- Keri Phillips' excellent backgrounder on the conflict in Bougainville and the upcoming referendum. Results of the Bougainville elections are scheduled to be released on 8 June.
- Tensions between Australia and PNG over the proposed Australian diplomatic post in Bougainville appear to be thawing, with PNG's Foreign Minister Pato announcing the ban on Australians traveling to Bougainville has been lifted.
- Nine Pacific Island countries attended the Thailand-Pacific Island Forum, where they agreed to expand economic and social cooperation.
- The latest Pacific Economic Quarterly from ANZ shows that the Solomon Islands economy is recovering well from last year's floods.
- New Zealand business Heilala Vanilla began as an aid project in Tonga. Now in its tenth year of growth, the business continues to support Tongan vanilla producers and is looking at expanding to the Cook Islands.
- Alumnus of the 2014 Australia-Papua New Guinea Emerging Leaders Dialogue Benson Saulo was the keynote speaker for Australia Week in PNG. He spoke to the ABC's Pacific Beat about his work in PNG.
- In an interview with Lowy Institute Nonresident Fellow Sean Dorney, PNG's Prime Minister Peter O'Neill spoke on Fiji's involvement in the Pacific Islands Forum, and on the Melanesian Spearhead Group.
Pacific Island links: Bougainville history, PNG diplomatic row, Solomons economy and more
Published 3 Jun 2015
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