Land ownership in Papua New Guinea explained

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A guide to Papua New Guinea’s landownership rules for foreign investors.

Papua New Guinea business to benefit from new strata title laws

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Strata titles are the start of a wide-ranging agenda of land reforms to help Papua New Guineans access the value of their land.

How Maori landowners access development finance 

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Accessing finance to develop land in Papua New Guinea is the biggest stumbling block to creating wealth, jobs and an economic base for future generations. In New Zealand, Maori economic development is forging ahead, with the active support of banks and investors. In the second of a two-part series, Kevin McQuillan examines NZ banks’ lending criteria.

Warnings that proposed changes to Papua New Guinea’s Land Act could harm economy

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During May, forums were run in Port Moresby, Lae, Mt Hagen and Kokopo to solicit public responses to the Papua New Guinea government’s new land bill. The intent of the new bill is to protect the rights of customary landowners, by extinguishing any State leases, mortgages or sub-leases held by non-citizens. But the consequences for PNG industry and the economy could be dire, some observers are saying.