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February 4, 2026
By Johnny Blades, RNZ Pacific bulletin editor The New Zealand government says it hopes an electrification aid project that was halted in Papua New Guinea can still be completed if security improves. Work on the Enga Electrification Project in PNG’s Enga province has stopped due to ongoing violence around the project area in Tsak Valley. ... <a title="New Zealand holds out hope for halted PNG electrification aid project" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/04/new-zealand-holds-out-hope-for-halted-png-electrification-aid-project/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand holds out hope for halted PNG electrification aid project">Read more</a>
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February 1, 2026
By Johnny Blades, RNZ Pacific bulletin editor Political leaders in a Papua New Guinea province plagued by gun violence are making a collective stand to stop it. There is a new sense of political will among Enga Province’s political leaders and police to come down hard on the use of illegal weapons. But they are ... <a title="Leaders of PNG’s Enga province plagued by violence – vow to weed out illegal guns" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/01/leaders-of-pngs-enga-province-plagued-by-violence-vow-to-weed-out-illegal-guns/" aria-label="Read more about Leaders of PNG’s Enga province plagued by violence – vow to weed out illegal guns">Read more</a>
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January 9, 2026
SPECIAL REPORT: By Scott Waide, RNZ Pacific PNG correspondent A Papua New Guinea police operation in Tsak Valley, Enga Province, in the early hours of Friday, 2 January 2026 — which resulted in five deaths — has prompted calls for an independent investigation following sharply differing accounts of events from police and community sources, as ... <a title="PNG’s lethal Tsak Valley raid and deeper crisis over guns, policing, trust in Enga" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/09/pngs-lethal-tsak-valley-raid-and-deeper-crisis-over-guns-policing-trust-in-enga/" aria-label="Read more about PNG’s lethal Tsak Valley raid and deeper crisis over guns, policing, trust in Enga">Read more</a>
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April 4, 2025
By Harlyne Joku and BenarNews staff Residents of an informal Port Moresby settlement that was razed following the gang rape and murder of a woman by 20 men say they are being unfairly punished by Papua New Guinea authorities over alleged links to the crime. Human rights advocates and the UN have condemned the killing ... <a title="Evicted PNG settlement fears collective punishment over gang rape and killing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/04/evicted-png-settlement-fears-collective-punishment-over-gang-rape-and-killing/" aria-label="Read more about Evicted PNG settlement fears collective punishment over gang rape and killing">Read more</a>
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October 26, 2024
By Grace Tinetali-Fiavaai, RNZ Pacific journalist Papua New Guinea police say 10 people have been tragically killed after a series of violent “revenge killings” along the Laiagam-Sirunki Highway in the Highlands province of Enga. The attacks, which occured last Friday and Monday, are believed to be connected to an unresolved death that took place in ... <a title="PNG bus shooting: ‘This sort of revenge killing is unheard of’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/26/png-bus-shooting-this-sort-of-revenge-killing-is-unheard-of/" aria-label="Read more about PNG bus shooting: ‘This sort of revenge killing is unheard of’">Read more</a>
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October 23, 2024
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby A deadly ambush unfolded in Enga province between 6 p.m. and 7 p.m. last night, leaving multiple people dead after a bus was attacked by armed men. Police confirmed to the Post-Courier that bodies were found both inside the bus and scattered in nearby bushland. Men and women attempting ... <a title="Deadly bus ambush in PNG’s Enga province kills, wounds many" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/23/deadly-bus-ambush-in-pngs-enga-province-kills-wounds-many/" aria-label="Read more about Deadly bus ambush in PNG’s Enga province kills, wounds many">Read more</a>
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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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June 25, 2024
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist National politicians and pastors are fuelling the tribal fighting in Papua New Guinea by supplying guns and ammunition, says Enga’s Provincial Administrator Sandis Tsaka. Tsaka’s brother was killed a fortnight ago when a tribe on a war raid passed through his clan. “[My brother] was at home with his ... <a title="PNG ‘politicians, pastors’ supply weapons to fuel deadly tribal fights, says Engan leader" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/25/png-politicians-pastors-supply-weapons-to-fuel-deadly-tribal-fights-says-engan-leader/" aria-label="Read more about PNG ‘politicians, pastors’ supply weapons to fuel deadly tribal fights, says Engan leader">Read more</a>
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June 18, 2024
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist National politicians and pastors are fuelling the tribal fighting in Papua New Guinea by supplying guns and ammunition, says Enga’s Provincial Administrator Sandis Tsaka. Tsaka’s brother was killed a fortnight ago when a tribe on a war raid passed through his clan. “[My brother] was at home with his ... <a title="PNG ‘politicians, pastors’ supply weapons to fuel deadly tribal fights, says Enga leader" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/18/png-politicians-pastors-supply-weapons-to-fuel-deadly-tribal-fights-says-enga-leader/" aria-label="Read more about PNG ‘politicians, pastors’ supply weapons to fuel deadly tribal fights, says Enga leader">Read more</a>
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June 1, 2024
By Eleisha Foon, RNZ Pacific senior journalist Papua New Guinean Prime Minister James Marape visited Wabag, the capital of Enga province, to meet authorities before flying to the site of last week’s landslide disaster to inspect the damage up close. Tribal violence between two clans in Tambitanis is still active, reportedly leading to 12 deaths ... <a title="12 reportedly dead after tribal clashes near PNG landslide in Enga" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/01/12-reportedly-dead-after-tribal-clashes-near-png-landslide-in-enga/" aria-label="Read more about 12 reportedly dead after tribal clashes near PNG landslide in Enga">Read more</a>
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May 27, 2024
More than 2000 people were buried alive in the huge landslide which hit Papua New Guinea on Friday, the National Disaster Centre has now confirmed. An entire community living at the foot of a mountain in the remote Enga Province were buried in their sleep about 3am. Earlier reports suggested 670 people died and 150 ... <a title="PNG landslide buried ‘more than 2000 people alive’: Rescue teams navigate unstable terrain, infighting" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/27/png-landslide-buried-more-than-2000-people-alive-rescue-teams-navigate-unstable-terrain-infighting/" aria-label="Read more about PNG landslide buried ‘more than 2000 people alive’: Rescue teams navigate unstable terrain, infighting">Read more</a>
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May 27, 2024
By Scott Waide, RNZ Pacific PNG correspondent Amidst the despair of the Kaolokam landslide disaster in the Enga Province of Papua New Guinea, there was a tiny glimmer of hope as villagers pulled out a husband and wife who had been trapped under the rubble. Johnson and Jaqueline Yandam’s home missed the brunt of the ... <a title="PNG landslide: Couple pulled alive from rubble as 690 feared dead" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/27/png-landslide-couple-pulled-alive-from-rubble-as-690-feared-dead/" aria-label="Read more about PNG landslide: Couple pulled alive from rubble as 690 feared dead">Read more</a>
