31 Oct 2018

NGO leader says Bougainvilleans ready for key vote

From , 4:05 pm on 31 October 2018

Bougainvilleans are due to vote in less than eight months on whether the region should become fully independent from Papua New Guinea.

Ursula Rakova, who heads the local NGO, Tulele Peisa, was in New Zealand last week and Don Wiseman took the chance to ask her if the people were ready.

Flag of autonomous region of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea

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