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	Goroka
		Goroka, a small outpost station in the 19950's has developed into an attractive, well organised town with modern facilities and relaxed atmosphere.
		From Goroka on the road to Kainantu is the village of Bena Bena, a centre for weaving.
		There are a number of options for accommodations in Goroka, ranging from the top of the range Bird of Paradise Hotel to the Goroka University Campus.
	www.pacificislandtravel.com /png/about_destin/goroka.html (1055 words)

	Goroka - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Goroka is the capital of the Eastern Highlands province of Papua New Guinea.
		It is the home of several national institutions; the PNG Institute of Medical Research, the Melanesian Institute and the University of Goroka.
		The renowned Goroka Show sing-sing is held every year for three days close to independence day (September 16th).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Goroka (143 words)

	Artok - 4/10/00: Goroka Festival in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea, 1970
		Artok - 4/10/00: Goroka Festival in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea, 1970
		• Goroka Festival in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea, 1970
		Goroka Festival in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea, 1970
	www.abc.net.au /arts/artok/performance/s195189.htm (275 words)

	Eastern Highlands Province
		Goroka, a small outpost station in the 1950's, has developed into an attractive, well organised town with modern facilities and relaxed atmosphere.
		From Goroka on the old road to Kainantu is the village of Bena Bena, a centre for weaving.
		There are a number of options for accommodation in Goroka, ranging from the top of the range Bird of Paradise Hotel to the Teachers College Campus.
	www.pngbd.com /travel/tourism_guide_tpa/prov_ehp.html (647 words)

	Pilot Guides.com: Tribal Gathering: The Goroka Show
		The highland town of Goroka is the venue for the alternate annual show that celebrates the culture of the indigenous tribes.
		The Goroka show is partly a tourist event, but it's a rare opportunity for travellers to experience the customs of over a hundred tribes that populate the Papua New Guinea highlands.
		The Goroka show was started in the mid 1950s by the first missionaries who came to Papua New Guinea.
	www.pilotguides.com /destination_guide/pacific/papua_new_guinea/goroka_show.php (191 words)

	Milwaukee Public Museum -- Ples Bilong Singsing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		But once in Goroka, these modern clothes are discarded, and farmers, clerks, and students begin to transform their bodies into living works of art.
		It is held in alternate years at Mt. Hagen in the Western Highlands, or at Goroka in the Eastern Highlands.
		Goroka is part county fair and part "pow-pow".
	www.mpm.edu /collect/ples.html (1141 words)

	Goroka - Ecotourism with JOURNEYS International
		Goroka is the capital of the Eastern Highlands province of Papua New Guinea.
		Goroka is also the home of the famous Asaro Mudmen.
		The renowned Goroka Show sing-sing is held every year in the month of September.
	www.journeys-intl.com /info/goroka (267 words)

	Goroka Coffee...The Taste of Paradise
		At Goroka Coffee, we aim to offer information to our customers and distributors about a coffee that for over 30 years, has been the taste of Papua New Guinea.
		Goroka Coffee is a medium roast of its own; a 100% arabica high altitude grown coffee.
		A blend of beans from the finest plantations of New Guinea's Highlands, Goroka Coffee is renowned among coffee connoisseurs for its fine, full bodied flavour.
	www.gorokacoffee.com (123 words)

	Bird of Paradise Hotel, Goroka (Eastern Highlands) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The hotel's central location in Goroka provides easy access, yet only a short drive away is the village of the Asaro Mudmen.
		Situated at the eastern end of the mountain chain that forms the spine of the PNG mainland, the Eastern Highlands, comprising fertile green valleys surrounded by steep rugged mountains.
		With the Goroka Fitness Club and the Goroka Squash Club both located on the hotel premises, guests have access to a fully equipped gym, aerobics, and squash.
	www.good-hotels-guide.com /oceania/papua-new-guinea/bird-paradise-goroka.htm (176 words)

