‘You’re the chief now’: Crowds greet Albanese at start of Kokoda Track

Port Moresby | Greeted by the sound of tribal chants and pounding drums, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese arrived in Kokoda Village on Tuesday morning for an extravagant traditional welcome ceremony before beginning to walk the Kokoda Track.

Thousands of locals, some of whom walked up to an hour from remote villages for the event, lined up along the hillside to welcome Mr Albanese as he descended in a PNG defence helicopter after travelling from the capital Port Moresby.