Latest from Papua New Guinea

Villagers at mercy of rising sea levels

Leaving home is the only option for many as the atoll faces the same fate as five islands that have already disappeared.

Illness still ravaging island villages

A teen's recovery from a second bout of TB is rare bright spot in battle to rein in the disease.

Pregnant mum's agonising, lifesaving trek

Some 60 per cent of Papua New Guinea's population live in areas where malaria is endemic.

Hidden Pacific: Golden Village sisters follow medal dreams

The sisters are a big deal in their village nicknamed the "Golden Village" for the success of the local weightlifters.

Hidden Pacific: Battling for a brighter future

Simon Day looks at how sport can help people out of poverty.

Villagers find new ways to survive

Villagers in PNG are changing their own lives, with the assistance of World Vision, reports Clarke Gayford.

Sowing seeds of brighter future

Instilling the importance of nutritious food in families is helping improve health in communities blighted by overcrowding.

Hidden Pacific: The power of education

In the remote Barai village in Madang province, teacher Louis Kumana worries about his school's attendance rate.

Hidden Pacific: Better start for new mums

International Woman's Day finds efforts to modernise traditional practices improving grim statistics around maternal mortality.

NZ tsunami warning cancelled

The tsunami warning for New Zealand followed an earthquake in Papua New Guinea.

Visitors to a distant world

Papua New Guinea is still the world as it was, discovers Peter Hughes.

US could take Australian refugees: Kerry

The United States has agreed to consider taking refugees from Australian detention centres, Secretary of State John Kerry said at a press conference in New Zealand.

'No third option for asylum-seekers'

The 854 asylum-seekers on Manus Island only have two choices: settle in Papua New Guinea or return home.

UN calls for calm in Papua New Guinea

United Nations secretary-general Ban Ki-moon says he's concerned by reports of violent clashes between students and police in Papua New Guinea.

Shots fired in PNG before NZ semifinal

The students say police fired shots directly into the crowd in Port Moresby, who were protesting against Prime Minister Peter O'Neill.

OFC semi to go ahead despite shootings

The All Whites crunch semifinal match in Port Moresby will go ahead as planned despite the shooting of students by police in the city today.

Cruising: PNG's timeless islands

PNG is a rare and exotic cruise destination of misty mountains, smoking volcanoes, jungle drums, bare-breasted dancers and shy excited smiles from locals.

Hunt narrows for long-lost sub

The fate of a NZ submariner who vanished with his vessel 101 years ago could finally be settled by a mission in the Bismarck Sea off Papua New Guinea.