Bougainville
Rights group trying to stop large scale mining on Bougainville
The chairman of a rights group in Bougainville is trying to stop amendments to the island's Mining Act.
Stone throwing villagers in Solomons drive off armed robbers
The police in Solomon Islands are investigating an armed robbery in the Shortland Islands allegedly involving Bougainvilleans from across the border in Papua New Guinea.
Bougainville mining plan meets with outrage
Landowners near the Panguna mine in Papua New Guinea's Bougainville region have voiced outrage at the local government's new mining plan. Audio
New mining company the best deal for Bougainvilleans - Momis
An amended Mining Act will mean a new mining company in Bougainville can offer the best deal to landowners, the president of the autonomous Papua New Guinea region says. Audio
Bougainville govt to go mining to solve funding crisis
The government of Bougainville in Papua New Guinea believes establishing its own company to re-open the long shut Panguna mine will solve its funding crisis going into the referendum.
Bougainville to change Mining Act for new investor
The autonomous Papua New Guinea region of Bougainville is about to change its mining law to accommodate an investor from Perth.
Dateline Pacific morning edition for 29 January 2019
The Tonga government says the country is coping as well as it possibly can with a cut to its internet and phone links with the outside; Japan's plans to discharge over one million tonnes of highly… Audio
Dateline Pacific evening edition for 28 January 2019
Aid workers based in Vanuatu fear a disaster if a cyclone struck people already displaced by Ambae's volcanic eruptions; the member of parliament for Madang in Papua New Guinea is seeking to end a… Audio
Call for Bougainville's environment to be kept pristine
The speaker of the Bougainville parliament, Simon Pentanu, has spoken of the need for Bougainvilleans to think about the sort of place they would want to leave for future generations. Audio
Sport: Bougainville to make soccer league debut
A team from Bougainville will make it's debut in Papua New Guinea's new-look National Soccer League this weekend and believe they have the ability to change the way football is played in the country.
Bougainville president praises women's development agency
The president of Bougainville has paid tribute to the Leitana Nehan Women's Development Agency for its efforts to combat gender based violence.
O'Neill called on to explain Bougainville outsiders comment
An MP says he believes the Papua New Guinea government is not interested in Bougainville, as the region prepares for an independence referendum scheduled for later this year.
Dateline Pacific morning edition for 22 January 2019
The Solomon Islands is preparing for historic polls this year, the first under new electoral laws and without an international intervention force in the country; the president of Bougainville, John… Audio
Bougainville pleads for PNG to pay money owed
The president of Bougainville, John Momis, says the lack of funding from the Papua New Guinea government for referendum preparations is becoming desperate. Audio
No end to landowner squabbling at Bougainville's Panguna
Landowners near the long-closed Panguna mine in the Papua New Guinea region of Bougainville continue to scrap over who the legitimate owner is.
Bougainville to seek donor help over vote funding crisis
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.
Bougainville president says funding situation now desperate
The president of Bougainville, John Momis, says the lack of funding from the Papua New Guinea government for referendum preparations is becoming desperate.
Bougainville police taking gas bottles off home brewers
PNG police are arresting people in Bougainville for brewing and selling of homebrew and possession of other illicit drugs.
Growing concerns in Bougainville over lack of funding
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.
PNG MPs unaware of implications of vital Bougainville vote
Papua New Guinea's shadow justice minister Kerenga Kua says MPs must put more effort into grappling with implications of the Bougainville referendum.
