Papua New Guinea Hockey Federation Papua New Guinea Hockey Federation The Papua New Guinea Hockey Federation is the governing body of Field Hockey in Papua New Guinea (PNG), Oceania. Its Headquarters are in Boroko, NCD, Port Moresby, PNG. It is affiliated to IHF International Hockey Federation and OCF Oceania Hockey Federation. Kaluwin Potuan is the President of Hockey Association of PNG and Thomas Kahai is the General Secretary. Papua New Guinea at the 2015 Pacific Games#Field hockey PNG hosted the World League Qualifier for the Hockey World Cup in its capital city of Port Moresby in July 2016. PNG Hockey Federation announced its men’s and
Territory of Papua and New Guinea Territory of Papua and New Guinea The Territory of Papua and New Guinea was established by an administrative union between the Australian-administered territories of Papua and New Guinea in 1949. In 1972, the name of the Territory changed to "Papua New Guinea" and in 1975 it became the Independent State of Papua New Guinea. Archeological evidence suggests that humans arrived on New Guinea around 50,000 years ago. These Melanesian people developed stone tools and agriculture. Portuguese and Spanish navigators sailing in the South Pacific entered New Guinea waters in the early part of the 16th century and in 1526–27, Jorge