''Wantok Niuspepa'' (''Wantok Newspaper'') is a weekly newspaper in
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...
. It is the only
Tok Pisin
Tok Pisin (,Laurie Bauer, 2007, ''The Linguistics Student’s Handbook'', Edinburgh ; Tok Pisin ), often referred to by English speakers as "New Guinea Pidgin" or simply Pidgin, is a creole language spoken throughout Papua New Guinea. It is an ...
-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.
Hi ...
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 Church, Catholic clerical religious congregation ...
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
This is a list of newspapers in Papua New Guinea.
*'' The National''
*''Papua New Guinea Post-Courier''
*''Wantok Niuspepa''
*''The Independent'' (defunct)
See also
*Communications in Papua New Guinea
* List of newspapers
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External links
Official siteWantok NiuspepaUC San Diego Digital Archive 1972-2016
References
{{Reflist
Newspapers published in Papua New Guinea