A Papua New Guinean minister deals scathing criticisms of Australia’s aid program valued at more than $600 million this year. 

A Papua New Guinean minister deals scathing criticisms of Australia’s aid program valued at more than $600 million this year. 

The high cost of burials is forcing Papua New Guinea families to abandon the bodies of loved ones at its public morgue, and many are ending up in mass graves. 

The high cost of burials is forcing Papua New Guinea families to abandon the bodies of loved ones at its public morgue, and many are ending up in mass graves. 

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese indicates Papua New Guinea is a step closer to entering a team in the NRL.

There are concerns for dozens of Australian and New Zealander hikers on the Kokoda Track after local landowners set up a blockade, forcing authorities to suddenly close the famous route in Papua New Guinea. 

Local officials say an influx of weapons into the remote highlands has exacerbated the violence between rival groups. 

Local officials say an influx of weapons into the remote highlands has exacerbated the violence between rival groups. 

Local officials say an influx of weapons into the remote highlands has exacerbated the violence between rival groups. 

Papua New Guinea will bring in former New Zealand governor-general and senior diplomat Sir Jerry Mateparae to help resolve a deep impasse over Bougainville's political future. 

It's Pope Francis's second full day in PNG, as part of a Pacific tour – the first papal visit to the country in 30 years.

It's Pope Francis's second full day in PNG, as part of a regional tour, and the first papal visit to the pacific's largest nation in almost three decades.

Pope Francis was greeted by dancers adorned with feathers and brightly-painted faces, signing traditional hymns.

The pontiff’s trip to Papua New Guinea is the first papal visit to the Pacific’s largest nation in almost three decades.

As Palau's president tangled with China over tourist numbers, other Pacific Island nations were looking to its giant market of travellers to fill their resorts and hotels.

As Palau's president tangled with China over tourist numbers, other Pacific Island nations were looking to its giant market of travellers to fill their resorts and hotels.

The Pontiff has touched down in the PNG capital Port Moresby, taking in the second leg of his 12-day swing through the region.

A group of 23 Catholics ventured through tough island terrain for a chance to see the pope as he visits Papua New Guinea.

Two-thirds of Timor-Leste expected to attend Pope's final mass in Dili as the Pope embarks on a 11-day tour of the region.

While Indonesia's Catholic community is only 3 per cent of the population, it still numbers in the millions and plenty of its members will be travelling to Jakarta for the pope's four-day visit.

While Indonesia's Catholic community is only 3 per cent of the population, it still numbers in the millions and plenty of its members will be travelling to Jakarta for the pope's four-day visit.

An exodus of local players had this proud New South Wales country rugby union club on its knees, until Pacific Islanders working in nearby Goulburn joined and took it to the finals.

China's ambassador to the Pacific has responded furiously after the region's leaders rejected a push from Solomon Islands to stop Taiwan participating in its top diplomatic gathering.

The alleged ring-leader of a notorious gang, accused of killing 11 children in Papua New Guinea, has surrendered to police.

The alleged leader of a gang behind a revenge attack that police say spiralled out of control, leading to a massacre and rapes, has turned himself in to the police, but his henchmen are still on the run.

The alleged leader of a gang behind a revenge attack that police say spiralled out of control, leading to a massacre and rapes, has turned himself in to the police, but his henchmen are still on the run.

Porgera locals now have to climb over their relatives' bodies buried under the landslide rubble to carry supplies.

For more than two months, the only way to get food, medicine and other supplies into Porgera has been to carry them by foot over a huge cascade of rocks left by a landslide. 

The Australian Government has soundproofed the windows at its staff accommodation compound in Port Morseby due to the noise of the bats.

The screeching of flying mammals has been driving some diplomats batty. But after years of reaching for ear plugs and complaint forms, a good night's sleep may have finally arrived. 

The plight of two New Zealand pilots in West Papua — one killed and another held hostage — highlights the risks faced by pilots in the region. However, the conflict is not the only danger. Here's why so many Australians and New Zealanders work there anyway.

A prominent PNG minister says the story was «false», and that the nation has no intention of selling off its power assets to a foreign bidder.

Scientists have been able to look at corals like tree rings to work out how warm the Coral Sea has been each summer across four centuries. They say the results reveal an alarmingly urgent need to turn around the trajectory of climate change.

India has been quietly engaging with the island nations of the Pacific for a decade, and those efforts are increasing.

Accessing banking services in the Pacific is difficult, and it could soon become worse.