	Viewpoint
		Mr Kimisopa also called on non-Eastern Highlanders living in Goroka and on its fringes to respect local people, private and government property in town and the rights of everyone to move and live freely without fear of intimidation or harassment.
		With the growth of settlements in and around Goroka, Mr Kimisopa said there had also been an increase in social and other related problems caused by settlers who had been taking advantage of the quiet and good nature of Eastern Highlanders by using opportunities to take the law into their own hands.
		From reports that he received in Goroka Mr Kimisopa said the riots and looting that took place last week were not caused by Eastern Highlanders but by other people who took advantage of the situation to further their own interests.
	www.postcourier.com.pg /20041130/news08.htm (468 words)

	Latest Adventures (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		WCS is also helping people at the Goroka show to care for their “ bilas ” (decorative wear) to reduce the need to hunt more animals to replace them.
		After the Goroka Show ended we went to Research and Conservation Foundation (RCF) office to attend a meeting with a network of other conservation NGO's in PNG.
		After Goroka we headed into Lae to stay at the rainforest habitat and to organise the next load of rabbits.
	www.tenkile.com /latest_advent_nov04.htm (1918 words)

	goroka2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		After last year's most enjoyable trip being such a spiritual tonic to the soul, I was keen to come back again to meet once again with friends I met and hopeful of more flights into the remote mountain trips and contact with villagers.
		True friends are such an important blessing to our lives and often it may only seem to be a small contribution, but we never know what a blessing to others we can be just by being there to support one another.
		I had an opportunity to attend the Goroka meeting in evening, a large crowd of several hundred people were present.
	members.dodo.net.au /~adventistaviation/goroka2002.html (1958 words)

	Viewpoint
		Police manpower in Goroka was reinforced after extra deployments from members stationed in the districts were rushed in to help monitor the situation.
		Police were deployed on all sections of Goroka town to patrol the streets to disperse illegal gatherings and look out for people, especially opportunists from carrying out illegal activities by taking advantage of the situation.
		It was not known the amount of damages done to the properties, motor vehicles and businesses in Goroka during the raid on Tuesday.
	www.postcourier.com.pg /20041125/news11 (412 words)

	Embassy of Papua New Guinea to the Americas, Washington, DC
		Traditional dress is seldom worn these days, although the Highlanders still live in villages of neat clusters of low walled round huts built amongst the rolling kunai-grass covered hills.
		It is a major Highlands commercial centre of 25,000 people and at an altitude of 1600 metres it has a climate of perpetual spring.
		It is second only to the National Museum in Port Moresby and exhibits a wide variety of artefacts, handicrafts, war relics and a collection of photographs which portray early contact between Europeans and Highlanders.
	www.pngembassy.org /prov1.html (2200 words)

	Bird of Paradise Hotel, hotel resort in Goroka
		The hotel's central location in Goroka provides easy access to every modern facility, yet only a short drive away is the timeless village of the Asaro Mudmen.
		Situated at the eastern end of the mountain chain that forms the spine of the PNG mainland, the Eastern Highlands, comprising fertile green valleys surrounded by steep rugged mountains, were first discovered in 1927.
		With the Goroka Fitness Club and the Goroka Squash Club both located on the hotel premises, energetic guests have immediate access to a fully equipped gym, aerobics, and squash.
	www.pacificislandtravel.com /png/hotels/hgl_birdofparadise.html (505 words)

	Teacher Education Institutions - Goroka - University of Goroka (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The University of Goroka, is located at Goroka in the Eastern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea.
		It was established in 1965 by the Department of Education as a Primary Teachers College, and became a Secondary Teachers College in 1968.
		In 1995 the Goroka Campus commenced the 4-Year Bachelor of Education Pre-service and the 2- Year Bachelor of Education In-service degree programs.
	www.pngteachereducation.com /pastep/goroka.php (608 words)

	goroka
		Goroka International School (GIS) is a member school of the International Education Agency (IEA) of Papua New Guinea.
		Students who leave us and go on to other schools within Goroka, PNG, and in countries around the world continue to be very competitive and even proving to be extremely good in academic, sports and technological pursuits.
		Goroka International is a member of the IEA family of 20 schools.
	www.iea.ac.pg /schools/goroka/goroka.html (497 words)

