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Voter enrolment in the Papua New Guinea region of Bougainville has been extended until this Sunday.

The Bougainville Referendum Commission will talk about the options facing Bougainvilleans as it tours the region informing people about the coming referendum.

The Papua New Guinea prime minister, James Marape, says there is no better person to be Minister for Bougainville Affairs than Sir Puka Temu.

The government in the autonomous Papua New Guinea region of Bougainville is to delay plans to change the Mining Act until after the independence referendum has been held.

The President of the autonomous region of Bougainville has been forced to take up to two months sick leave, just weeks after receiving medical care in the Philippines.

The Bougainville and Papua New Guinea governments have further defined the two referendum choices of greater autonomy or independence from PNG.

A Bougainville parliamentary committee wants controversial legislation on mining to be delayed until after the autonomous Papua New Guinea region's independence referendum.

A landowning group at the site of Bougainville's Panguna Mine says it has referred the government's controversial mining plans to the Papua New Guinea Ombudsman.

Bougainville deputy police commissioner, Chief Inspector Francis Tokura, says there is nothing suspicious about the presence there of Australia Federal Police last week.

Papua New Guinea's new prime minister James Marape has overseen a shake-up of cabinet which he says will drive reform the country needs.

A landowning group in the autonomous Papua New Guinea region of Bougainville says many people remain strongly opposed to planned changes to the Mining Act.

Papua New Guinea's government has released more funds promised to Bougainville for preparation for its upcoming independence referendum.

The Solomon Islands prime minister has suggested that the independence referendum in Bougainville should be deferred.

Papua New Guinea's newly-installed prime minister vowed to reconstruct the nation in his first major speech to the country, promising tax reform, an economic overhaul and a rebuild of the public…

Ex-combatants in central Bougainville surrendered five illegal guns to police in Arawa earlier this week.

The Bougainville parliament is due to consider controversial amendments to the Mining Act when parliament resumes next week.

The Whangarei Council has made its choice on where to put the city's new civic centre.

The President of Bougainville has called on the new Papua New Guinea Prime Minister to quickly sort out issues or they risk undermining the referendum.

A former leading public servant in Bougainville wants the courts to look at the eligibility rules for the referendum on independence from Papua New Guinea.

An academic says more effort needs to go into explaining the options for Bougainvilleans preparing to vote on possible independence from Papua New Guinea.

The Bougainville government in Papua New Guinea has sacked another seven staff for misconduct.

Continued funding delays for the Bougainville Referendum Commission are appalling, Papua New Guinea's deputy opposition leader says.