Wantok Niuspepa

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Wantok Niuspepa
Niuspepa Bilong Yumi Ol Papua Niugini Stret
TypeWeekly newspaper
Owner(s) Word Publishing
Founder(s) Francis Mihalic
FoundedAugust 5, 1970 (1970-08-05)
Language Tok Pisin
Headquarters Boroko, Port Moresby
Country Papua New Guinea
Website wantokniuspepa.com

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. [1] It was first published on 5 August 1970 from an office in Wewak with Father Francis Mihalic, a member of the Society of the Divine Word 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 in 1976. [2] It is now operated by the Word Publishing Company. [1]

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  1. 1 2 "About Us". Wantok Niuspepa. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
  2. Cass, Philip (2011). "Fr Francis Mihalic and Wantok niuspepa" (PDF). Pacific Journalism Review. 17 (1).