	Papua New Guinea
		Goroka, located in the Eastern Highlands, is a rather interesting place.
		Some observations we made were that Goroka seemed to have a strangely high prevelance of albinism, as well as twin births.
		Another fascinating fact for the medical historians out there is that the center of the kuru epidemic was just 25 miles away in the Fore Valley.
	endeavor.med.nyu.edu /~strone01/goroka.html (331 words)

	Goroka, Papua New Guinea hotel near the Goroka Airport - Quality Hotel, PG005
		This Goroka hotel is near the J.K. McCarthy Museum, Raun Raun Theatre and Mount Gahavisuka Provincial Park, an 8,000-acre park featuring walking trails, a scenic lookout, and a variety of native flora and fauna.
		Goroka is the capital of the Eastern Highlands province of Papua New Guinea and the host of the annual PNG Coffee Festival.
		The gathering of clans for the Goroka show is the most spectacular in Papua New Guinea and a world-class cultural event.
	www.choicehotels.com /ires/en-US/html/HotelInfo?hotel=PG005 (359 words)

	SSHL: Melanesian Studies Resource Center & Melanesian Archive: Papua New Guinea Patrol Reports: Eastern Highlands
		For example: Microfiche location : Eastern Highlands : Goroka : 001 : 003 - 004 : 0054 means that the reports may be found on the fiche for Goroka, starting on fiche 1, frame 3 and ending on fiche 4, frame 54.
		Indexes of patrol officers and areas patrolled have been included at the back of this publication.
		Areas patrolled: Watabung, Ungai, Lapeigu, Lowa, Rintebe, Bena, Goroka.
	sshl.ucsd.edu /melanesia/easthigh.htm (5326 words)

	Papua New Guinea Forum - Goroka International Primary School rocks!
		Goroka Inter was a really good school back in the 80's.
		I was just reading your posting and noticed that you we were in Goroka International when I was there.
		I stumbled on this....I went to goroka international from Prep to gr.1 I remember my teachers I had Mrs.
	www.pngwebdirectory.com /forum/showthread.php?t=476 (547 words)

	Goroka - Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea
		Goroka is the provincial capital of the Eastern Highlands Province.
		Some of them are the Coffee Festival held in May each year and the Goroka Show in September.
		The following picture was taken at the Coffee Festival that is held in the grounds of the Raun Raun Theatre.
	www.michie.net /pnginfo/ehp/goroka.html (122 words)

	Goroka Show - Ecotourism with JOURNEYS International
		The Goroka Show is one of the most-known tribal gathering and cultural events in Papua New Guinea.
		It is held every year close to the Independence Day (16th September) in the town of Goroka.
		The Goroka Show festival was initiated by missionaries in the mid-1950s and has become increasingly popular with tourists over the years.
	www.journeys-intl.com /info/goroka_show (211 words)

	Papua New Guinea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		We did want to see the famed "Goroka Show" an annual independence day event when 10,000 tribesmen attend in all their traditional regalia, however finding accommodation was another matter due to the number of visitors to the show.
		We arrived at the Goroka market and tramped through the packed streets to the luxury "Bird of Paradise" on foot, there are no taxis in most PNG towns.
		The rumours about the spearings at Goroka were true and a full scale tribal war had erupted between the "Wantoks" of the victims and the assailants.
	freespace.virgin.net /susan.armitage/PNG.htm (4592 words)

	PAPUA NEW GUINEA
		After the fourth end, the score was locked at 3-all and the spectators were kept silent from the heart-stopping bowling sequence of the two teams.
		While Lae continued its dominance in the next three ends, Goroka bounced back on the 14th end to level the score at 12-all, leaving Lae stagnant while piling on four points to overtake the lead at 17-12.
		Goroka Bowling Club president Troy Negus when presenting the prize thanked sponsors SPO Holding, Highlands Traders, Bintangor, Rudolph Electrical, Leslie Hoffman and Goroka Bowling club for putting up cash prizes for the event.
	www.lawnbowls.com.au /PAPUANEWGUINEAoct2001.htm (557 words)

