomon Islands main international airport; Australia Day and indigenous recognition, and; PNG… Audio
ABC Wantok Programme for 28 January 2019
Crime related deaths in Papua New Guinea's Milne Bay; Alleged fraud clouds development of land near Solomon Islands main international airport; Australia Day and indigenous recognition, and; PNG… Audio
Dateline Pacific evening edition for 28 January 2019
Aid workers based in Vanuatu fear a disaster if a cyclone struck people already displaced by Ambae's volcanic eruptions; the member of parliament for Madang in Papua New Guinea is seeking to end a… Audio
Call for Bougainville's environment to be kept pristine
The speaker of the Bougainville parliament, Simon Pentanu, has spoken of the need for Bougainvilleans to think about the sort of place they would want to leave for future generations. Audio