Simplify the following text for a Grade 8 native English-speaking person.
Original: Papua New Guinea ( , or ; Tok Pisin : Papua Niugini ) ( PNG ) , officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea , is a country in Oceania , occupying the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and numerous offshore islands ( the western portion of the island is a part of the Indonesian provinces of Papua and West Papua ) .
Simplified: Papua New Guinea is a country near Indonesia and Australia .