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Dec 10, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Hilda Wayne
Papua New Guinean Hilda Mondo was a stay-at-home mum with a deep interest in fashion. Little did she realise her hobby would be transformed into a business, with her designs used on Pacific runways in Fiji, Papua New Guinea and Australia. Ms Mondo was in Fiji in 2022 when she volunteered to work backstage at the Fiji Fashion Show. The next year she responded to an ad for classes which led her to submit an entry for the Fiji Fashion Week.
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Oct 30, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Lucy Cooper |Hilda Wayne
The journey is long for Pacific Islander goods reaching Australia — taking a route involving chartered flights, river crossings, and multi-day hikes. And that's before the fumigation they need before crossing the border. But for the shop owners and customers buying and selling the region's food, clothing and other goods across the country, it's all worth it.
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Oct 28, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Lucy Cooper |Hilda Wayne
Sourcing traditional goods from remote Pacific Island communities can be a challenge, but one that local agripreneurs undertake in order to export their products abroad. Among the most popular of this export products are the traditional bags and baskets known as bilums. Papua New Guinean born Australian woman Renik Normeng imports and sells the products at her 'PNG Shop' in Perth.
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Oct 28, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Hilda Wayne
Cocoa is one of Papua New Guinea's most important cash crops, behind only coffee and oil palm in terms of export earnings. Typically grown in coastal areas, farmers in the highlands are having a go at cultivating the crop. As part of efforts to promote the crop, Milne Bay province hosted the 4th National Cocoa Excellence Show, where international judges sampled the best PNG had to offer.
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Sep 9, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Stephen Dziedzic |Marian Faa |Hilda Wayne
Papua New Guinea will bring in former New Zealand governor-general and senior diplomat Sir Jerry Mateparae to help resolve a deep impasse over Bougainville's political future. Last week Papua New Guinea's government announced that it had reached an agreement with the Autonomous Bougainville Government (ABG) over who would be appointed as the moderator in the negotiations over the province's determined push for full independence.
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Aug 4, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Hilda Wayne
More Papua New Guineans are buying local artwork, and artists say it’s the result of growing appreciation and national awareness of domestic art. PNG artist, Albert Joseph says cultural pride is attracting buyers, "Many of them a professional people, they are seeing the value in our culture...some of them, tell me it gives them peace," said Joseph. Despite this, Joseph says artists in Papua New Guinea are struggling because no gallery exists for fine art. "We don't have a permanent space," he said.
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Jul 18, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Kyle Evans |Hilda Wayne
Three Papua New Guinea Taekwondo Olympic athletes are in their final preparations in Adelaide, South Australia before they leave for the 2024 Paris Olympics next week. Pacific games gold medallist and team leader Edward Kassman says they have been training for a month in Adelaide and looking forward to representing PNG at this international sporting event. FEATURED:Pacific games gold medallist, Edward Kassman Papua New Guinea, France, Adelaide, Taekwon-Do, Summer Olympic Games, Sport
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Jul 1, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Hilda Wayne
The Samoan community in the Australian state of Victoria are mourning the death of two seasonal workers in a mini- bus crash last week. President of United Pasifika Community of Victoria, Te'o Anthony Sofe said it was a shocking incident and he's helping state authorities liaise with families back home in Samoa. But Mr Sofe said situation was made worse by footage and pictures of the incident being shared in Samoa soon after accident.
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Jun 25, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Hilda Wayne
Books on Papua New Guinea's history rarely document the experiences of Papua New Guineans themselves before cannibalisation, but a new book by PNG writer Paul Puri Nii shares his family's history going back almost a hundred years. He says the story captures his family's ancestral history and the remarkable life of his great uncle, Paraka Nii's - a renowned political figure in PNG who was acknowledged with medals of honour from Queen Elizabeth II. "The essence of my book is about leadership.
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Jun 20, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Hilda Wayne
Igat ol tokwin olsem mak long 5,000 pipol blong West Papua ilusim ples blong ol long Paniai bihain long ol Indonesia militari igo bagarapim ples blong ol. President blong United Liberation Movement for West Papua, Benny Wenda itok displa pasin iwok long kamap taim gavman blong Indonesia itoktok strong long hevi blong ol Palestinian pipol long Gaza. Em itok Indonesia mas lukluk long hevi em yet ikamapim long West Papua pastaim long em toktok long ol hevi na human rights blong narapla kantri.
