Wokbung Wantaim

Finschhafen, The Aftermath of the War   What was it like right after the war?   There were three known major plantations in Finschhafen back in the days, the #Heldsbach , #Salankaua and #Timbulin . The three lie within almost ten miles from each other. There were no vehicle roads before the war, but only horse tracks interrupted by numerous small creeks. Finschhafen (Buming to Mape), World War 2.   How big was it?   Here are two sources of reference that can give you a glimpse of how big it was. During the war Finschhafen had become the third largest military port in the world, after London and New York. At times there were one million Allied soldiers stationed at Finschhafen. It was one big war city between #Mape river and Buming river. Dozens of side roads criss crossed the plantation and connected numerous warehouses, recreation centres, churches and movie theatres. Military equipment of all description and in huge quantities were for the trip to Japan. (Source: Lutheran Church in

1943 - Malasega 23-10-1943, WW11, MALASIGE, Huon Peninsula, New Guinea, Native Outrigger Sailing Canoe on the Lagoon, (source: Australian War Memorial)

1944 - Maneba, Nugidu, Finschhafen proper  FINSCHHAFEN, NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-03. AN AERIAL VIEW TOWARDS THE OCEAN SHOWING SHIPPING AND PORT INSTALLATIONS AT THE HARBOUR  Australian War Memorial

A possible story by Immanuel Namandi. From the south coast of Morobe Province where the former Morobe Patrol Post is located, today it still holds the name. 'Moro' is a certain tree that is commonly found at the Mou river and 'Be' means mouth. When the Yekora locals were paddling in a canoe together with a German missionary approaching the mouth of the river.. The locals spoke in their local dialect saying Moro ra be..something like the y are approaching the spot. The German ask them again about the name and he recorded it naming the area. Morobe . Also, Interestingly Morobe Patrol Post station was formerly named by the Germans as Adolfhafen.

"Given on a golden plate, PNG's Independence" When thinking of this statement that we always say and reflecting on the current state of our economy. Here is my take: Even after being independent since the 60s, several African nations are still repaying a kind of a NATIONAL DEBT framed as the COLONIAL TAX, paid from their national coffers to their former coloniser, France. Sad but true, upon being liberated politically and gaining political independence from France, they somewhat were forced into a systematic economic bondage. And it has entangled them ever since the 60s until this day. Some of these countries include Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Guinea-Bissau, Senegal and others. It is estimated that France sourced about 500 billion US dollars from these COLONIAL TAX scheme every year. At the time PNG gained independence, PNG has not acquired any form of DEBT from its colonisers. Neve! At the time PNG gained independence almost 98% of the landmass were legally c

It breaks my heart seeing the torn and worn out PNG Flag soar against the afternoon wind.  But then, i realise the inspiration in seeing my flag still soaring graceful high regardless of the being disfigured in the wind. Times are getting tough but lets not loose hope. Having hope empowers us to endure the time. Keep on soaring fellow PNGeans! "Hope does not disappoint" (Romans 5:3-5) Blessings! ~By Warime Guti~ Photo by Johanan Celine Velariano, Madang, Sept 2018

Note: Read this with fun, hahaha I didn't know it was that long as i was responding to my friends curiosity on this question above... I will just share it as i wrote it,... have a laugh as you read and hopefully it can be of any use to you .............................................................................. I had to write this up for all you beggars who do not have a TV at home or for some reason destroyed your TV, i don't know but that is your problem How to watch FREE NRL matches (unfortunately not all games, don't ask me why? it depends on their schedule) Well the important thing to know is NOTHING IS ACTUALLY FREE (sorry about the misleading title) Anyway, my point, well you will get to watch it free but not FOREVER. Ok now, what was i trying to say???? Ah right, so basically there are TV stations in Australia that offer FREE viewing of NRL matches over their Live Stream feed. The most popular one is Channel 9 ( www.9now.com.au ),