''Wantok Niuspepa'' (''Wantok Newspaper'') is a weekly newspaper in
Papua New Guinea. It is the only
Tok Pisin-language newspaper in Papua New Guinea, and is distributed throughout the country.
It was first published on 5 August 1970 from an office in
Wewak
Wewak is the capital of the East Sepik province of Papua New Guinea. It is on the northern coast of the island of New Guinea. It is the largest town between Madang and Jayapura. It is the see city (seat) of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wewak.
H ...
with Father
Francis Mihalic, a member of the
Society of the Divine Word
The Society of the Divine Word ( la, Societas Verbi Divini), abbreviated SVD and popularly called the Verbites or the Divine Word Missionaries, and sometimes the Steyler Missionaries, is a Catholic clerical religious congregation of Pontifical Ri ...
order, as its editor; while the project had first been initiated by Catholic bishops, it subsequently received limited support thereafter. It moved to
Port Moresby
(; Tok Pisin: ''Pot Mosbi''), also referred to as Pom City or simply Moresby, is the capital and largest city of Papua New Guinea. It is one of the largest cities in the southwestern Pacific (along with Jayapura) outside of Australia and New Z ...
in 1976.
It is now operated by the Word Publishing Company.
See also
*
List of newspapers in Papua New Guinea
External links
Official siteWantok Niuspepa
UC San Diego Digital Archive 1972-2016
References
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Newspapers published in Papua New Guinea