This is an edited excerpt from the 2024 PNG Update keynote address by Governor Allan Bird of East...
Category - Pacific and PNG
PNG’s progress since independence: 3 out of 10
This is an edited excerpt from the 2024 PNG Update opening address, delivered at the University of...
Seasonal labour recruitment trends under New Zealand’s RSE scheme
In their recent blog, Richard Curtain and Stephen Howes showed that as the Pacific Australia Labour...
Travel recovery in the Pacific: worrying signs
As the pandemic recedes and gradually fades from people’s memories, travel in the Pacific is...
RSE policy changes: Timor-Leste joins; employers’ costs reduced
Last week, the New Zealand coalition government announced changes to the Recognised Seasonal...
PNG passports quick, birth certificates slow
In Papua New Guinea, birth certificates are issued by the PNG Civil and Identity Registry (PNGCIR)...
Are PNG’s ministers more likely to get re-elected?
Ministerial positions are a crucial tool in Papua New Guinea’s clientelist politics. For...
Free(r) movement at the Forum
The annual Pacific Islands Forum Economic Ministers Meeting (FEMM) always has a wide-ranging agenda...
Is the time ripe for constitutional change in Fiji?
The liquidation of the former governing party, FijiFirst, has opened up debate about an amendment...
The Panguna lawsuit: a search for justice or for cash?
This article was first published by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project. High in...