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Pangu Party candidate and sitting Hela Governor Philip Undialu has been declared Governor-elect for Hela province. Provincial returning officer Mr John Tipa officially declared Philip Undialu Governor-elect for Hela province at 3.30pm. Philip Undialu retains his seat with 118, 113 votes. 2017 runner-up Francis Potape was in second place with 50, 771 votes. Finishing third in the race was Tony Mana Kila with 16, 377 votes. On the fourth place was Tiken takili Mukuni 14, 855 votes. Finishing fifth in the race was Dr Hewali Hamiya with 8  616 votes. Governor-elect Undialu after signing the 2022 election writs, said he wants Hela province to move forward in the coming years. Mr Undialu says Hela province is a newly established province that needs like-minded leaders to carry Hela province forward. NBC / PNG Today Next :  PNG Elections : PNC Party registers first Win as Kapavore retains Pomio Open Seat

Chronicle Books, ages 5-10, 40p Hardcover, ISBN 9780811864794 The creators of the award-winning An Egg Is Quiet and A Seed Is Sleepy have teamed up again to create this gorgeous and informative introduction to the world of butterflies. From iridescent blue swallowtails and brilliant orange monarchs to the worlds tiniest butterfly (Western Pygmy Blue) and the largest (Queen Alexandra’s Birdwing), an incredible variety of butterflies are celebrated here in all of their beauty and wonder. My kids love nothing more than to play outdoors and this inevitably leads to them asking me many many questions. Some like, “what butterfly is this?” I’m now better able to answer thanks to this book which I received for review recently from Chronicle Books. Read more »

 After the initial planting of our new exotic cold-hardy effect garden earlier on in the year we thought we would pop out and see if there was anything interesting in the local garden centres and nurseries which we could add to our collection. We wasn’t expecting there to be too much around but lorna manages to find a lot more than I was expecting her to. So in this video Lorna explains what she has picked up and will even try to pronounce some of the botanical names which is always good for a laugh! A few of my favourites were picked up including the Dasylirion longissimum – Mexican Grass Tree and the wonderful Sphaeropteris cooperi. If you would like to watch more content like this the why not consider supporting our YouTube channel but clicking onto the ‘SUBSCRIBE’ button. It is absolutely free and that way you will never miss an episode.