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Is it time to reconsider Papua New Guinea’s land laws?
PHIL FITZPATRICKELVINA P Ogil recently tweeted about whole families living in the doorways of buildings in Port Moresby.We shake our heads and say, “Why don’t they just go back to their villages? They...
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When love wanes
CECILIA BULAAn entry in The Crocodile Prize Kina Securities Award for PoetryFor the man who made me thankful that our hearts are not made of glassI was just giving up on love when you came along They...
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The boys’ transition to manhood – the Madang way
DAVID KASEI WAPARAn entry in The Crocodile Prize Cleland Family Award for Heritage WritingI WAS fortunate to join the Yagaum and Teitab clans in the south Ambenob ward of Madang for a special occasion...
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The story of Nembare – who left his tribe & saw many things
BOMAI WITNEAn entry in The Crocodile Prize Cleland Family Award for Heritage WritingIN the gorges and gullies of the Mon and Maril Rivers, in the tribal land of the descendants of Alai-bia, within the...
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Minister Kondra takes aim at taxi drivers who rip off passengers
KEITH JACKSONPNG’s Minister for Tourism, Arts & Culture, Boka Kondra, says is appalled at the reported mistreatment of tourists by Port Moresby taxi drivers.“We cannot afford to intimidate taxi...
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Comparing the education systems of China & Papua New Guinea
BETTY WAKIAAn entry in The Crocodile Prize PNG Chamber of Mines & Petroleum Award for Essays & JournalismAS a student studying and living in China, I’ve seen and experienced so many things...
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From the Kundiawa News – 50 years ago today
By Friday 24 April 1964, as the Kundiawa News published its fourth issue, my co-conspirator Murray Bladwell and I thought we might be on to something. The three-page newsletter began to cover more...
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A post-war family in New Guinea: The Parers of Aitape
MARY MENNIS MBEAFTER World War II, Wilfred (Bob) Parer, his brother Bernard and cousin Cyril formed a syndicate to buy the salvage rights at Torokina in Bougainville, which had been a huge base for the...
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The trials & perils of the regional city: A case study from Goroka
BOMAI WITNEAn entry in The Crocodile Prize PNG Chamber of Mines & Petroleum Award for Essays & JournalismTHE buildings swallowed by the flames were 40 to 50 years old. A friend working with the...
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1PIR's WO1 Frederick Wilson: A boys’ own adventurer
TERRY EDWINSMITHThis article is adapted in part from an unpublished story entitled “Boomerang Boy” by David Wilson, a memoir of Warrant Officer First Class Frederick Wilson (1924-68), the Regimental...
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First flight to Tadji: The airstrip’ll be finished when you get there
ARCH SIMPSONRob Parer writes: This is a great story about the day after General McCarthur's invasion of Aitape-Tadji on 22 April 1944.The Allies took it in one day! Imagine the soggy mess the strip...
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Remembering when World War II came to Manus
PHIL FITZPATRICKTHE Japanese occupied the Admiralty Islands in April 1942. The small AIF garrison under the command of Lieutenant Palmer had taken the advice of the local kiap, DH Vertigan, and hidden...
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A wartime patrol through the New Guinea highlands
At 92, and still going strong, the artist and sculptor HAL HOLMAN OL OAM bears the national awards of two countries – Papua New Guinea and Australia. - along with his military regalia. During World War...
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HEZRON WANGI JRAn entry in The Crocodile Prize Kina Securities Award for PoetryNo amount of time can gather regret, That is glum and deep but hasn’t happened yet. Such sweet sorrow and loneliness over...
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Yule Island's pioneer Bishop de Boismenu on the path to sainthood
BISHOP ROCHUS TATAMAI MSCPOPE Francis has officially recognised the “heroic virtues” of Alain-Marie Guynot de Boismenu, former Apostolic Vicar of Yule Island, who just before Easter was declared...
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Did the PNG doctors association forgo a principle of medical ethics?
MARTYN NAMORONGAn entry in The Crocodile PrizePNG Chamber of Mines & PetroleumAward for Essays & Journalism THERE is a principle in medical ethics called non-maleficence. It is summed up in the...
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Papua New Guinea novel released free on Internet
UNITED States author Keith Dahlberg has released his mining novel South Sea Gold on PNG Attitude as a gift to the people of Papua New Guinea.The novel began appearing in serial form in March on Keith’s...
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Sorcery finds an edge in a nation lacking electrification
FR GIORGIO LICINI | Catholic Reporter PNGYES, Christian churches must step up, as The National newspaper said on Thursday in reference to sorcery.But, as I was talking with a group of university...
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Griwo’s story: Where there's a will, there's certainly a way
ALBERT KAUPA TOBEAn entry in The Crocodile Prize PNG Chamber of Mines & Petroleum Award for Essays & JournalismGRIWO Kraembi hails from the Awin and Hore clans of Senamrai village in the Bige...
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Illegal logging makes up 70% of PNG’s timber industry
JEREMY HANCE | mongabay.comCORRUPTION, weak governance, and powerful timber barons are illegally stripping the forests of Papua New Guinea, according to a new report from the Chatham House in...
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