Matilda Pilacapio states that she heard about factions by listening to radio and reading newspapers and the South Pacific Post. She describes Nahau Rooney travelling out to try and bring the factions together.
Matilda Pilacapio recalls that it was at school that she first heard about independence. She recalls that at school she had pictorial education magazines from which she learnt about Africa. She states that her father was very political and listended regularly to radio and read newspapers and the Papuan Villager magazine.
Biga Lebasi remembers that he first heard about independence at Sogeri. He recalls that due to family circumstances he joined the headmaster's family as a domestic where he had access to Australian newspapers.
