Events Archives | Page 6 of 6

28TH TO 30TH OCTOBER, 2025 🍫

Celebrate Bougainville’s world-class cocoa at the Bougainville Chocolate Festival—three flavour-packed days of tastings, demonstrations, and farmer showcases set on the waterfront at Hutjena Oval. Meet the growers behind Bougainville’s award-winning beans, watch the bean-to-bar journey in action, and discover why this island is a rising star of Pacific chocolate.

What to Expect?

Cocoa Bean Competition: Farmers present their best lots for expert judging with feedback on quality and flavour—great insight into what makes exceptional cocoa.
Talks & Workshops: Practical sessions on farming techniques, processing, value-adding and small-business opportunities across the cocoa value chain.
Live Demonstrations: Chocolate-making demos, baking competitions, and product displays from local chocolatiers and SMEs.
Market & Entertainment: Stalls with chocolate, cocoa products, crafts and food, plus cultural performances and family-friendly activities.

Who it’s for

Chocolate lovers, foodies, families, students, farmers and agribusiness operators—anyone curious about cocoa, from field to bar. Past editions have drawn farmers, chocolatiers, and industry specialists from across PNG and abroad.

Getting there

Fly to Buka via Port Moresby (domestic connections). Hutjena Oval is a short drive across the bridge from Buka Town. Local PMVs and taxis operate regularly; your accommodation can assist with transfers. (Travel logistics may vary; check locally before you go.)

Good to know

Weather: It’s hot and humid—bring sun protection and water.
Cash: ATMs are limited; carry cash for market purchases.
Respect: Always ask before photographing people; be mindful around cultural performances.

Don’t miss three days of flavour, culture & fun in paradise! 🌺

For more information, contact Bougainville Tourism, email, tourisminfo.bougainville@gmail.com or call +675 7299-3401

2025 Bougainville Chocolate Festival Flyer

20TH TO 21ST SEPTEMBER, 2025

🪶 The 2025 Goroka Show is set for September 20th to 21st in Goroka Town, Eastern Highlands Province.

The ‘Goroka Show’ is a significant cultural event in the Highlands region of Papua New Guinea (PNG). It is also the longest running annual cultural festival in Papua New Guinea drawing thousands of tourists to the country every year in September during the week of the nation’s Independence Day celebrations.

Over a hundred tribes from all over Papua New Guinea will participate in the event performing extraordinary ‘singsings’ in a riotous display of colour and sound.

The staging of the Goroka Show began in 1957 and was first introduced and organized by Australian patrol officers known locally as ‘kiaps’.

Contact the event organizers: Mrs. Keryn Flynn Hargreaves email gorokashow2014@gmail.com or call +675 532-2644

Or book a show tour package with a Goroka-based tour operator, PNG Highlands Adventures – email Ms. Jenny Wal Gonapa, email: pnghighlandsadventures@gmail.com or call: +675 7046-8746