News Room Archive

More than Just a Mountaineer: Sir Edmund Hillary
18 Jan 2008
Sir Edmund was one of the greatest role models for international development, according to Rae Julian, Executive Director of the Council for International Development.

PAPUA NEW GUINEA SLIDES FURTHER DOWN UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT INDEX
17 Jan 2008
Papua New Guinea (PNG) now ranks 145th in the world for overall human development, a slide from 139th in 2006-07, according to the United Nations Development Report for 2007-08. A total of 177 UN member countries are included in the index, excluding 17 for which insufficient data was available. In comparison, New Zealand has improved from 20th to 19th position.