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August 1, 2024
Warning: This report discusses graphic details of tribal violence in Papua New Guinea. SPECIAL REPORT: By Scott Waide, RNZ Pacific PNG correspondent The nauseating stench of dried blood hung in the air as we arrived in Karida village, a few kilometers outside of Tari in Papua New Guinea’s Hela province. Through the landcruiser window, I ... <a title="From bows and arrows to assault rifles: How the rules of PNG tribal wars have changed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/01/from-bows-and-arrows-to-assault-rifles-how-the-rules-of-png-tribal-wars-have-changed/" aria-label="Read more about From bows and arrows to assault rifles: How the rules of PNG tribal wars have changed">Read more</a>
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September 13, 2023
By Melyne Baroi in Port Moresby “I will surrender if you guarantee I will not be killed,” says Eugene Pakailasi, who took over leadership of Papua New Guinea’s Milne Bay gang after Tommy Maeva Baker was killed in 2021. He proclaimed this to Milne Bay Governor Gordon Wesley who met with the gang allegedly earlier ... <a title="Milne Bay governor explains secret meeting with notorious PNG gang" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/13/milne-bay-governor-explains-secret-meeting-with-notorious-png-gang/" aria-label="Read more about Milne Bay governor explains secret meeting with notorious PNG gang">Read more</a>
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October 25, 2022
PNG Post-Courier Thirty people are reported to have been killed and many seriously injured in the worst tribal warfare on Kiriwina Island in Papua New Guinea’s Milne Bay Province yesterday. The number of deaths will be the highest ever recorded during a tribal warfare on the island. Douglas Tomuriesa, the member for Kiriwina-Goodenough and Deputy ... <a title="30 killed, many injured in PNG ‘island of love’ tribal massacre" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/25/30-killed-many-injured-in-png-island-of-love-tribal-massacre/" aria-label="Read more about 30 killed, many injured in PNG ‘island of love’ tribal massacre">Read more</a>
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September 1, 2022
By Gorethy Kenneth of the PNG Post-Courier The Conflict group of islands in Papua New Guinea’s Milne Bay province cannot be sold to foreign interests, Parliament has been told. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Lands John Rosso said yesterday the privately-owned controversial islands would instead be turned into an environmental marine conservation area. Irked ... <a title="PNG orders investigation into Conflict islands ‘sale’ – no deal, says Rosso" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/01/png-orders-investigation-into-conflict-islands-sale-no-deal-says-rosso/" aria-label="Read more about PNG orders investigation into Conflict islands ‘sale’ – no deal, says Rosso">Read more</a>
