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Former PNG national Parliament regional representative for Bougainville Joe Lera . . . "We will try to make big changes in addressing sustainable development"

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Veteran Bougainville politician wants new approach to independence and development

July 23, 2025

Incumbent Bougainville President Ishmael Toroama

Bougainville

Bougainville election: More than 400 candidates vie for parliament

ABG House Speaker Simon Pentanu will has issued the writs for the fifth general elections in September

Bougainville

Bougainville election process begins as writs issued for September poll

The Autonomous Bougainville Government President Ishmael Toroama (left) and PNG Prime Minister James Marape

Bougainville

Talks result in PNG and Bougainville signing ‘Melanesian Agreement’

Papua New Guineans accused of sorcery are frequently beaten, tortured, and murdered

Bougainville

Bougainville legal dept looking towards sorcery violence policy

Bougainville President Ishamel Toroama speaking at the launch of the Bougainville Digital Democracy Project earlier this year

Bougainville

Progress reported out of Bougainville independence talks at Burnham

June 12, 2025

Coverage of decolonisation in the Pacific, the lack of women's representation in parliaments

Bougainville

Independent Pacific media face reckoning after US aid cuts

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June 5, 2025

People queue to vote in Bougainville’s independence referendum in 2019

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Bougainville takes the initiative in mediation over independence

April 22, 2025

Bougainville President Ishmael Toroama (left) and PNG Prime Minister James Marape pictured in September 2024

Bougainville

Bougainville president condemns ‘dangerous’ AI-generated fake video of scuffle with Marape

Pacific Media Watch -

April 7, 2025

People waiting to vote in Bougainville’s capital Buka during the referendum on independence in 2019

Bougainville

Top Pacific diplomats ready for direct talks on Bougainville independence

March 22, 2025

PNG Prime Minister James Marape (left) and Bougainville President Ishmael Toroama (right)

Bougainville

PNG and Bougainville to hold more talks on independence issue

March 20, 2025

The late Sir Julius Chan

Bougainville

Former PNG army commander Jerry Singirok pays tribute to Sir Julius...

February 1, 2025

The Pacific 2025 year ahead

Bougainville

Pacific 2025: Vanuatu quake, Tongan and Kanaky shakeups, Trump questions set...

January 4, 2025

Palestine - "a moral litmus test for the world"

Bougainville

Five Pacific region geopolitical ‘betrayals’ in 2024

January 3, 2025

Theonila Roka Matbob, lead complainant

Bougainville

Panguna human rights report fuels Bougainville demands for Rio Tinto-funded mine...

December 8, 2024

The Panguna mine as seen in Bougainville, Papua New Guinea,

Bougainville

Rio Tinto class action begins over ‘toxic’ Bougainville mine disaster

October 13, 2024

Artisanal miners search for gold in the waters downstream from the Panguna mine

Bougainville

Lawsuit promises justice for Rio Tinto’s mining disaster in Bougainville –...

August 2, 2024

Mining giant RioTinto

Bougainville

Thousands of Bougainville residents support lawsuit against mining giant

July 24, 2024

Former Green parliamentarian and political activist Keith Locke at a Waihopai protest

Bougainville

How former Greens MP Keith Locke often became a voice for...

June 27, 2024

Kanaky for independence from France

Bougainville

New Zealand’s role in helping bring peace to Kanaky New Caledonia

May 28, 2024

Bougainville's Attorney-General Ezekiel Massat

Bougainville

Bougainville ‘other avenues’ report ‘sensationalised’, claims Makiba

May 7, 2024

ABG President Ishmael Toroama (right) and PNG Prime Minister James Marape

Bougainville

Bougainville threat to bypass PNG Parliament in independence standoff

March 24, 2024

Bougainville's earlier constitution

Bougainville

Bougainville has first draft of new home grown constitution

March 14, 2024

Sir Puka Temu

Bougainville

Stop treating Bougainville lightly, Sir Puka warns Marape

March 11, 2024

Bougainville' President Ishmael Toroama

Bougainville

‘What are you afraid of?’ Toroama asks PNG about independence vote

August 1, 2023

The Bougainville Parliament

Bougainville

Minister dismisses Bougainville criticism over independence vote

July 4, 2023

The Bougainville Parliament

Bougainville

Bougainville minister angry over change in vote on independence

June 23, 2023

CLIMATE AND COVID

Pacific verdict on COP29

Climate

COP29: Pacific climate advocates decry outcome as ‘a catastrophic failure’

A protester at COP29 calls on wealthy nations to "pay up"

Asia Report

COP29: Carbon credit trading scheme criticised as ‘get out of jail...

In the Eye of the Storm

Analysis

Strings attached: The reality behind NZ’s climate aid in the Pacific

Pacific Climate Warriors

Analysis

How Pacific environmental defenders are coping with the covid pandemic

BEARING WITNESS

West Papua's Morning Star flag of independence

Asia Report

27 years after Biak massacre in West Papua, human rights crisis...

Eyes of Fire: The Last Voyage and Legacy of the Rainbow Warrior

Bearing Witness

Eyewitness account of Rainbow Warrior voyage – new Eyes of Fire...

Sawana Village on Fiji's Vanua Balavu island was partly destroyed by Cyclone Winston in 2016

APJS newsfile

Not up for debate: Fijian journalists in the climate crisis response

Professor David Robie

Asia Report

David Robie: Pacific lessons in climate crisis journalism and combating disinformation

USP and AUT journalism collaboration

Bearing Witness

Pacific ‘voice of the voiceless’ media in renewed post-covid struggle

Bearing Witness

Return to Rabi on the horizon for Ossies climate doco crew?

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Fijian iTaukei leaders discuss contemporary issues, such as women's representation in Fijian society

APJS newsfile

Fijian journalists use talanoa and tradition to find their voice

Fijian women journalists face abuse, harassment and spam online.

APJS newsfile

Online abusers ‘shaming, silencing’ Fiji women journalists, say researchers

Islands Business general manager Samantha Magick (right)

APJS newsfile

Islands Business: ‘Big picture’ style journalism is the future for...

QUT student journalist Maxim Bock with Fiji TV's director of news, current affairs and sports Felix Chaudhary (right)

APJS newsfile

Surviving harassment in journalism – how Felix Chaudhary kept on top

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