New Zealand has offered Papua New Guinea more help maintaining peace on Bougainville Island, which recently voted in favour of independence in a non-binding referendum.
In Aotearoa for the first time, Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape was formally welcomed at Government House today.
Regional security was highlighted during a meeting with Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.
New Zealand originally helped broker peace in 1997, ending a bitter civil war between Papua New Guinea and those seeking independence.
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