24 “Bringing the Past to Life”
Contents 08 PNG Story: Port Moresby’s Golden Jubilee Countdown Port Moresby’s series of four regional cultural showcases –
entitled PNG Story – turned July into a four-weekend preview of the 50th Independence party fast approaching on September 16. Each Saturday lit up Sir Hubert Murray Stadium for a different region – Southern, Niugini Islands, Highlands and Momase – blending float parades, sing-sing troupes, SME food stalls and musical hit- parade line-ups from Betty Toea to Tonton Malele. Free entry kept families pouring in – 40-plus market stalls at each festival, student-led pageants and packed grandstands with crowds of 20,000 or more to prove the slogan true: One City. One Kantri. One Future. Old Independence-era photos are leaping off the page in PNG50’s new “Living Photographs” series. Using AI, archivists paint, blink and breathe 1975 into 12-second colour reels that have been streaming on Facebook and Instagram – cultural dancers beat kundus, school kids parade their flag, and soon the poignant sunset lowering of Australia’s flag will return in motion. Funded by the PNG50 budget, the project aims to animate 50 images for social feeds, big-screen parades and classroom packs, using technology to serve up history to a new generation in a way that our ancestors could never have imagined. 34 Flying You Home: Photo Contest Celebrates 38 Years of PNG Air PNG Air turned 38 in June by handing passengers the lens. From an ATR 72 framed by Rabaul palms to Tolai dancers at Lae’s UniTech and a volcanic sunset in Kokopo, 84 entries poured in under the #PNG38 hashtag. First place went to Roger Moko, second to Louis Lambert, and third to Casey Sogavo – Roger’s 24 Bringing the Past to Life partner, in a feel-good twist organisers hadn’t anticipated. The contest became a nationwide love letter to PNG and the airline that connects it, as shown by some of the images featured in this issue.
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42 PNG Air – Where We Fly
A map of Papua New Guinea and PNG Air flight routes, plus airline contact information, transfer information, and Inflight Games’ puzzle solutions. A few health tips and easy exercises to help make your PNG Air flight as comfortable as possible.
44 PNG Air – Inflight Comfort
8 “PNG Story: Port Moresby’s Golden Jubilee Countdown”
34 “Flying You Home: Photo Contest Celebrates 38 Years of PNG Air”
41 PNG Air – Inflight Games Exercise the mind with Christina Lovatt’s crossword and puzzles for your enjoyment.
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