COVER STORY By MALUM NALU TWO major cultural events, the popular Goroka Show in Eastern Highlands and the Kutubu Kundu and Digaso Festival in Southern Highlands, will be staged this […]

ENVIRONMENT LAKE Kutubu is a national treasure. Located in the Kikori River Basin, Lake Kutubu region forms part of a vast protected area that stretches from parts of Enga, Nipa-Kutubu […]

Thanksgiving with a difference By REV SEIK PITOI THE United Church Upper Mendi Circuit in Southern Highlands is only four years old, yet it is trying out some radical church […]

HISTORY This article is the result of a three-year research on the arrival of the Gospel to the Nakanai people conducted by Rev Sione Kami Memorial Church elder and Secretary […]

TRAVEL By MALUM NALU WEWAK from the air looks absolutely stunning that it absolutely takes your breath away. Never mind that there may be problems on the ground, but the […]

LANGUAGE READER Darren Paul has asked about the Motu language and in particular the difference between “true Motu”, Police Motu, and Hiri Motu. For people outside the Papuan region, the […]

PEOPLE By HELEN TARAWA DECISIONS we make when we are young have consequences we can never foresee. I listened to Ray Lacey, a former Australian coastwatcher and plantation owner and […]

Hiri history should be remembered By ERIC ERIA BAII FIVE generations ago the first ever Motuan lagatois that arrived at our Purari people’s Mailu Pari were from Porebada Village led […]

ECONOMICS Measuring productivity of next generation of workers BY PANDITHA BANDARA THE term human capital is used to describe the stock of skills, knowledge, experience, attitudes, and aptitudes of the […]

EDUCATION By THOMAS HUKAHU IF you were a parent sending your child off to boarding school or university hundreds of miles away from home, what would be the best advice […]