	NPR : Audio Postcard: Celebration in Papua New Guinea
		The Goroka Show is the social event of the year in Goroka, the capital of Eastern Highlands Province.
		At last year's Goroka Show in the Highlands region of the country, dozens of groups sang and marched down the capital's bumpy streets.
		The show is the social event of the year in Goroka, trumping even church — which, in a very Christian country like Papua New Guinea, is saying a lot.
	www.npr.org /templates/story/story.php?storyId=7851373&ft=1&f=1004 (294 words)

	Escape to the World Outdoors - Vacations -- Papua New Guinea
		The "shows" were originally organized by the Australians in the 1970s as a way to promote peaceful interaction amongst the tribes.
		Today, the Goroka Show is considered the most interesting, and it promises to be an intense cultural experience you will never forget.
		We travel from Goroka to Tari by charter aircraft on Day 10 and have two and a half days to explore.
	www.orvis.com /detail.asp?subject=110&index=23&dir_id=958&group_id=3035&cat_id=1217&subcat_id=10&adv=37656 (2484 words)

	Goroka festival - a trip to Papua's tribe festival
		Goroka festival - a trip to Papua's tribe festival
		Day –3 – 1: Arrangement of the necessary visas to enter Indonesia, sunbathing and swiming at a snow white beach in a pleasently warm sea, eventually snorkel diving and a short trek to watch big vampire bats (Flying Foxes).
		The Hagahaj tribe was discovered in 1988, and lives in the mountains near Goroka – also 7 days.
	www.papuatrekking.com /Goroka-festival.html (496 words)

	Goroka, Papua New Guinea News - Topix
		Goroka, Papua New Guinea News continually updated by readers like you.
		NEAR NORTH COAST OF NEW GUINEA, P.N.G. Distances 80 km WNW of Madang, New Guinea, PNG 135 km N of Goroka, New Guinea, PNG 550 km NNW of PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea 2640 km NNW of BRISBANE, Queensland,...
		I edit the Goroka, Papua New Guinea News pages on Topix when no humans are available to help.
	www.topix.net /pg/goroka?scoring=d (563 words)

	2007 Goroka Classic Show Program
		This classic tour begins in Mount Hagen spending the weekend at the resplendent Rondon Ridge in a valley that was unknown to the outside world until 70 years ago.
		From the Sepik, you fly to Goroka to attend the extraordinary Goroka Show -- a phenomenal and unforgettable cultural experience.
		Goroka, home of the famous and intriguing Asaro Mudmen, will be your base for the duration of the 2007 Goroka Cultural Show.
	www.pngtours.com /tours/gkaclassic2007.html (1164 words)

	PNG tribes put on a show of colours - World - theage.com.au
		Half a century after Australian district officers and missionaries brought highlands tribes together in the town of Goroka for a show of traditional dress, dancing and singing, the Goroka Show has turned into one of PNG's major cultural events and tourist draws.
		Missionaries and Australian district officers known as kiaps organised the first Goroka Show in 1957 bringing tribespeople from surrounding districts to meet and perform alongside each other in a display of peaceful rivalry when tribal warfare was still rife.
		Groups at Goroka included the renowned Asaro mud men with their baked clay heads, with bands of highlands men in warrior dress carrying bows and arrows and sporting ornate headwear made from the feathers of the birds of paradise.
	www.theage.com.au /news/world/skin-and-zones/2006/09/17/1158431586188.html (478 words)

	Car rental Goroka car rental airport Goroka Rent a Car Goroka Cheap car rental
		It is so simple to reserve a car rental Goroka, learn more about the important city in Papua New Guinea, its habitants, its places of interest and its gastronomy.
		We are collaborating with the most important and multi national companies in the sector of car rental Goroka, at all important airports and the most popular touristic spots world wide.
		Thus you have your car rental Goroka for sure and you avoid troubles on arrival by not finding the hire car that suits your needs.
	www.imakoocars.co.uk /travel-guide/papua-new-guinea/goroka (405 words)

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