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Veteran PNG editor promotes Tok Pisin writing, trains journalists

June 4, 2024

Inside PNG Anna Solomon, a Papua New Guinean journalist and editor with 40 years experience, is now providing training for journalists at the Wantok Niuspepa. Wantok is a weekly newspaper and the only Tok Pisin language newspaper in PNG. Solomon, who spoke during last month’s public inquiry on Media in Papua New Guinea, asked if ... <a title="Veteran PNG editor promotes Tok Pisin writing, trains journalists" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/04/veteran-png-editor-promotes-tok-pisin-writing-trains-journalists/" aria-label="Read more about Veteran PNG editor promotes Tok Pisin writing, trains journalists">Read more</a>

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50 years of challenge and change: David Robie reflects on a career in Pacific journalism

June 3, 2024

This King’s Birthday, the New Zealand Order of Merit recognises Professor David Robie’s 50 years of service to Pacific journalism. He says he is astonished and quite delighted, and feels quite humbled by it all. “However, I feel that it’s not just me, I owe an enormous amount to my wife, Del, who is a ... <a title="50 years of challenge and change: David Robie reflects on a career in Pacific journalism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/03/50-years-of-challenge-and-change-david-robie-reflects-on-a-career-in-pacific-journalism/" aria-label="Read more about 50 years of challenge and change: David Robie reflects on a career in Pacific journalism">Read more</a>

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Little Ima puts a question to PM Marape for Mulitaka survivors

June 3, 2024

By Miriam Zarriga in Mulitaka, Papua New Guinea Little Ima met Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape last Friday during the “haus krai” in Mulitaka, Enga, after the landslide disaster more than a week ago. His meeting happened when Marape beckoned him to get water from him. The action of the Prime Minister only ... <a title="Little Ima puts a question to PM Marape for Mulitaka survivors" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/03/little-ima-puts-a-question-to-pm-marape-for-mulitaka-survivors/" aria-label="Read more about Little Ima puts a question to PM Marape for Mulitaka survivors">Read more</a>

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King’s Birthday Honours: NZ journalist reflects on work in the Pacific

June 3, 2024

By Alakihihifo Vailala of PMN News Flipped “back in time” is how New Zealand author, journalist and media educator Dr David Robie describes the crisis in New Caledonia. Robie has covered the Asia-Pacific region for international media and educated Pacific journalists for more than four decades. He reported on the indigenous Kanak pro-independence uprising in ... <a title="King’s Birthday Honours: NZ journalist reflects on work in the Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/03/kings-birthday-honours-nz-journalist-reflects-on-work-in-the-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about King’s Birthday Honours: NZ journalist reflects on work in the Pacific">Read more</a>

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PNG’s police and defence force close ranks to foil ‘opportunist crimes’

June 2, 2024

PNG Post-Courier Papua New Guinea’s Police Commissioner David Manning has commended the coordinated efforts between police and defence intelligence units in the lead up to and during the current sitting of Parliament. Commissioner Manning said claims made over the past five months, particularly on social media, had led to heightened public awareness of safety during ... <a title="PNG’s police and defence force close ranks to foil ‘opportunist crimes’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/02/pngs-police-and-defence-force-close-ranks-to-foil-opportunist-crimes/" aria-label="Read more about PNG’s police and defence force close ranks to foil ‘opportunist crimes’">Read more</a>

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12 reportedly dead after tribal clashes near PNG landslide in Enga

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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PNG landslide: Thousands on standby for evacuation amid fears of new crisis

May 28, 2024

RNZ Pacific Close to 8000 people have been told to be on standby for evacuation from a landslide-prone area in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea. Enga provincial disaster committee chairperson and provincial administrator Sandis Tsaka told RNZ Pacific some were already being evacuated, but that number was not clear. As many people as possible ... <a title="PNG landslide: Thousands on standby for evacuation amid fears of new crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/28/png-landslide-thousands-on-standby-for-evacuation-amid-fears-of-new-crisis/" aria-label="Read more about PNG landslide: Thousands on standby for evacuation amid fears of new crisis">Read more</a>

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PNG landslide buried ‘more than 2000 people alive’: Rescue teams navigate unstable terrain, infighting

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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PNG landslide: Couple pulled alive from rubble as 690 feared dead

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>

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PNG landslide: Survivors of highlands disaster desperately seeking help

May 25, 2024

RNZ Pacific The survivors of a massive landslide in a remote village in Papua New Guinea’s highlands are still waiting for official help, more than 24 hours after the disaster. Hundreds are feared dead in Yambali village in Enga province after the landslide bulldozed homes and buried families alive early Friday morning. Mick Michael, who ... <a title="PNG landslide: Survivors of highlands disaster desperately seeking help" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/25/png-landslide-survivors-of-highlands-disaster-desperately-seeking-help/" aria-label="Read more about PNG landslide: Survivors of highlands disaster desperately seeking help">Read more</a>

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Local officials fear fate of 300 missing people in remote PNG landslide

May 25, 2024

By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby The United States has said it is “ready to lend a helping hand” to the people of Mulitaka, Enga province, after a devasting landslide swallowed an entire village in Papua New Guinea’s highlands yesterday. US President Joe Biden and his wife said in a personal message their prayers were ... <a title="Local officials fear fate of 300 missing people in remote PNG landslide" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/25/local-officials-fear-fate-of-300-missing-people-in-remote-png-landslide/" aria-label="Read more about Local officials fear fate of 300 missing people in remote PNG landslide">Read more</a>

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Hundreds feared dead after huge landslide in Papua New Guinea

May 24, 2024

By Eleisha Foon, RNZ Pacific senior journalist Scores of people have died in a huge landslide which has struck a remote village in the Papua New Guinean highlands. The landslide reportedly hit Yambali village in Enga Province, about 600 km north-west of Port Moresby. The landslip has buried homes and food gardens, leaving what locals ... <a title="Hundreds feared dead after huge landslide in Papua New Guinea" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/24/hundreds-feared-dead-after-huge-landslide-in-papua-new-guinea/" aria-label="Read more about Hundreds feared dead after huge landslide in Papua New Guinea">Read more</a>