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January 7, 2026
SPECIAL REPORT: By Scott Waide, RNZ Pacific PNG correspondent Papua New Guinea’s largest resource development has reached a milestone more than a decade in the making. The PNG Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Project has fully retired its bank-financed project debt, closing one of the most complex financing arrangements in the country’s economic history. The debt, ... <a title="Papua New Guinea fully retires debt for Liquefied Natural Gas project" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/07/papua-new-guinea-fully-retires-debt-for-liquefied-natural-gas-project/" aria-label="Read more about Papua New Guinea fully retires debt for Liquefied Natural Gas project">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2025
RNZ Pacific The Papua New Guinea government wants to have everyone on their National Identity (NID) card system by the country’s 50th anniversary on 16 September 2025. While the government has been struggling to set up the NID programme for more than 10 years, in January the Prime Minister, James Marape, announced they aimed to ... <a title="PNG govt’s latest ID plan unlikely to be achieved, says academic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/26/png-govts-latest-id-plan-unlikely-to-be-achieved-says-academic/" aria-label="Read more about PNG govt’s latest ID plan unlikely to be achieved, says academic">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2024
By Bramo Tingkeo of the PNG Post-Courier Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister James Marape made his historic address to the Australian Federal Parliament in Canberra today. Following Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s welcome address, Marape highlighted with gratitude the historical ties between the two nations and made special reference to the continuous support given to ... <a title="Marape thanks Australia for providing an ‘anchor’ for independent PNG" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/20/marape-thanks-australia-for-providing-an-anchor-for-independent-png/" aria-label="Read more about Marape thanks Australia for providing an ‘anchor’ for independent PNG">Read more</a>
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February 9, 2024
By Bramo Tingkeo of the PNG Post-Courier Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister James Marape made his historic address to the Australian Federal Parliament in Canberra today. Following Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s welcome address, Marape highlighted with gratitude the historical ties between the two nations and made special reference to the continuous support given to ... <a title="Marape thanks Australia for providing ‘anchor’ for independent PNG" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/09/marape-thanks-australia-for-providing-anchor-for-independent-png/" aria-label="Read more about Marape thanks Australia for providing ‘anchor’ for independent PNG">Read more</a>
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February 9, 2024
By Lawrence Fong of the PNG Post-Courier Papua New Guinea and Australia created another piece of history yesterday when James Marape became the first international leader to address the Australian Federal Parliament since 2020. In a speech laden with heartfelt gratitude and sentimental recollections of the shared history of both nations, the PNG Prime Minister ... <a title="Marape first global leader to speak in Australian parliament since 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/09/marape-first-global-leader-to-speak-in-australian-parliament-since-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Marape first global leader to speak in Australian parliament since 2020">Read more</a>
