we’re for PNG &for the futureWe’ve been supporting PNG since 1910. And we’re here to stay. That’s why we’ve chosen to invest more into PNG to make banking even easier. We’re developing innovative products like our new mobile banking service. And, we’re expanding our network of branches, ATMs, merchant and in-store banking facilities like never before. It’s all part of our commitment to building a brighter financial future for you and your children.

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EDITOR & PUBLISHER amanda donigi / editor@pacificpencil.com DESIGN & CREATIVE DIRECTION jodi english / hello@jodienglish.com.au EDITORIAL CONTRIBUTORS alyson joyce, akanesi ofahengaue, amanda donigi, arieta tora, dagmara geyer, dusk devi, jodie mcalister, kanya nanayakkara, kathy jetnil-kijiner, michaela + alisha charteris, maria ronna luna pastorizo-sekiguchi, matt cassetta, michelle reddy, natasha jynel, philip g. kaupa, robyn jordan, soreti kadir, sylvia frain, sasha posthuma-grbic matanalailai

PHOTOGRAPHY alyson joyce, akanesi ofahengaue, gitte kama, jared fa’asalele, jemma varanisese, jodie mcalister, roan paul, ropate kama, r. weber, dusk devi, sebastian avila, seini fisi’ihoi, sylvia frain, vanisha mishra-vakaoti, victoria piakal

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5 EDITOR'S LETTER 6 LETTERBOX 8 BEHIND THE SCENES 10 THE GROOVE 12 SECOND TO NONE 20 GUEST ARTIST Anzak Newman 23 WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP Serena Sumanop 36 THE STREETS RUNWAY2015 In the Crowds 38 LOCAL TOURIST Five for Five 42 PASSING TIME Classical Adaptations + Brokenville

STELLA'S BOUDOIR 18 The Cheat Sheet: Make that face

HEALTH & WELLBEING 26 Activewear with a Conscience 31 The Yoga Myth 34 Your Cooking Culture

LIVE POETS SOCIETY 47 Beer Daddy - Have a Beer but be a Man 117 Fixed Nature

AT HOME 118 Prawn Avocado Cocktails 119 Miti Tuna Salad

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CONTENTS: NOVEMBER/DECEMBER/JANUARY ISSUE

COVER FEATURE 46 Woman Rising: Diane Kambanei

FASHION 62 RUNWAY2015 in Pictures 72 Pacific Runway Fashion Show Sydney 81 The Fashion Market: Dress for you 88 An Afternoon at Fitzroy Market 92 Sean Kelly debuts at NZ Fashion Week 94 Making Good Winter

ART 98 Colour Me PNG 102 Artistic Resistance in the Marianas

HER VOICE 106 Luerkoklik + the Role of the Land in the Climate Movement

LIFE 108 Pacific SnailMail 110 Fiji Love

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The Future is Now When we launched Stella magazine in August 2012, we thought we had connected to the future for women in Papua New Guinea and the Pacific. We pushed forward to find stand-out women and men in our community, the region, and the diaspora, who were not getting the attention we thought they deserved.

Now into our fourth year, we are still struggling with equal rights for women in our Pacific communities. We continue to put our Pacific identities in our back pockets in the name of development. We tend to focus on problems and not solutions. Sometimes it’s easy to throw our hands up and think that things going downhill cannot be stopped.

But they can, and right now. This issue we are super inspired by the passion and drive of Diane Kambanei, the Executive Director of the YWCA in Papua New Guinea (on the cover and p46), who manages a range of crucial projects for marginalised youth and women in PNG.

We’re rapt about the skill and extent of Pacific designers creating collections for a growing number of fashion shows that are protesting stereotypes and celebrating culture, including our annual RUNWAY (page 62) and Sydney’s Pacific Runway Fashion Show (page 72).

We’re hearing from artistic activists in Guahan (Guam) (page 102) and climate activists in the Marshall Islands (page 106), who see value in our indigenous heritage and knowledge, which can be applied to restore balance in the environment.

And this issue you’ll be excited by plenty of artistic ventures in fashion, photography, colouring books, old-school connectivity, and wedding parties.

As always, we love to hear from you and hope you enjoy this issue of Stella! xx Amanda and the Stella team

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Dear Stella,

Just wanted to drop you a line, and say what a fantastic

piece “The ‘trickle down’ aid myth” was, that was put up

on the Stella Blog! I’ve always been concerned about the

private sector mantra from Australian Aid in PNG - its too

POM-centric and addressed at the big players who control

the whole market. I have always felt it should be non-

government sector mantra and investment plan instead. So

very pleased to see that article up and addressed the issues

so clearly! Keep them coming!

- Anna, Port Moresby

Dear Stella,

I have found Stella magazine great reading and am really

proud of the amazing women whose stories are shared.

God Bless.

- Alu, Port Moresby

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