The four retiring staff committed collectively 130 years of their time and service.
Professor Don William Niles served for 42 years and is the Director and Senior Ethnomusicologist of the Institute of Papua New Guinea Studies.
Professor Niles has been interested in research and publication on all types of music and dance in Papua New Guinea, including traditional, popular, and Christian forms.
Ahead of Professor Niles by a year is Senior Researcher John Himugu who served for 43 years.
