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The National Online The National is the top-selling newspaper in Papua New Guinea. Headquartered in Port Moresby, it has offices in three centres: Lae, Mount Hagen and Kokopo.

We have two printing plants and the paper is simultaneously printed in the capital city of Port Moresby and the industrial city of Lae. The National is distributed five days a week from Monday to Friday.

AS AUGUST 17 approaches each year, Papua comes alive with preparations for Indonesia’s Independence Day.From early morni...
19/09/2026

AS AUGUST 17 approaches each year, Papua comes alive with preparations for Indonesia’s Independence Day.

From early morning, schools prepare for flag-raising ceremonies, young people decorate their neighbourhoods in red and white, and communities organise activities to mark the national celebration.

-picture supplied

Read More: https://www.thenational.com.pg/celebrations-amidst-everyday-life/

FLAGS are used to represent a group of people, a country, a kingdom, an idea, or a belief.They are one of the oldest for...
19/09/2026

FLAGS are used to represent a group of people, a country, a kingdom, an idea, or a belief.

They are one of the oldest forms of identity known to human civilisation. Ancient armies carried them into battle so soldiers knew who they were fighting for. Nations plant them on conquered land to say this belongs to us now. Athletes wrap themselves in them when they win.

Read More: https://www.thenational.com.pg/a-proposal-to-redesign-flag-of-enga/

WHILE the land that is today Papua New Guinea and West Papua has had peoples inhabiting it for thousands of years, the L...
19/09/2026

WHILE the land that is today Papua New Guinea and West Papua has had peoples inhabiting it for thousands of years, the Lapita peoples were a relatively recent arrival.

New Guinea and its outlying islands were inhabited by what archaeologists call Australo-Papuans for about 46,700 years until the Lapitas arrived. But they didn’t just one day arrive in one huge group and settle. This was a gradual expansion and exploration and it started from what is today Taiwan.

- Pictures from online sources.

Read More: https://www.thenational.com.pg/the-lapitas-our-story-before-1975-be-independence/

LIGHT is all wavelengths found in an electromagnetic spectrum. Such wavelengths include radio waves, microwaves, visibl...
19/09/2026

LIGHT is all wavelengths found in an electromagnetic spectrum. Such wavelengths include radio waves, microwaves, visible light, infra-radiation, X-rays and gamma rays.

Photosynthesis

In this lecture we will specifically cover photosynthesis with light quality, intensity, photo-period, electromagnetic spectrum, bio-luminescent beaches and bays, thermal imaging cameras, electrical control of single photon, emission in charged quantum dots, wave particle duality and refractive index of substances.

Read More: https://www.thenational.com.pg/and-there-was-light-in-the-universe/

GROWING up in Papua New Guinea my world view was often turned down Western Avenue.It is our domestic and international l...
19/09/2026

GROWING up in Papua New Guinea my world view was often turned down Western Avenue.

It is our domestic and international lane. Everything on it is familiar and friendly. Anything unfamiliar or obnoxious on this path, we can deal with confidently as we are taught from grade school to do.

So when on rare occasions we stray onto other boulevards, we automatically put up our guards, we compare and denounce without much forethought.

Read More: https://www.thenational.com.pg/choosing-the-roads-before-us/

THE recent 70th Agriculture Trade (agri-trade) Festival was the rebirth of Highlands Farmers and Settlers Association (H...
19/09/2026

THE recent 70th Agriculture Trade (agri-trade) Festival was the rebirth of Highlands Farmers and Settlers Association (HFSA) Show, initially staged in 1956.

HSFA is celebrating 70 years since it initiated the first historic Highlands Show (now Goroka Show) in Goroka alongside the colonial administration to exhibit agricultural prospects in the commercial space.

“The HFSA show is now being revived through this agri-trade festival after years of absence; it will become an annual event,” HFSA President Wilson Thompson says.

– Nationalpics by ZACHERY PER

Read More: https://www.thenational.com.pg/association-hosts-70th-festival/

FOR retired Commodore Peter Ilau, the story of his military life cannot be told without telling the story of a Milne Bay...
18/09/2026

FOR retired Commodore Peter Ilau, the story of his military life cannot be told without telling the story of a Milne Bay woman who stood behind it.

That is why, in his recently published memoir Tides of Duty, three chapters are dedicated to his wife Sonia.

One chapter tells the story of Sonia growing up in Milne Bay, the second is of her career and the third is about her life as a military wife, a role Ilau believes is often misunderstood, particularly by young officers beginning their careers.

Read More: https://www.thenational.com.pg/ilaus-diary-of-service-to-god-and-country/

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WEST Sepik Governor Tony Wouwou has urged Papua New Guineans to reflect on the meaning of true freedom beyond the countr...
18/09/2026

WEST Sepik Governor Tony Wouwou has urged Papua New Guineans to reflect on the meaning of true freedom beyond the country’s political independence.

In his 51st Independence anniversary message, Wouwou said Papua New Guinea’s freedom should not only be understood as liberation from colonial rule but also as freedom from social behaviours damaging families and communities.

He highlighted law and order problems, gender-based violence, child abuse and substance abuse as issues that continued to cause pain in homes and leave lasting wounds on children.

Read More: https://www.thenational.com.pg/governor-looks-beyond-political-freedom/

THE Morobe Tourism board says a lack of cohesion over the years has resulted in the province’s tourism industry potentia...
18/09/2026

THE Morobe Tourism board says a lack of cohesion over the years has resulted in the province’s tourism industry potential not being properly promoted.

Chairman Jemmima Colbran said the province had a lot of potential for great outcomes in the hospitality and tourism space.

She said this new board, effected only this year, will take on a stronger coordination role to market Morobe’s tourism opportunities and potential.

– Nationalpic by GLORIA BAUAI

Read More: https://www.thenational.com.pg/tourism-board-blames-a-lack-of-cohesion/

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