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Through persistence, courage, and time, he grew into a man who helped build a nation’s own.
This is a one toea coin. It once jingled in pockets all across Papua New Guinea before quietly disappearing from circulation sometime around 2004.
She wasn’t simply good — she was trained, polished, and precise, the kind of home economist whose dishes carried both technique and heart.
This photograph captures the first group of girls to join the Girl Guide movement in Papua in 1926, established by Mrs Chatterton. Four patrols were formed, each named after native birds: Pune, Kaubebe, Koki, and Bisini.
Then he stood in front of us – upright, composed, hands clasped behind his back in that unmistakable military stance.
His disability did not stop him from living a useful, meaningful life. In fact, I had unknowingly witnessed that truth every morning on my way to school.
Sometimes, when you look closely enough, you realise that history isn’t behind us at all, it’s still playing out, generation after generation.
When the topic of insurance in Papua New Guinea comes up, one name always surfaces: Henry Kila.
