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                                               The West New Britain community here in Port Moresby has hosted its first meet and greet at adventure Park, 14 Mile, in which UPNG West New Britain Student association has come under. UPNG WNBSA has brought a huge number of students to this meet and greet event. The purpose is to unite the students, friends and families who are belong to the West New Britain society living in Port Moresby. Getting to know each other and help each other in times of need. Guests and speakers from all over Port Moresby who originated from West New Britain have come and took part in this event. There were entertainments and singing from the Kove Choir group in the Kove Kaliai Districk of WNBP as well as dancing and entertainment from the Kandrian people. The purpose of this gathering is to bring the people of WNB province in Por...

 Michael Reu, a 24 years old hales from West New Britain province who was a former president of West New Britain Students Association.  Under his leadership, he took the initiative and rolled out five projects in West New Britain based on the theme, ‘To Educate, Serve and Inspire WNB’ “These initiatives are a way to give back to the community,” says Reu. In 6th November to 17th November, these projects were initiated starting with the nearest school in town. These projects provide arrange of information and pathways for students who wish to further studies in different institutions.  Reu and his team carried out five projects and they are, educational awareness, book drive donation, medical kit donation and health awareness, law and order awareness and cleanathon.  With educational awareness, Reu and his team educated the students in every secondary schools on what courses to take and the GPA requirement with the quarter of the five different schools in UPNG. Book dr...

 The association will be taking part at the UPNG Oval during the 49th Anniversary celebration of the Independence this Monday. The leaders of the association have decided to just let the students dance the Ronki way of dance in the Kove Kaliai district because it might not require too many traditional attires, it’s a contemporary type of dance. Limited timing and hosting the major fundraising dance has already exhausted their funds. The rehearsal are going on at the Forth Banner and the students who are interested in participating are all practicing there. It’s more like a contemporary type of dance, they will dance without kundu drums. This type of dance is easy and doesn’t require so many things like traditional bilas, kundu drums because here in the city there are not enough traditional attires. Bringing traditional attires from their home province will require money too. The students who will be participating at the mini show are pleased to show a part of West New Britain and h...

 The Talasea District Development Authority has a program that was initiated by their honorable member every year to fund the students. This assistance is given to the students to help them with their tuition fees. Every beginning of the year, Honorable Freddy Kumai sends out notices to every students within his district to come and apply for it. Many students applied for it and got funded every year. With the universities, the member funded them with K2000.00 each student and with the colleges and technical schools, they usually gets K1500.00. This year alone, the UPNG accounts have declined checks from the sponsors and governments assistance. Therefore the student leaders work hand in hand to make it successful for students to get funded so they can pay up their outstanding fees. The reasons for not allowing check payments into the school account is unknown. The school account wants all the payment to be done through BSP payment that is why they stopped checks. The Talasea DDA ov...

 Israel Piapiak is a 20 year old Science Foundation Year student who hales from a small village in WNB province. He was the Mr. WNB at the New Guinea Islands region show held at the Drill Hall. Both Mr. and his partner did well and came the first runner up to the winners. He explained his culture and tradition in full details. “I love my culture and I want to share it with everyone about how I dress and carry out myself traditionally”, says Israel. He has learned and was taught of his culture when he was a boy. “Many young people refuse to sit with their elders to learn their culture that is why they are failed to carry out themselves traditionally”, says Israel. He concluded by saying, always stick with your elders, you will learn more from them.        Israel posing with Miss WNB after the NGI showcase night.           PC: Logan Katien

 Knowing your culture and your heritage shows a true identity of a person. Veronica Batari a 22 years old hales from West New Britain from a remote village in the Talasea district name Harile.  Loving her culture so much that she had t represent her province and her village and took part at Wan Solwara (NGI) showcase night. Batari spoke the Bola dialect and her culture is called Bakovi and that is what she dressed according to during the show. This event was hosted by the five provinces of the New Guinea Islands Region of PNG. West New Britain Student Association is one of the five student associations on that night. Veronica has represented the WNBSA as Miss West New Britain and she contested for Miss NGI and she came in second to the New Ireland representatives.  Veronica is also the treasurer of the West New Britain Students Association and she is a very active member of the association and she works tirelessly. Veronica has been juggling studies with the association’s...