Evangelical Lutheran Church of PNG (ELCPNG) headquarters at Ampo, Lae, on Saturday, September 4, 2021. We had so much fun with missionary kids from USA, Germany, Australia, Canada and elsewhere here, Balob Teachers’ College and Martin Luther Seminary back in the 1970s and 1980s. Guys like former Australian MP Trev Ruthenberg and scientist Bruce Rohrlach, […]
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By MALUM NALU How kiaps got things done in the colonial days Back in 2010, I used to frequent the Weigh Inn Hotel at Konedobu, Port Moresby, to have a pint and a quiet yarn with former kiap (patrol officer) and Member of the First House of Assembly Graham Pople. At that time, the much
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By MALUM NALU Remembering Daru the way it used to be In the pre-independence days, Daru was an exotic melting pot of expatriate traders, planters, crocodile hunters and even missionaries. Former kiap (patrol officer) and Member of the first House of Assembly Graham Pople, whose first posting was Daru in 1956 as a 21-year-old, once
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by MALUM NALU Kainantu, once upon a time in the colonial days, was known as the “Mile High Gateway to the Highlands” and was one of the prettiest towns in Papua New Guinea. It was in the same league as Minj, Banz, Daru, Wau, Bulolo, Bogia, Samarai Island and others which were once so pretty
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By MALUM NALU Over the Queen’s Birthday long weekend in 2010, I had the privilege of browsing through the never-before-published autobiography and patrol diaries of Graham Pople, a former kiap (patrol officer) and Member of the first Papua and New Guinea House of Assembly in 1964. Simply titled The Popleography, it gives a fascinating insight
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Bernama March 10, 2022 KUALA LUMPUR (March 10): Malaysia is ready to work with Papua New Guinea to investigate allegations of wrongdoing by a Malaysian palm oil company operating there, said Deputy Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Datuk Willie Mongin. Up until now, he said the Ministry of Plantation Industries and Commodities (MPIC) had not
The lookout point at Mendi-Tari Road overlooking the Lai Valley in the morning of Saturday, January 15, 2022. The road here takes a steep drop down to the Lai River Valley. The Mendi-Tari Road connects Southern Highlands’ capital Mendi with Tari in Hela.
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Travelling by road from Tari to Mendi on the morning of Saturday, January 15, 2022, we stop on the lookout point overlooking the Lai Valley. The view, albeit cloud covered, is simply ‘take my breath away’ stuff. The Lai River meandering through the valley, surrounded by mountain sentinels and soft clouds, is like a dream.
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Pictures of the beautiful Margarima Station in Komo-Margarima District, Hela (formerly part of Southern Highlands), on Friday, January 14, 2022. Once a forgotten backwater, Margarima is fast moving, with support from the Marape Government, Hela Provincial Government and Komo-Margarima District Development Authority. Thousands of people converged on Margarima – located at the crossroads of Hela,