Matalai Rural LLG was created from Wards 15–21 in the Namatanai Rural LLG and Wards 1-2 of Konoagil Rural LLG in the Namatanai district of New Ireland.^[1][2] It is located in the South East Coast of New Ireland Province. It has a population of 12,393 as of the 2011 PNG National Census. The current LLG President is Augustine Topi. Languages spoken here are Sursurunga language, Tanglamet and Konomala language.

• Sursurunga at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)

Matalai Rural LLG
District map of New Ireland Province
Country	Papua New Guinea
Province	New Ireland Province
Time zone	UTC+10 (AEST)