Rio Tinto says it is willing to discuss the future of the island's Panguna copper mine with concerned locals. Rio Tinto subsidiary Bougainville Copper’s Panguna mine has lain dormant since 1988 ...

An Australian plan to improve policing in the Pacific deals with just one element of the islands’ crime and conflict problem ...

AUSTRALIA’S Minister for International Development and the Pacific, Pat Conroy, will arrive in the country today.

BUKA Island's Bamboo Posu Band is in Port Moresby entertaining city residents as part of its contribution towards the country ...

A flag that was captured during this campaign is now on display at the Dakota Territory Air Museum in Minot. The flag was ...

Police chiefs are working towards a region-wide Pacific policing initiative (PPI) after leaders ticked off on the plan at the ...

Are you a food lover, a wine enthusiast, a history buff? Ponant has you covered with its inspiring new collection of themed ...

As Papua New Guinea celebrates 40 years of independence, 2015 marks a defining year for the largest Pacific Island nation, set to record 15 percent GDP growth this year. From Arawa, once the capital ...

From Port Moresby’s founding early last century — when it was little more than a dozen corrugated iron shacks, a tennis court ...

helped no doubt by the distance between Port Louis and Saunders Island. But in 1767 Bougainville was obliged to sell his settlement to the Spanish crown, which resented a foreign colony in what it ...

In 1897 the islands were put under the jurisdiction of Broyer, Apostolic Vicar of Samoa, and in 1898 formed into a new prefecture under Joseph Forestier, who resided at Kieta, on Bougainville Island.

Bougainville Tourism & Culture Authority Manager Ms Lorena ... The festival will take place on Sohano Island, Buka with the main highlight being when the beautifully carved traditional canoes are ...