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September 16, 2024
By Scott Waide, RNZ Pacific PNG correspondent, and Lydia Lewis RNZ Pacific journalist Papua New Guinea is today celebrating almost half a century of independence from Australia. The journey has not been easy, and the path since 16 September 1975 has been filled with challenges and triumphs, Prime Minister James Marape said in a statement. ... <a title="Papua New Guinea celebrates 49 years of independence from Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/16/papua-new-guinea-celebrates-49-years-of-independence-from-australia/" aria-label="Read more about Papua New Guinea celebrates 49 years of independence from Australia">Read more</a>
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September 18, 2023
PNG Post-Courier Vice-Minister of Planning James Nomane has called on Prime Minister James Marape to put Papua New Guinea first and reshuffle cabinet to bring together the best of both government and opposition MPs. In his 48th Independence message at the weekend, Nomane said that this Independence Day must trigger change in the way Marape’s ... <a title="‘Quit lip service’ and reshuffle PNG cabinet for national benefit, says Nomane" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/18/quit-lip-service-and-reshuffle-png-cabinet-for-national-benefit-says-nomane/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Quit lip service’ and reshuffle PNG cabinet for national benefit, says Nomane">Read more</a>
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September 18, 2023
EDITORIAL: By the PNG Post-Courier “Is there a democratic Papua New Guinean nation — or is it merely an arbitrary nation built on a shaky, crumbling foundation of disparate traditional customs and the Melanesian Way? “Has the system of government become a hybrid of concepts that fail to work on any level — a bastardisation ... <a title="PNG Post-Courier: Our democracy, our Melanesian way" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/18/png-post-courier-our-democracy-our-melanesian-way/" aria-label="Read more about PNG Post-Courier: Our democracy, our Melanesian way">Read more</a>
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September 14, 2023
By David Robie, editor of Asia Pacific Report Prime Minister James Marape has made two foreign policy gaffes in the space of a week that may come back to bite him as Papua New Guinea prepares for its 48th anniversary of independence this Saturday. Critics have been stunned by the opening of a PNG embassy ... <a title="PNG’s Marape makes foreign policy gaffes over Israel, West Papua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/14/pngs-marape-makes-foreign-policy-gaffes-over-israel-west-papua/" aria-label="Read more about PNG’s Marape makes foreign policy gaffes over Israel, West Papua">Read more</a>
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April 4, 2023
Asia Pacific Report Bougainville President Ishmael Toroama today condemned a visiting Papua New Guinean member of Parliament for “mocking” the autonomous region’s independence aspirations during a drunken exchange in Buka last week, saying that he must “atone for his blunder”. A video of Ijivitari MP David Arore allegedly abusing security guards and airport staff while ... <a title="Bougainville president slams ‘mocking’ by drunken MP over independence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/04/bougainville-president-slams-mocking-by-drunken-mp-over-independence/" aria-label="Read more about Bougainville president slams ‘mocking’ by drunken MP over independence">Read more</a>
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April 4, 2023
By Jean Nuia in Kokopo, Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea’s fourth prime minister, Sir Rabbie Namaliu, has died — four days shy of his 76th birthday which would have been celebrated today. The late Sir Rabbie was born Rabbie Langanai Namaliu on April 3, 1947, to early local missionaries Darius and Utul Ioan Namaliu, ... <a title="PNG’s Sir Rabbie blessed at birth – ‘he’ll be a big man, clever’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/04/pngs-sir-rabbie-blessed-at-birth-hell-be-a-big-man-clever/" aria-label="Read more about PNG’s Sir Rabbie blessed at birth – ‘he’ll be a big man, clever’">Read more</a>
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September 20, 2022
PNG Post-Courier The tears came freely as the birth of the new nation of Papua New Guinea was heralded by a new flag — the Glorious Red, Black and Gold. Tears of joy, tears of freedom, tears of sadness, all rolled into one on the momentous occasion of the end of an era of colonialism. ... <a title="PNG’s Sir Julius: ‘I shed tears of joy and sadness – for a new beginning’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/20/pngs-sir-julius-i-shed-tears-of-joy-and-sadness-for-a-new-beginning/" aria-label="Read more about PNG’s Sir Julius: ‘I shed tears of joy and sadness – for a new beginning’">Read more</a>
