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French Company ‘Bilum’ Responds

• June 22, 2009 • 6 Comments

Posted in PNG Culture, PNG Life
Tags: Bilum, Branding, Dukduk, France, Helene de La Moureyre, In the Loop, Intellectual Property, Interview, IP, Papua New Guinea, Parisian, PNG Blog, Radio Australia, Tok Pisin, Tubuan

French Firm Poaches and Patents PNG’s “Bilum”

• February 9, 2009 • 43 Comments

Posted in PNG Culture, PNG Life
Tags: Bilum, Bilum Bags, Brand, Cairns, Cultural Identity, Eco-ethical Fashion, Ethical Fashion Show, Fashion, France, French, Intellectual Property, National Identity, Papua New Guinea, Paris, Patent, PNG, Poached, Rick Brittain, Shopping, Treehugger, Wantoks

The Highlands Trilogy: The Complete Collection

• January 20, 2009 • 1 Comment

Posted in PNG Culture, PNG History, PNG Multimedia
Tags: Academy Award, AFI, American Film Institute, Best Documentary, Black, Black Harvest, Coffee, Collection, Culture, Documentaries, Dukduk, Dukduks, DVD, Festival Cinema du Reel, First Contact, France, Grand Prix, Hidden People, Highlands, Joe Leahy's Neighbours, Leahy Brothers, Literature, New Guinea, Nomination, Papua New Guinea, Plantation, PNG, The Highlands Trilogy, Tubuan, Tubuans, Video, White

Barack Obama’s Pacific: Good or Bad?

• November 11, 2008 • 4 Comments

Posted in PNG International Issues
Tags: Australia, Barack Obama, China, France, Helen Clark, John Howad, New Zealand, Obama, Pacific, Pacific Policy, Pacific Politics, Pacific War, Taiwan, United States, US Foreign Policy, US Pacific Policy