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Hello ol wantok and welcome to the Papua New Guinea Students in Auckland blog. Here you will find the latest information about current and up coming events and general postings about the PNG Student Community living here in Auckland City.

This is an initiative by the students to avail information that may be of interest to parties concerned relating to study prospects of individual students who have had the privilege of being accorded this opportunity in the respective fields of  study. 

                           PNG students at the University of Auckland (UoA) and Auckland University of Technology (AUT) above (2012).

Pictured from left to right - Korin Abraham (student), Dr Peter Goldsmith (PNG Honorary Counsel Auckland) High Commissioner William Dihm, Henry Yamo (student sitting), Kay Liddle, (award recepiant), Morea Veatua (Deputy High Commissioner), Gwen liddle (seated in wheel chair), David Levy (student kneeling), Geoff Liddle (Kays son), Martin Moses (student) and Damien Sonny (student) 
PNG students were part of a small group of Papua New Guineans who gathered at Auckland this year (2012) to acknowledge and thank a missionary couple who had given 58 years of their life in missionsry work in PNG.
Kay and Gwen Liddle were very instrumental in planting the Christian Brethren Church (CBC) in West Sepik (Saundaun) province and Koroba/Kopiago in Hela province since the early 1950s until their retirement in late 2000. The ceremony was hosted by the Government of PNG to award an MBE to Mr Kay Liddle in recognition for his church work in the country. The investiture ceremony was conducted by the PNG High Commissioner to New Zealand, HE William Dihm,witnessed the Honorary Counsel Dr Peter Goldsmith and Mr Morea Veratau and the Liddle family.

See related story ....http://www.thenational.com.pg