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Radio New Zealand International NZ Posted at 07:59 on 02 September, 2013 UTC
A landowner from Banaba island in Kiribati says his people will keep fighting for compensation for the depletion of the island’s phosphate resources. Banabans have sought compensation from countries involved in stripping the island of phosphate since the mining wound up in the late 1970s. While some payments have been made, Raobeia Ken Sigrah told Johnny Blades that he and other Banabans still feel they’re…
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ABC RADIO AUSTRALIA Pacific Beat Updated 26 July 2012, 18:44 AEST
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Attempts to identify bodies thought to possibly be New Zealand coastwatchers beheaded on Tarawa by the Japanese in World War Two may achieve a result by early next year.
The men volunteered during World War II to be coast-watchers, a chain of radio operators stationed on Pacific islands to look out for enemy fleet movements.
Some were postal telegraphists while others were unarmed…
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It smells awful, tastes ghastly .. and it won't win a beauty contest .. but a humble fruit looks set to become an economic win for the Pacific.
The noni, used as a medicine for hundreds of years by ancient Indians, could prove a boon for the Pacific Islands.
Chinese businessman Jack Chen has struck a deal to import millions of litres of noni juice from Samoa to China in a venture being overseen by…
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It may be one of the Pacific Islands region’s smallest territories, with a population of just about 1200 residents and just a single flight coming in and…Added by Stacey King on June 24, 2011 at 9:05am — No Comments
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Cancer sufferers in the Pacific are finding it more difficult to get treatment. American Samoan health officials have stopped referring cancer patients overseas because of the high costs and there are few options for patients in other…
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Published: 7:33PM Thursday November 04, 2010 Source: ONE News New Zealand
The remains of 22 men executed in World War II by the Japanese have been found on Kiribati Island in the Pacific.
The remains…
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Theresa Ralogaivau Thursday, July 01, 2010 FIJI TIMES ONLIN
BANABANS living on Rabi Island in Cakaudrove have appealed to Australia, New Zealand, Japan and Britain to help them raise $2m to rehabilitate their homeland, Ocean Island or Banaba, from the ravages of 100 years of phosphate mining.
Rabi Council of Leaders chairman Dr Paulo Vanualailai said they want to mitigate the damage.
"We are serious about this and want to commence…
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FIJI TIMES ONLINE Elenoa Baselala Monday, May 10, 2010
THE Unit Trust of Fiji is seeking to recover its $12.5million investment in the Momi Bay Development through a mortgagee sale of over 300 acres of freehold land.
UTOF with the Banaban Trust ($1m) invested in stages two and three of the development, which included the construction of the Ritz Carlton Resort, the expansion of the golf course and residential lots.
The Momi Bay…
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A fleet of four ocean-going canoes sailing from New Zealand to French Polynesia is unique in how it has combined old and modern boat building techniques.
The canoes, crewed by people from several Pacific Island nations, are expect to arrive in the Austral Islands some time after May 5th.
This…
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I would like to encourage all our BV members wherever you may reside to please forward the Chairman's Plea to all your friends, family and especially organizations etc you may be involved with.
The direct link to the Chairman's letter is: http://banabanvoice.ning.com/profiles/blogs/plea-from-rabi-chairman-to
We need to support our Chairman NOW and use the power of the internet to spread his message…
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ABC Radio Australia Updated February 15, 2010 18:04:52
Some people on the cyclone-hit island of Aitutaki in Cook islands are so despondent at the damage that they're talking about selling up and leaving for Australia or New Zealand. That's according to the island's Mayor, Tai Herman.
He says the Cook Islands government is providing assistance to clean up in the wake of Cyclone Pat, and the first…
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