William Geita Momoru and Gorogo Daniel

William is the twin brother of John. He is a Capenter by trade and is married to Gorogo Daniel. They have 3 boys [ Momoru, Ebi, Gaba ] and 3 girls [ Maraga and twins Sibona and Taboro ]

Mr Jack Momoru and Lou Peter

Jack is the last born in the Momoru Family. He is a Christian Education Worker. He is married to Lou Peter and they have a lovely daughter Gubakelly.

John Mase Momoru and Naomi Buri

My name is John Mase Momoru and I am married to Naomi Buri. We have 5 children 4 boys and 1 girl. In my life I had some falls but somehow I managed to get up and carry on with life. I have a very interesting life in survival and I want to share it with the world. My first story is about a fishing tragedy with my father and twin brother.

NOU GOVEA AND ORE VAGI

Mr Nou Govea is the second leader of Govea Family. He married Ore Vagi. Six is what we call him . A quite and loving father. Does not talk much but wait till he has six pack

MOMORU GOVEA AND MARAGA GEITA

Mr Momoru Govea is now the head of the family.He married Maraga Geita who has gone to the new life

What a man.He has all the ingredients of a loving father. I had always dreamed that my father should have had a formal education. Even though he has no formal education he has all the calibre of an well educated man. An outspoken community leader. A man who has a great understanding of the world we live in and he advocates that we should all help each other, fulfill our commitments to our elders and make this world a better place to live in. He has the ability to control the crowd with his charismatic antics and his words are powerful. When he cracks a joke the roof comes tumbling down. I love my father so much that I want him to live forever.

I love you so much Daddy and I die to Hug you.

GOVEA FAMILY TREE

Govea Family descends from the Great Chief of Taurama Village near Port Moresby the capital city of Papua New Guinea. The family tree is as follows.

DAROA ABI ------- The Chief of Taurama

Nou Daroa---------------Oala Daroa----------Konio Daroa---------------Abi Daroa

Kwalahu Nou

Legu Kwalahu

Gaba Legu

Matagu Gaba

Govea Matagu--------------------The Head of Govea Family

Govea Matagu married Guba Morea and bored five children

Taboro Govea--- Female--- Deceased
George Govea----Male------Deceased
Momoru Govea---Male
Nou Govea -------Male
Kidu Govea -------Male-----Desceased

The family tradition is carried by the children whose experience of life will to posted to this site as they come in.

Yellowfin Tuna

The natives of Pari Village have a legend of the origin of Tuna fish. For generations the men of this village have used traditional methods to catch this species that is usually caught in the open waters. This village have a bay where this species come to breed and that is when the catch them for food.

In the process to catch this fish the men go through alot of rituals fasting and separation from their wifes and children for the duration of the fishing season from August to December.

The story of this fish is handed down through story telling to the new generation.

Once apon a time a man and his wife lived at Taurama in Port Moresby,Papua New Guinea.They made gardens and fished for their living.One day the wife told her husband that she was pregnant.The husband was very happy because they were going to have their first child.Nine months after the husband went out fishing and the wife went to the beach to collect shell fish. While she was at the beach she went into labour and there was no one to help her however she manage to carry herself to the mangroves closeby where she delievered her baby.She was very surprised to find that she had triplets and the frighting thing eas that the babies were fish.She took the fish and cuddled them after all she was not scared of them as they were her children.She fed them with milk and put them in the sea amoungst the mangroves and went home. In the evening the husband returned to find her cooking yams and he gave the fish that he had caught to his wife to cook for dinner.At this time the husband realised that his wife was different and knew his wife had given birth so he asked his wife where the baby was.The wife started crying and told her husband that she had lost the baby and had burried it.The husband was very sad and felt sorry for his wife and comforted her.In the following days the wife would sneek out and go to the beach and feed her children.The husband became suspicius that his wife was going out every day. So one day he followed his wife hidding along the way so that his wife would not see him.The wife walked to the mangroves and broke a twig and the children came to her she took them one by one and breast fed them .After feeding them she put them back in the sea and went home.The husband saw what happened and return home but did not tell his wife what he saw.The next day he got his fishing spear and told his wife that he was going fishing.He went straight to the mangroves and broke a twig and all of a sudden he saw three big fish swimming to him and he got his spear and speared the biggest and the other two swam away.He took the fish home and found that his wife was not home so he cut the fish and cooked it.The wife went to the beach and broke a twig and was surprise to find only two fish she called and called but the third one did not come.She knew something had happened to her eldest baby.She fed the two and put them back in the sea and went home to find her husband at home.The husband told her that he had cooked dinner and he left her share in the kitchen so she can go and have her dinner.The wife went to get her food and was surprise to see that the fish her husband had cooked was her first born child.She cried and cried and the husband asked what was wrong.She told the husband that the fish was their baby the husband was very upset because she did not tell him earlier. Well the wife went back to the beach and call her children cuddled them and dressed them with yellow banana leaves and put them bach into the sea and told them to go out to the open seas and never come back as their was cruel.She made a vow that all men will struggle hard to catch it and they have to fast and follow rituals inorder for them to catch this fish. So be it .That is why the tuna has yellow fins which was the yellow banana leaves and always come to the place of birth in the hope that they will see their mother and that is when them men catch them. They has continued generation after generation until today.