Don Wiseman

Arawa Photo: RNZ / Johnny Blades Canadian miner Island Passage Exploration (IPX) has announced the beginning of phase four of an exploration programme at Isina in the autonomous Papua New Guinea region of Bougainville.

Roadside market in rural Papua New Guinea. Photo: RNZI / Johnny Blades A Papua New Guinea academic has welcomed the move by the government to drop the Goods and Services Tax (GST) from many basic food items.

Hu'akavameliku Sovaleni Sovaleni a vote of no confidence amid reports that the Palace Office had Noble MPs in his Cabinet to withdraw their backing.

Transparency International in Papua New Guinea has expressed its fear another electoral disaster is on the way for PNG.

Indonesia's new president Prabowo Subianto has revealed plans to pardon as many as 44,000 convicts - about a third of the country's prison population.

James Marape on the 49th Anniversary of Papua New Guinea's Independence. Photo: Supplied/ PMO

Tongans will be eagerly watching the formation of the new government's cabinet to see what influence King Tupou VI might have.

Local villagers hold a placard as they participate in a gathering near the Porgera Gold Mine in Enga province, Papua New Guinea on 23 September

Ieremia Tabai MP from Nonouti. Tabai was the first Beretitenti President of Kiribati. Photo: Supplied/UNDP

Fiji's Finance Minister Biman Prasad responds to media at the post-Budget press conference. Photo: Screenshot / Fiji Government