To all our city residents, our three Members of Parliament and Commissioners of the Board of NCDC, to all my staff, the City Manager and our team at NCDC, and to all the people of our beloved country, Papua New Guinea;

As the sun sets on 2025, I stand before you with a heart full of gratitude.

This has been more than just a calendar year; it has been a defining chapter in the PNG story.

We have navigated a historic journey together, and I am 1,000 percent confident that history will vindicate the hard work, the service delivery, and the transformative efforts we have poured into our city and our nation.

To our team and partners, thank you for helping us tell the story of PNG, the Pacific, and Asia.

Your contribution to our progress has been invaluable.

To our city residents: thank you for your resilience and for walking with us as we work to make Port Moresby a safe, liveable, inclusive and world-class city.

We are in a unique and privileged position. We have just passed the milestone of 50 years of Independence. We have the benefit of hindsight as we prepare ourselves for the next summit or mountain peak ahead.

Tomorrow, as we welcome 2026, we begin the first day of our next 50 years. This is our moment to shift our attitude, our approach our passion and our determination to secure a future greater and better that the past.

We must appreciate the privilege of life and opportunities it’s presents, have more respect and with pride for our city, for our nation and for all of our people. More particularly we need to multiply our efforts to ensure woman and girls are fully participating and benefiting from the wealth and opportunities our country can offer.

We are the transition generation, tasked with reshaping our economy, our health, our education, our infrastructure and creating more opportunities and possibilities for our people especially the young generations for our country.

As we bid farewell to 2025, let us enter 2026 with renewed passion and determination to be the change we want to see.

Let us commit to a better quality of life for our people and a stronger presence in our region.

We move forward as One City, One Nation, and One People.

From our neighbourhoods in Moresby to the wider Pacific and Asia—we are One World living together in one City, One People heading towards One Future.

Let us move together, being an inclusive city of a 1000 tribes, 860 languages of all faiths and cultures, men and boys, women and girls to be productive and prosperous in 2026 and beyond.

I wish you all a safe and joyous celebration. Let us make 2026 a year of unprecedented delivery and unity.

Happy New Year, and God bless Papua New Guinea!

HON. POWES PARKOP, LLB, LLM, MP

NCD Governor