It's ongoing in both PNG and the Northern Territory (Australia).
Northern Territory Police are investigating a series of disturbances in Ngukurr after a 14-year-old boy was speared in the back on Saturday afternoon.
~ (Sept 2026) https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-07/nt-14yo-boy-speared-i... Police respond to armed disturbance in Wadeye involving up to 100 people, bows, spears
~ (today) https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-15/nt-100-people-in-wade...Going back to the 1970s and 80s: Kiaps, known formally as district officers and patrol officers, were travelling representatives of the British and Australian governments
Kiap Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FK5N_ObFeQ