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08 Artists’ Dream of
a Bright PNG Future PNG’s first major art competition – the Akis Art Prize – attracted more than 2000 submissions from right across the country, with schoolchildren through to seasoned artists showing through what their dreams and aspirations are for the future. Here we reveal the winners and a selection from the top 30 entries in the junior, youth and open categories. their drawings, sketches, illustrations and paintings
8 “Artists’ Dream of a Bright PNG Future”
24 Women take to the Sky Like the aviation trailblazer who PNG’s new Amelia
Earhart Trust commemorates, the first scholarship recipient, Deborah Bidang, is a female pilot defying gender boundaries
46 PNG Air – Where We Fly
Helen Rose discover a bird and wildlife-watching side to Kavieng beyond its fame as a diving and surfing mecca.
A map of Papua New Guinea and PNG Air flight routes, plus airline contact information, transfer information, and Inflight Games’ puzzle solutions.
by training to fly helicopters for medical rescue missions into some of the country’s most remote and forgotten places. 32 Birdwatchers’ Delight in Kavieng From eclectus parrots and kingfishers to black sunbirds and megapodes only found in this part of the world, Nigel Marsh and
42 PNG Air – News
PNG Air news bulletin and updates. 45 PNG Air – Inflight Games Exercise the mind with
48 PNG Air – Inflight Comfort A few health tips and easy
exercises to help make your PNG Air flight as comfortable as possible.
Christina Lovatt’s crossword and puzzles for your enjoyment.
32 “Birdwatchers’ Delight in Kavieng”
24 “Women take to the Sky”
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