WTF has Kokoda got to do with neocolonialism?
As PNG approaches its 50th year of Independence it is timely to look at the transition from...
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Author: Charlie
Mark Nizette – Kokoda Trail Ringmaster?
Julius Wargirai was hired as ‘Acting CEO’ of the PNG Kokoda Track Authority (KTA) in a neo-colonial process orchestrated by DFAT PNG – it was a process that would not escape the attention of watchdog agencies in Australia! His engagement as ‘interim CEO’ prevented more qualified, but independently minded executives, from being engaged to manage the Kokoda Trail for PNGs economic benefit.
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Not enough bums for seats on Kokoda
The colourful line-up at Owers Corner for the Kokoda Initiative announcement of a ‘Kokoda Sanitation Project’ on February 6, indicates this decision originated from Port Moresby based ‘swivel-chair managers’ linked to computer screens.
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PNG Tourism CEO signs suicide note for Kokoda Tourism
TPA CEO, Eric Mossman-Uvovo has signed a death warrant for pilgrimage tourism across the Kokoda Trail.
The proposal for a new Kokoda Track Management Authority (KTMA) was secretly drafted in Canberra by a foreign official under the cover of Covid.
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A Blueprint for Kokoda Pilgrimage Tourism
The 138 km Kokoda Trail, a 10 metre-wide corridor on either side of the tracks over which the...
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