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March 21, 2025
By Don Wiseman, RNZ Pacific senior journalist The parties involved in talks aimed at resolving an impasse over Bougainville’s push for independence are planning to meet several more times before a deadline in June. The leaders of Papua New Guinea and Bougainville have been meeting all week in Port Moresby, with former New Zealand Governor-General ... <a title="PNG and Bougainville to hold more talks on independence issue" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/21/png-and-bougainville-to-hold-more-talks-on-independence-issue/" aria-label="Read more about PNG and Bougainville to hold more talks on independence issue">Read more</a>
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February 1, 2025
By Scott Waide, RNZ Pacific PNG correspondent The former Papua New Guinea Defence Force (PNGDF) commander who defied a government decision to send mercenaries to Bougainville during the civil war in the late 1990s has paid tribute to Sir Julius Chan, prime minister at the time. Retired Major-General Jerry Singirok, who effectively ended the Bougainville ... <a title="Former PNG army commander Jerry Singirok pays tribute to Sir Julius Chan" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/01/former-png-army-commander-jerry-singirok-pays-tribute-to-sir-julius-chan/" aria-label="Read more about Former PNG army commander Jerry Singirok pays tribute to Sir Julius Chan">Read more</a>
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October 13, 2024
By Harry Pearl of BenarNews An initial hearing of a class action against mining giant Rio Tinto over the toxic legacy of the Panguna copper mine on the autonomous island of Bougainville has been held in Papua New Guinea. The lawsuit against Rio Tinto and its subsidiary Bougainville Copper Limited (BCL) is seeking compensation, expected ... <a title="Rio Tinto class action begins over ‘toxic’ Bougainville mine disaster" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/13/rio-tinto-class-action-begins-over-toxic-bougainville-mine-disaster/" aria-label="Read more about Rio Tinto class action begins over ‘toxic’ Bougainville mine disaster">Read more</a>
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June 10, 2023
By Marjorie Finkeo in Port Moresby The Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary “has a gap” in its accountability and governance in the organisation, warns Police Commissioner David Manning. And the missing gap needs to be filled. Manning said that during the launch of a workshop for Governance and Accountability when he reminded divisional commanders, directors, ... <a title="PNG police ‘lack accountability, governance’, warns commissioner" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/10/png-police-lack-accountability-governance-warns-commissioner/" aria-label="Read more about PNG police ‘lack accountability, governance’, warns commissioner">Read more</a>
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April 4, 2023
Asia Pacific Report Bougainville President Ishmael Toroama today condemned a visiting Papua New Guinean member of Parliament for “mocking” the autonomous region’s independence aspirations during a drunken exchange in Buka last week, saying that he must “atone for his blunder”. A video of Ijivitari MP David Arore allegedly abusing security guards and airport staff while ... <a title="Bougainville president slams ‘mocking’ by drunken MP over independence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/04/bougainville-president-slams-mocking-by-drunken-mp-over-independence/" aria-label="Read more about Bougainville president slams ‘mocking’ by drunken MP over independence">Read more</a>
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April 6, 2022
ANALYSIS: By Transform Aqorau in Honiara It has been an interesting couple of weeks for Solomon Islands, with stories of policing, weapons, replica weapons and a security agreement with China dominating the local and regional media. Let’s start with the issue of arming the police. After the tensions, for a long time Solomon police did ... <a title="Transform Aqorau: Rethinking Solomon Islands security – focus on arms unsustainable" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/06/transform-aqorau-rethinking-solomon-islands-security-focus-on-arms-unsustainable/" aria-label="Read more about Transform Aqorau: Rethinking Solomon Islands security – focus on arms unsustainable">Read more</a>
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February 16, 2022
By Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby The dormant Bougainville Copper Limited share value has more than doubled overnight on the Australian Stock Exchange following a resolution to reopen the rich but controversial Panguna copper mine. Landowners from the mine area and the Autonomous Bougainville Government (ABG) signed a joint resolution last Friday to reopen the ... <a title="Panguna share value doubles overnight after landowners opt to reopen mine" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/16/panguna-share-value-doubles-overnight-after-landowners-opt-to-reopen-mine/" aria-label="Read more about Panguna share value doubles overnight after landowners opt to reopen mine">Read more</a>
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September 24, 2020
By Romulus Masiu in Port Moresby Full independence will be top of the agenda pledges Ishmael Toroama, the newly elected president for the Autonomous Region of Bougainville. Straight after his declaration yesterday at Hutjena in Bougainville, President-elect Toroama, a former rebel commander during the Bougainville civil war of the late 1980s, said he was looking ... <a title="Toroama declares independence top of agenda, offers ‘olive branch’ to rivals" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/24/toroama-declares-independence-top-of-agenda-offers-olive-branch-to-rivals/" aria-label="Read more about Toroama declares independence top of agenda, offers ‘olive branch’ to rivals">Read more</a>
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June 28, 2019
By Michael Andrew A Pacific Media Centre collaborator has won the inaugural Sean Dorney Grant for Pacific Journalism at the 2019 Walkley Mid-Year Celebration. Vanuatu-based Australian photojournalist Ben Bohane was awarded the $10,000 grant out of 22 applicants for his ongoing work in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville in Papua New Guinea. According to academic ... <a title="PMC collaborator wins $10,000 grant for Pacific journalism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/28/pmc-collaborator-wins-10000-grant-for-pacific-journalism/" aria-label="Read more about PMC collaborator wins $10,000 grant for Pacific journalism">Read more</a>
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May 28, 2019
Papua New Guinea’s Deputy Opposition Leader and Shadow Inter-government and Bougainville Relations Minister Timothy Masiu says the people of Bougainville are closely watching developments over the purported “appointment” of Sir Julius Chan as caretaker PM by Peter O’Neill. The following commentary was published on journalist Sylvester Gawi’s blog Graun Blong Mi – My Land. With ... <a title="Timothy Masiu: Bougainvilleans won’t forget Chan and Sandline mercenaries" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/28/timothy-masiu-bougainvilleans-wont-forget-chan-and-sandline-mercenaries/" aria-label="Read more about Timothy Masiu: Bougainvilleans won’t forget Chan and Sandline mercenaries">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2019
The trailer for Will Watson’s documentary on Bougainville peacemaking, Soldiers Without Guns. FILM REVIEW: By David Robie While a gripping film about the apocalyptic Bougainville war, or more accurately the peace that ended the decade-long conflict, opened in cinemas across New Zealand last week, an island roadshow has been taking place back in the Pacific. ... <a title="How soldier guitars, culture and faith paved way for Bougainville’s peace" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/23/how-soldier-guitars-culture-and-faith-paved-way-for-bougainvilles-peace/" aria-label="Read more about How soldier guitars, culture and faith paved way for Bougainville’s peace">Read more</a>
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August 22, 2018
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