John Waiko discusses the need to have a constant reference to your own identity when moving away from family, tribal area and land. He discusses his selection to go to Madang.
John Waiko discusses his transition from village in Tabara to school on the coast. He recalls his father's warnings. He recalls he was at All Saints School 1956-1960 and then went on to Martyrs School.
John Waiko discusses his education at the Martyrs Memorial School, with Sister Nancy Helen White who established the school and was posted to Manau in 1950.