PNG stories with context.
Culture, policy, and lived experience — beyond headlines.
PNG stories with context.
Culture, policy, and lived experience — beyond headlines.
In 1973, the Constitutional Planning Committee presented a report to the House of Assembly. They also wrote Papua New Guinea’s National Goals and Directive Principles. It remains a blueprint of how our country should be run. Below is a summarized […]
On September 16th, Lae based TV journalist, Julie Badui Owa, was awarded the second prize of the Russell Hunter Award for outstanding journalism. Among her colleagues and the Lae community, Julie is best known for her feisty, character and tenacious journalism. […]
Before the internet, mobile phones, and mp3 downloads, Papindo in Lae sold cassette tapes for K2.50. It was a fortune we were willing to part with at least every month when we had enough cash left over from lunch money. Music […]
In February 2021, when Sir Michael Somare passed on, the person I thought about a lot was Sir Pita Lus. The old knight was and has always been there. His life and stories intertwined with that of Sir Michael. As […]
This is our experience dealing with covid-19. It’s not a textbook approach. I am sharing this in the hope that others may take away the lessons we learned. It is not a perfect method of caring for elderly patients. We […]
Sam Basil chose a difficult path.He was an outspoken critic of the Somare and later the O’Neill Government. A government he helped form before moving to the opposition in protest. In the five years in opposition, he spent most of […]
The road cuts through some of the most difficult terrain in Papua New Guinea. From the air, the land is an expanse of thick, mountainous jungle as far as the eye can see. The blanket of green extends to the Sepik and gradually blends into the grassland marshes of the Karawari.
Papua New Guinea is a collection of nations, each with its own rich history. Much of that history has been lost and much needs to be told. The stories need to be told not in the context of the 200 […]
The 1990s were turbulent years in Papua New Guinea. In the first quarter of 1997, word came out that the government of Sir Julius Chan was in talks with a British security contractor, Tim Spicer. The plan was bring in […]
For the people of Aronis village long the North Coast of Madang, it is difficult to measure the rate at which their cultural practices are being lost every year. Like many communities in Papua New Guinea, traditional knowledge is held […]
