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 UPNG WNBSA has hosted the orientation of the WNB Student Union inviting all 13 institutions who are affiliated under the union to attend the orientation. This even occurred before the launching of the union at Adventure Park. The orientation started at 6pm and ended at 9pm, giving enough time for students to at least get to know the other students at different schools. Introduction of all the association’s leaders and then followed by the unions executives. The executives are some outstanding leaders and presidents of different association who have come together to form this union. This union was just created this year, with the purpose of uniting students from different universities. All 13 institution came to attend the orientation. It was a successful event and everyone enjoyed it      Students from different institutions taking picture after the orientation      PC: Bonita Brownie

                                               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...

 The UPNG WNBSA and the 12 other institutions in the nation’s capital who have students from the West New Britain province under the leadership of Michael Reu as the president have just recently launched this union. West New Britain Students Union is a union that was created to unite all the student from West New Britain who are in Port Moresby and attending various institutions.  The launching made mentioned of the 13 institutions as well as the introduction of the executives. Spearheading this union is Michael Reu from UPNG, Vice President is Sabestine Waluka, the treasurer is Peniel Eliase, the secretary is Michael Mathew Jnr and the events coordinator is Anthony Jambarufo. “We have created to student union because we want to unite our own people, helping, sharing and supporting each other during our studies here in Port Moresby”, says Michael Reu.  The launching was held successfully and the students get to meet their leaders as well as their elders at Adventure Park ...

 The UPNG WNBSA has hosted their orientation on the 3rd, April 2024 welcoming their first years into the school and the association. The purpose of this orientation was to let the first years introduced and get to know the senior students from their home province as well as knowing what will happen and how things go about in the university. The executives have welcomed them with a speech given to them by the president Edward Namui Jnr. The association was fortunate to have 35 students that was registered as the first years both internal and external. “This place will be your learning hub, get to know your people and learn as much as you can”, says Edward Namui Jnr. The guest of honor was Mr. Bernard Ngat, a former WNBSA president. He then gave a beautiful speech and a word of encouragement to the students. He told the students to not to look far away to find a role model, your role model can be your father or your elder brother. “I look up to my father as my role model”, says Mr. B...

UPNG WNBSA will be hosting its first ever major fundraising dance at the Cosmopolitan on the 13th of September. The purpose of this fundraising dance is to raise funds for the end of year project that the association does every year.  Every year the association gives back to their province in exchange for the Tertiary Education Students Assistance Scheme that was given to the students to help them with their tuition fees.  Usually the association holds small fundraising like K100 mumu dish and selling, doughnuts, ice cream, with can drinks during the two semesters. All these small fundraising helps the association to raise money. In every year, the students host major fundraising dances to help raise money.  They usually hold dances at The Cosmopolitan at the Vision city Mega Mall. They artists that will be performing that night are O’ Four, Gabidz Band, Jarahn, tarvin Toune, Bee Gee Boy and for the special appearance will be the Muffin Boys and MAVN LKLD. All the artists...

 Facebook Page: UPNG West New Britain Students Association Facebook Page WhatsApp Contacts for the Executives Edward Namui Jnr( President) Scott Malu( Male Vice President) Koylin Koiati( Female Vice President) Veronica Batari( Treasurer) Abel Markele( Secretary)

 UPNG West New Britain Students Association is a group formed by the former students with the purpose of uniting the students of West New Britain who are here to study for these four years. It was started in the early 2000s and died out due to lack of leadership quality. It was then re-established in 2019 by the former president Mr. Isaiah Amba, with his leadership he helped the student seeking assistance from the governor’s office and brought students together. After his term served as a president, came along some good leaders who bring good things back to the province in exchange of the funds they got from the provincial government.

  Scott. Malu, UPNG WNBSA Male Vice President Welcome to UPNG WNBSA page, this page will tell you all the yearly news and stories that have occurred during these two semesters. All the news articles and the stories are the annual report and progresses of this association. We all the executives happy to present all this as the newsletter and working to achieve our goals and help Zipporah who has been working for her project. This association is made of all students from across the three districts of the beautiful land of West New Britain province. This newsletter has present to you as an evidence of the annual programs and events that the association has carried out so far. I am pleased to have say that the stories and the feature articles are from the students who have done great in our association. Now we have reached the end of the year with so many successful events and we wish to do more for our province and have stories to be presented as our proof. We have done so many fundra...