flows across it in another deep gorge. The streams draining the plateau are mature over most of their courses, but near its edge they are deeply incised and flow along youthful valleys. Climate The average rainfall is 1.8 meters annually. Being up in the mountains, the province has warm days and cool evenings, seemingly perfect, as most of the time is like spring. Daily temperatures range from a maximum of 27 to a minimum of 15 degrees, but some nights get as cold as 10 degrees. Demographics The Kainantu languages include the Gadsup, Agarabi and Tairora languages. Governance Law and Order In 1965 it was reported that; Up to 30 Papuans were reported under protection at Kainantu as they feared payback from New Guineans. In 1973 it was reported that; Police arrested 23 men in Kainantu as a result of a woman being pinched on the bottom resulting in a wild brawl. Before independence, the role of the Kiap was both judge and jury. In the highlands this role continued while the Constitutional Planning Committee, wanted the State to reform the courts, to reform the laws and to reshape the judiciary. A major defect of the court system was the absence of local tribunals and elements within the Constitutional Planning Committee wanted to include these while many elements opposed. Soon after self-government, attempts were made to fill this gap. In Kainantu, Village Courts started up spontaneously and forced the hand of the Government. An immediate problem with the Village Courts was the impossibility of linking them through magistrates to the rest of the judicial system. 2011 Massacre In 2011 it was reported that 15 men were hacked to death in an early morning raid and their homes at Banana Block, a notorious settlement and was burnt to ashes. The event caused business disruption. First National Election In 1964 the first election of a national House of Assembly, by universal adult suffrage on a common roll, took place in the Territory of Papua and New Guinea. In Kainantu, the only European candidate, (Holowei) was Barry Holloway who was an officer on leave from the Department of Native Affairs, and responsible for setting up the first (and only) two Local Government Councils in the sub-district, the Agarabi and Kamano Councils. Holowei won decisively in the Open Electorate as his first preferences were over twice as many as those of his nearest rival,