If you are looking for an authentic local item, Bougainville is known for the high quality of its basket-ware, perhaps the best in all of Papua New Guinea. The small town of Wakunai on the east coast is noted as a good place to purchase basket-ware and other local artifacts.
There is a branch of the Bank of the South Pacific (http://www.bsp.com.pg/), tel: +675 973 9752, located in Buka town. It has three ATM machines and offers foreign exchange facilities.
