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We accepted the Banaban people when they were forced to leave Ocean Island [Banaba] because of the pressure of phosphate mining there.
"These people now live in Fiji but have their own seat in the Parliament of Kiribati. And if necessary, we will do it again.
People Of Kiribati Welcome To Live In Fiji: Ratu Epeli
Fiji president gives speech during state visit in Tarawa
By Nemani Delaibatiki
SUVA, Fiji (Fiji Sun, Feb. 12, 2014) – The…
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PM Voreqe Bainimarama speaks to delegates at the 9th Pacific Islands Conference on Conservation and Protected Areas Taken from/By: FBC News
Report by: Apisalome Coka
Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama says some or all of the people of Kiribati may have…
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RADIO NZ Posted at 07:59 on 02 September, 2013 UTC
A landowner from Banaba in Kiribati says the island’s large stocks of aggregate are a valuable resource given the threat of sea level rise in the region.
Raobeia Ken Sigrah says Banabans want to benefit from the estimated 40-million tonnes of aggregate on their island and not to get ripped off as they were by the countries that mined phosphate on the island.
He says his people still…
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MICHAEL FIELD NZ Stuff.co.nz Last updated 07:32 08/02/2012
An overstayer whose family island was destroyed by phosphate mining has been refused refugee status in New Zealand despite claiming he faces abuse and torture in Fiji whose citizenship he holds.
Most of the phosphate taken from Banaba (formally Ocean Island) between the world wars ended up on New Zealand farms and its 703 people were forced by the British in 1945 to re-settle on Rabi Island in Fiji.
The British…
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FIJI TIMES ONLINE By Geraldine Panapasa Monday, September 20, 2010
PUBLIC health nurse Tawita Maibintebure believes taking child care health awareness out to communities in rural areas is an effective way to ensure children are well-looked after.
Originally from Ocean Island, the Rabi Island resident has been posted to Rotuma Hospital for one and a half years as a public health nurse.
"In 2009, I was posted to Rotuma and was transferred to do public health," he…
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Good evening, it is truly my sincere pleasure to be here with you tonight to help celebrate this first-ever – Asian Pacific Islander National Historic Preservation Forum. I am also honored to be one of several keynote speakers during this forum, having been…
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Dates: Wednesday 7th July Times: 1 - 2pm Venue: Gateway Galleries, North Haugh
Dr Grant McCall will be showing a short film - Coming Home to Banaba - about the people of Banaba (Ocean) Island, removed from their land after extensive phosphate development, and forcibly relocated to Rabi Island, in the Fiji group. Today, the Banabans of Rabi island enjoy a special status within the Fiji…
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Theresa Ralogaivau FIJI TIMES ONLINE Saturday, July 03, 2010
L-R: Rabi Council Chairman - Dr Paulo Vanualailai, Banaba Rehabilitation Co-ordinator - Peter Crowley, Kiribati High Commissioner to Fiji - Reteta Rimon, Banaba Rehabilitation member - Ken Sigrah meeting in Suva to discuss Banaban plans to rehabilitate and restore the homeland - Banaba, previously known as Ocean…
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