 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Chitsuwa cheNew Guinea chave chiine vanhu kwezviuru zvemakore. Vatengesi vokuEurope vakatanga kushanyira nharaunda yacho munenge mukupera kwezana remakore rechi16 nemhaka yokutengeserana nezvinonhuhwirira. Pakupedzisira, Umambo hweNetherlands hwakabuda somutungamiriri mukuru muhondo yezvinonhuhwirira, huchiwedzera chikamu chokumadokero cheNew Guinea mukoroni yeDutch East Indies. Vanhu vokuNetherlands vakaramba vari muNew Guinea kusvika muna 1962, kunyange zvazvo dzimwe nzvimbo dzaimbotongwa neNetherlands dzakazivisa kuzvimiririraseRepublic of Indonesia muna 1945. Mushure mekutaurirana nekukakavadzana nehurumende yeIndonesia, maDutch akaendesa Western New Guinea kuUnited Nations Temporary Executive Authority UNTEA, iyo yakaendeswa zvakare kuIndonesia mushure meMutemo weSarudzo Yemahara unopokana. Purovhinzi yacho yaimbonzi Irian Jaya uye yaisanganisira Western New Guinea yose kusvikira pakagadzwa purovhinzi yeWest Papua yainzi West Irian Jaya muna 2001. Muna 2002, Papua yakagamuchira zita rayo razvino uye yakapiwa nzvimbo yokuzvitonga chaiyo pasi pemitemo yeIndonesia. 