Our Pacific Ways reflects on Our Pacific traditions for inspiration to move Our Pacific People forward.
We live in a part of the world that has huge potential but is currently being subjected to a model of development that only allows for a few elite and money-men to prosper at the expense of the vast majority of Our people.
Our Pacific Ways challenges the current systems of exploitation and asks: What if we did things according to Our Pacific ways?

What if we told you that Our Ancestors were the best navigators using the sun and the stars to travel the Liquid Continent?
What if we told you they were the best naval architects who built ocean-going vessels for international commerce between our island nations?
What if we told you that agriculture developed here first independent of any outside influence?
What if we told you that Our Ancestors lived in harmony with nature before the rest of the world knew anything about sustainable development?
What if we told you that tuberculosis and leprosy were introduced to Our People?
What if we told you that land was stolen from Our People to build churches?
What if we told you that colonial administrations hung Our People in public the same way blacks were lynched in America?
What if we told you that Fiji became independent when it overthrew the British Monarchy and that Solomon Islands is a colony of Australia?
What if we told you of the French domination of the Polynesia and the violation of Hawaiian sovereignty by the United States?
What if we told you of Nuclear testing and the displacement of Our People?
What if we told you about neo-colonization and the systematic exploitation of Our People and Our Resources? ....more
Neknasi Cooperative brings you organic fair trade coffee
Tue, 28 May 2013 04:17:21 +0000
Like many rural outstations  in Papua New Guinea, Bandong, in the Morobe province  is beautiful and isolated. To get to Bandong from Lae, you have to  make a four hour  journey on a four wheel drive over rugged terrain.  This is where more than 5000 people live  – scattered in small  hamlets all over the […]
Reclaiming Our Future
Thu, 21 Mar 2013 01:36:32 +0000
By Online Editor For 38 years after Independence, we in Papua New Guinea (PNG) struggled as a nation to find our footing in this world, not that we never did, but at one stage, we were sure of it. I’m sure that when our forefathers, those who sat and wrote our beautiful constitution had a […]
Corruption in PNG: The Curse of the Rent Seekers
Mon, 04 Mar 2013 05:22:39 +0000
By Martyn Namorong   Landowners from Turubu protest at the Commission of Inquiry into Special Purpose Agriculture Business Leases held in Wewak last year In trying to understand the roots of corruption in PNG, I have drawn upon my life long interaction with the resources sector in PNG. Having grown up in a logging camp […]
War on Betelnut Unnecessary
Thu, 21 Feb 2013 02:24:48 +0000
NCDC Governor Powes Parkop picks on buai sellers in Port Moresby but will not pick on beer sellers. He is doing a very good job trying to clean up Port Moresby but the cleaning up must not stop at the physical appearance. Buai and beer are both staining Port Moresby but Mr Parkop chooses to […]
Thu, 21 Feb 2013 01:18:11 +0000
Welcome back to Our Pacific Ways. This year kicks off with many promises for a better PNG. Schools children are smiling as they can now go to school without worrying about school fees. Health Minister Michael Malabag promises church health workers will be paid under normal government pay system. And Commerce and Trade Minister Richard […]
Mere Yawane
Thu, 06 Dec 2012 00:46:55 +0000
Husband and wife team Mere and Igu Yawane have been teaching women in the Eastern Highlands how to make this delicious bread from cassava. Not only is the bread more tasty than the one at the shop, it is a source of food that can be relied upon during times of drought. And, it’s a […]
PNG traditional food showcased at major festival
Wed, 05 Dec 2012 05:12:39 +0000
PNG’s farmers and traditional cuisine took centre stage at one of the world’s major food events last month. Markham Valley-based non-profit Savé PNG spoke at the Slow Foods (‘Salone del Gusto’) festival in Torino, Italy. At the event, Savé PNG director Jennifer Waiko was invited to speak on a conference about ‘Indigenous Peoples and Local […]
Damaris Loie
Tue, 04 Dec 2012 23:35:15 +0000
Damaris Loie and her husband Tella have worked together for over 20 years making honey in the frontyard of their home in Logofate, in Ungai-Bena District. The couple have customers for their delicious, 100% organic honey from around the Highlands, but aren’t keeping their specialised knowledge to themselves: they’re trying to train other women in […]
Sesame John
Tue, 04 Dec 2012 23:29:24 +0000
Sesame John is a flower-gardener in Kabiufa, Goroka. Every week she sells flowers, fetching up to K200 per pot! She also sells large amounts for events and celebrations, and regularly hires out her gorgeous posies to Goroka University for graduation ceremonies. Her beautiful garden contains literally thousands of kina in flowers. Having worked profitably in […]
Serah Yasona
Fri, 30 Nov 2012 02:10:30 +0000
Serah Yasona decided to revive her father’s old fish farm after he passed away. A single mother, she had three children and one adopted child to provide for. Last year she set about refurbishing the fish farm (in Komiufa, Goroka district), plastering the seven concerete ponds and fixing the pipe system with her own hands, […]