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Stacey King

Miss Kiribati speaks out against Global Warming

http://www.fijivillage.com 24/11/2009 [07:35]


Miss Kiribati Taumiri Tetuai

We should speak out in one voice saying that global warming is threatening our lives.

Those were the words of Miss Kiribati Taumiri Tetuai who said this is the perfect time at the 2009 Miss South Pacific Pageant where all the different Pacific countries have converged i… Continue

Posted by Stacey King on November 24, 2009 at 9:14am — 1 Comment

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Stressed islands no longer pacific

http://www.eurekastreet.com.au Maryanne Loughry November 24, 2009

Mindful of the forthcoming Copenhagen meeting on climate change, the Pacific islands of Kiribati and Tuvalu are calling upon all nations to reduce their carbon emissions so that they might be able to stay in their countries and not be forced to relocate elsewhere.

Over the past two years, Jesuit Refugee Service Australia, in collaboration with the University of NSW Psychiatry Research… Continue

Posted by Stacey King on November 24, 2009 at 8:53am

Ken Sigrah

Islander work scheme bears no fruit

The Melbourne Age TOM HYLAND November 22, 2009


Lake Boga fruit grower Michael Tripodi blames red tape and costs for the failure of a plan to attract seasonal workers from struggling island nations. Photo: Craig Sillitoe

A PLAN to bring Pacific Islanders to work on Australian fruit farms has stalled, as red tape entangles a scheme initially hailed as a ''win-win'' for labour-starved… Continue

Posted by Ken Sigrah on November 22, 2009 at 7:04am

Stacey King

In Kiribati, a way of life is being washed away

Melbourne Age
ADAM MORTON November 21, 2009


Villagers on the island of Abaiang stand in the sea where their homes used to be. Photo: Justin McManus

WHEN a coconut tree dies, the decay starts at the top. First the leaves fall, then the fruit. All th… Continue

Posted by Stacey King on November 21, 2009 at 6:00pm — 2 Comments

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Kiribati release 5 year vision for tourism

Travel Blackboard - Asia's No. 1 Travel Newsletter, 20 November 2009

The central Pacific's Republic of Kiribati Government has today launched an ambitious 5 year action plan to attract more tourism to its shores and to foreshadow the Government's intentions to prioritise tourism as a key industry for its nation's economy that will support distribution of wealth and providing employment, according to the Minister for Communications, Transport and Tourism Development, Hon. Temate Ereateiti

"The… Continue

Posted by Stacey King on November 20, 2009 at 2:43pm

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Australian Teenage around-the-world sailot Jessica Watson crosses the equator - Kiribati

Glenis Green From: Herald Sun November 20, 2009 12:00AM


Jessica Watson. Picture: AFP Source: Herald Sun

TEENAGE around-the-world sailor Jessica Watson has reached her first milestone ahead of schedule.
The determined Sunshine Coast 16-year-old, aiming to be the youngest sailor to circumnavigate the globe, called her land-based team of supporters to confirm she off… Continue

Posted by Stacey King on November 20, 2009 at 9:05am

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Papua New Guinea men survive ocean ordeal by eating wood

Telegraph.co.uk By Bonnie Malkin in Sydney Published: 4:20PM GMT 18 Nov 2009


Emergency personnel from Majuro Hospital greet the five surviving Papua New Guinea drifters Photo: AFP/GETTY IMAGES
Five men from Papua New Guinea are recovering in hospital after spending more than two months adrift in the Pacific Ocean surviving on a diet of driftwood and coconut shells.

E… Continue

Posted by Stacey King on November 20, 2009 at 8:55am

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Kiribati Reef Conservation Strategy Backfires

Sheila Walsh NPR News Science November 18, 2009


A day's catch on the Pacific island of Kiribati. Conservationists tried to prevent overfishing on the island by encouraging fishermen to do something else.

Aid organizations concerned about overfishing on tropical reefs… Continue

Posted by Stacey King on November 20, 2009 at 8:51am

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Technology Professor Says Fiji Can Beat Financial Crisis

November 19, 2009 6:20 a.m. EST
Ana Tudrau-Tamani - AHN Fiji Correspondent

Suva, Fiji (AHN) - Fiji can beat the financial crisis with natural elements in its favor and an abundance of fertile land, says an academic.

Assistant Professor in Management at the Fiji Institute of Technology, Dr Kunneth Ramakrishnan said Fiji can even become a rich country if it makes use of available resources.

In a public lecture in Suva today, Ramakrishnan said Fiji can succeed particularly in the agriculture sec… Continue

Posted by Stacey King on November 20, 2009 at 8:45am

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Miss Kiribati's youngest queen

FIJI TIMES ONLINE Friday, November 20, 2009


Taumiri Tetuai hopes to bring change to the lives of her people

KIRIBATI beauty Taumiri Tetuai is the youngest contestant at the Miss South Pacific Pageant which begins tomorrow.

She arrived at Nausori Airport last night.

Ms Tetuai recently completed Form Seven at Pukekohe High School in Auckland.

She was crowned Miss Kiribati in Aotearoa in… Continue

Posted by Stacey King on November 20, 2009 at 8:40am — 1 Comment

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