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Landowners near the long-closed Panguna mine in the Papua New Guinea region of Bougainville continue to scrap over who the legitimate owner is.

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Claims by Wanganui Ratepayers Association that local iwi might block access to parks and reserves if they gain ownership have been called "scaremongering" and "ignorant".

Opinion - What could happen next now the UK Prime Minister's Brexit deal has been rejected and her government has a vote of no-confidence. BBC's Peter Barnes walks though the options.

Market access under a hard Brexit is the major implication New Zealand must watch out for now, former NZ trade negotiator Charles Finny says.

The UK Prime Minister has survived a vote of no confidence in her government after her Brexit deal was comprehensively rejected in parliament yesterday.

Bougainville is planning to ask donors to help fund referendum preparations as it says the Papua New Guinea government has failed to meet its commitments.

The president of Bougainville, John Momis, says the lack of funding from the Papua New Guinea government for referendum preparations is becoming desperate.

A Cook Islands paramount chief wants to re-start discussions on finding a Cook Islands Maori name for the country.

Theresa May warned a defeat of her deal would threaten democracy and there was no plan B - so what now? David Townsend treads "uncharted territory".

UK MPs have voted down Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal as expected, and a vote of no confidence in the government has been tabled by Labour.

British MPs will vote on the Prime Minister's Brexit deal later this morning, and are expected to reject it outright.

A senior official in the Bougainville government says more delays to funding will have far-reaching implications on the PNG province's ability to achieve a quality outcome in the referendum vote.

Papua New Guinea's shadow justice minister Kerenga Kua says MPs must put more effort into grappling with implications of the Bougainville referendum.

Theresa May warned that failing to deliver Brexit would be catastrophic for democracy, in a plea for support two days before parliament is expected to reject her deal with Brussels.

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has stepped up calls for a UK general election "at the earliest opportunity" to "break the deadlock" over Brexit.

The Bougainville regional MP, Joe Lera, says former rebel groups in the south of the autonomous region in Papua New Guinea have committed to the referendum process.

A PNG landowners group in Bougainville says it's still committed to working with Australian mining developer RTG on a possible re-opening of the Panguna mine.

MPs vote to force the PM to announce new Brexit plans within three days if her deal fails in the Commons.

Last November's referendum outcome is a reminder to France that it has to accompany New Caledonia to full independence, the territory's pro-independence movement says.