Papua New Guinea

The people of Vanimo in Papua New Guinea say they need money to help prepare for the Pope's visit early next month.

PNG is hoping - with the backing of Australia providing up to $600 million in funding - they can start playing in the NRL as the 18th team in the competition as early as 2028.

Evelyn Kunda, currently in Aotearoa to shine a light on the horrors of sorcery related violence in her country, says victims in her country "need justice". Audio

People evicted from a large squatter settlement in Papua New Guinea's capital two years ago, want a slice of a new government fund. Audio

Opposition leader Douglas Tomuriesa is eyeing a vote in September, when the parliament is due to sit. Audio

The national Census started on 16 June and was meant to be finished in two weeks. It was extended and is still underway because of delays with funding, training and logistics.

Prime Minister James Marape made the announcement in Lae during a meeting with traditional landowning clan representatives in Morobe Province.

The massacre of 26 people in the Angoram District two weeks ago is "utterly unacceptable and a gross violation of human rights", the Commonwealth Lawyers Association says.

First person - RNZ Pacific's correspondent in PNG, Scott Waide, shares why the roots of tribal conflicts in Papua New Guinea are difficult to understand.

Papua New Guinea police have arrested five people in connection with the brutal attacks in Angoram district that left around 25 people dead last week.

Hundreds of people are displaced after a massacre in remote PNG and the province's governor says political problems are getting in the way of help.

An Australian businessman says he wants to ensure Papua New Guineans landowners have the financial tools to save their forests. Audio

At least 26 people have reportedly been killed in relation to a land dispute.