The residents of Bougainville, an autonomous region of Papua New Guinea, have voted overwhelmingly in favor of independence. Find out how to travel there and what to do when you arrive.

The Autonomous Region of Bougainville is hoping tourism will help it get back on its feet after a decade of civil war. Tourism authorities on the island are launching an initiative aimed at ...

Don Wiseman, RNZ Pacific Senior Journalist. Bougainville has gone through many turbulent periods over the past 100 years, not least the Civil War of the 1990s, which claimed as many as 20,000 lives.

Automomous Region of Bougainville igat bikpla maket blong tourism na ino long taim igo pinis, wanpla tourist ship blong Australia ibin go raun long hap. Organiser blong displa wok, Zhon Miriona ...

Miss Papua New Guinea, May Hasola, received a profoundly emotional welcome upon her arrival in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville today, marking the start of a significant cultural and promotional ...

Editor’s note: This is the fifth part of Janet Landfried’s series on a trip to the South Pacific.We sailed into Kieta harbor on the island of Bougainville in a light rain. The harbor … ...

Bougainville is recognized as rich in a range of natural resources, from mining and agriculture to fisheries. Its stunning natural beauty also offers the possibility of high-end eco-tourism. But ...

THE 20th Bougainville Foundation Day celebration at Hutjena Oval on Monday was graced by a distinguished local figure, Miss Bird of Paradise and Miss Papua New Guinea, May Hasola.

The residents of Bougainville, an autonomous region of Papua New Guinea, have voted overwhelmingly in favor of independence. Find out how to travel there and what to do when you arrive.

But in 2002 the Bougainville government had sent me as a youth to represent Bouganville at the Melanesian Arts and Cultural Festival in Fiji, so that is where got interested in tourism.