EVENTS NEWS & DIARY
PERTH: PNGAA WA Catch Up – Friday, 3 May 2024 The PNGAA WA meets quarterly in Perth and sometimes members catch up outside of the larger group. There was a recent get-together at the...
Author: Roy
PNGAA REPORT
Management Committee Update With the 50th anniversary of independence fast approaching, a letter has been sent from PNGAA to the Australian Prime Minister with a request that Australia celebrate this occasion. It requests consideration...
30th Anniversary of the Volcanic Destruction of Rabaul
On 19 September 1994, with little warning, two volcanos—Vulcan and Tavurvur—erupted and buried East New Britain’s capital, Rabaul, known as the ‘pearl of the Pacific’ and ‘Frangipani Town’. Almost two decades after PNG achieved...
Remembering Glenys ‘Gleny’ Köhnke
Well-known artist, sculptor and author, Gleny was born in Brisbane, Qld on 23 October 1948, and was drawing and painting for as long as she could remember, deciding at a young age that she...
My PNG Journey
Liz MacKinlay, CEO of Australian Business Volunteers My journey with Papua New Guinea is deeply intertwined with my family’s history and my own love for the country. My family has a long connection to...
Panguna Women After Closure of the Mine
Simon Pentanu I took this shot from a moving vehicle on a visit to Panguna on 15 January 2016. The photo isn’t great resolution-wise, but please read on. As our vehicle descended toward the...
Matapui – Part Three
By Ekke Beinssen Parts One and Two of this article were published in previous editions of PNG Kundu. They were taken from an account written by Ekke Beinssen of a 1929 exploratory expedition to...
Crossing the Saruwageds, Easter 1976 – Part Three
Ian Howie-Willis Part Two of this three-part series described how the author and his three Papua New Guinea University of Technology (Unitech) companions tried to find their way down the northern side of the...
Cathay Community Association of Brisbane
Ken Cheung OAM In the early 1980s, many former residents of Papua New Guinea living in Brisbane would often meet at Kingston Sports Centre for an informal get-together. The young people would play squash...
Honouring Max
Part Two: Max Macgowan & John May, Rabaul, 1941 By Tempe Macgowan (TM) & Marian May (MM) This article continues from Part One of the PNG Kundu June 2024 issue. It was co-written by...
Save the Kula Babies—Spacim Pikinini-PNG Inc.
Wendy Stein OAM, PP, PHF—Project Manager Wendy Stein OAM became a Rotarian in 2005 and has for more than 20 years dedicated her life to mothers and children in need of medical assistance in...
Coffee & Women in PNG
Matilda Rondy Hamago: Senior Socio-Economist making inroads with coffee farmers Coffee is an important cash crop in Papua New Guinea (PNG), but the industry is male-dominated, and women working in the sector face many...
Prime Ministers on the Kokoda Track
DAVID HOWELL As a life member of the 39th Battalion Association, I was proud to have been selected to lead both Prime Ministers of Papua New Guinea and Australia from Kokoda up to Isurava,...
Report on the May 2024 Landslide in Enga Province
CHRISTINE LEONARD This article is based on compiled reports prepared by Sr John Mary, secretary to Bishop Arnold Orowae, and Project Manageress of the Catholic Diocese Wabag, Enga Province. The situation is chaotic and,...
Helpim Wantok – UPNG receives furniture from Australia
By Roy Ranney Around the middle of 2017 the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) realised that they would have a quantity of furniture surplus to their requirement as a result of an upgrade in...
