2025 in Papua New Guinea

Events in the year 2025 in Papua New Guinea.

Incumbents

6 February – A twin-engine aircraft operated by TropicAir undergoes a runway excursion during takeoff at Kerema Airport due to strong winds. No injuries are reported among its eight passengers and crew.

20 March – Prosecutors in Australia drop charges of assault against former petroleum minister Jimmy Maladina.
24 March – The government imposes a ban on Facebook as part of a "test" to limit hate speech, misinformation and pornography.

5 April – A magnitude 6.9 earthquake hits off the coast of Kimbe.
10 April – The government lifts a three-year moratorium on its carbon credit schemes.

16 May – A polio outbreak is declared by the World Health Organization following the discovery of two cases in Lae.

5 September – 2025 Bougainvillean general election: President Ishmael Toroama is reelected with more than 90,000 votes.

6 October –
*Prime Minister James Marape and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese sign a mutual defence agreement in Canberra.
*Ishmael Toroama is inaugurated for a second term as president of Bougainville.
7 October – A magnitude 6.6 earthquake hits Morobe Province, destroying several homes in Lae.
19 October – Pope Leo XIV canonizes Peter To Rot, a lay worker who was killed by the Japanese during World War II for opposing polygamy, as the first Catholic saint from Papua New Guinea.
31 October – At least 21 people are killed in a landslide in Kukas, Enga Province.

10 January: Charles Lepani, 77, diplomat.
30 January: Julius Chan, 85, prime minister and Governor of New Ireland Province.
13 September: Luther Wenge, 65, judge, MP and twice governor of Morobe Province.