New Zealand High Commission Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea

06-06-13

Two Papua New Guinean post graduate students were each awarded a one-off cash prize award of NZ$1500 for being the highest New Zealand Pacific Scholarship academic performers in the 2012 academic year.

13-05-13

For the fifth time in two years the New Zealand Papua New Guinea Business Council is leading a trade mission to Papua New Guinea this time traveling to Port Moresby and Lae. The delegation which includes almost 30 people is here from 19 to 24 May.

16-04-13

New Zealand is playing host this week to more than sixty Pacific parliamentarians and political leaders, including eight MP’s from the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea.  They are in Wellington for the Pacific Parliamentary and Political Leaders Forum, organised by the New Zealand Parliament to give Pacific politicians and leaders and New Zealand MPs an opportunity to strengthen their networks in the region.

08-04-13

The Māori Electoral Option gives New Zealanders of Māori descent the opportunity to choose whether they want to be on the Māori Electoral Roll or the General Electoral Roll when they vote in the next two General Elections.

18-03-13

Victoria University of Wellington’s Assistant Vice Chancellor Pasifika, Associate Professor Hon Luamanuvao Winnie Laban, is visiting Papua New Guinea from the 17th to the 24th of March to discuss opportunities for the University to increase its ties with Papua New Guinea.

05-02-13

The second Pacific Showcase at the Cloud on Auckland’s Queens Wharf kicked off last weekend, bringing the best of the Pacific to central Auckland.  It features a range of boutique stalls, a pacific themed market place, promotional kiosks, a pacific café and an entertainment stage.  RD Tuna and Banz Kofi from Papua New Guinea are there to promote their PNG products.  Organised by the New Zealand-based Pacific Cooperation Foundation the Showcase brings a focus onto the vast wealth of products, arts and culture across the region.  A spokesperson for RD Tuna sai

18-01-13

The goal of the New Zealand Scholarships scheme in PNG is to contribute to equitable economic growth and poverty reduction in Papua New Guinea.  Through scholarships for tertiary education and skills development, New Zealand contributes to a growing cadre of well-educated and highly-skilled people with the necessary abilities and qualifications to contribute to positive development outcomes and generate and sustain economic growth.

02-11-12

Internal Affairs Minister Chris Tremain has announced that from Friday 2 November New Zealanders will pay less for their adult passport and be able to renew their passports online.

08-08-12

Updated 8 August, 9am NZ time: There was a brief eruption from Mt Tongariro in the central North Island just before midnight on 6 August, New Zealand time.

26-07-12

From 31 July 2012, the receiving office for New Zealand visa applications for people applying from Papua New Guinea Islands is changing.