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Escape to Rabi Island - Cruise of the Lady Bug

Monday, July 22, 2013

We have been out of range of the internet for a week now. The next few posts will catch up with our time on Rabi Island.

When we dropped the anchor at Kennedy Cove off northwest Kioa, we knew it would be a temporary shelter as there were no houses (for social interaction) or beach to keep us happy for a week.…

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Added by Stacey King on July 25, 2013 at 10:30am — No Comments

Days Of Our Lives on Rabi Island - Cruise of the Lady Bug

Tuesday, July 23, 2013

A few days after our arrival at Albert Cove, Bill and Tekete's older daughter Tabeta arrived and livened the place up with her laughter and cheeky humour. She is almost the same age as Rara (thirty something) and the two hung out together to gossip and laugh…

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Added by Stacey King on July 25, 2013 at 10:25am — No Comments

Rabi - First Contact

Monday, July 22, 2013

Our first trip ashore at Albert Cove (the settlement of Motawi) was a short one and we met the people who lived in two palm-thatched houses just off the beach. We took some tea and noodles as gifts and chatted for awhile. The patriarch of the larger family, Samuel, was visiting the couple who lived on their own, close to where we beached the dinghy.…

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Added by Stacey King on July 25, 2013 at 10:22am — No Comments

Exciting project - Rabi Island

Fiji TImes Online Luke Rawalai Sunday, April 14, 2013

THE people of Rabi are looking forward to the proposed virgin coconut oil factory which is to be built on the island soon.

Former Banaban Women Group co-ordinator and project initiator Terikano Takesau said the project would also benefit other communities close to the island.

Ms Takesau said they were working closely with these villages…

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Added by Stacey King on April 14, 2013 at 9:34am — No Comments

Heart-rending experience for Miss Rabi contestant

Salaseini Vosamana Thursday, September 01, 2011

Miss Rabi Council of Leaders Jomeri Kaupepea meets inmates at the Labasa Correctional Centre yesterday. Picture: SALASEINI VOSAMANA + Enlarge this image

Miss Rabi Council of Leaders Jomeri Kaupepea meets inmates at the Labasa Correctional Centre yesterday. Picture: SALASEINI VOSAMANA

THE smiles and joy…

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Added by Stacey King on September 2, 2011 at 6:36am — No Comments

Fighting for survival in Cancun - Pelenise video interview

December 4, 2010 – 2:50 pm, by…

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Added by Stacey King on December 8, 2010 at 4:57pm — No Comments

Fijian authorities confirm third death from cyclone disaster (RABI)

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Through the cloud cover, damaged houses. [Fiji One]

Campbell Cooney, Liv casben Last Updated: 17 hours 32 minutes ago

The death toll from a cyclone that hit Fiji has risen to three after emergency…

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Added by Stacey King on March 20, 2010 at 8:00am — No Comments

Other Banabans wanting to join Ken on Rabi trip. Due Taveuni 8am flight. Need help in finding boat to get across. Needs flexible charter.

Hoping to find out more information today with Red Cross Taveuni. Will post more details as they come in.

Next major step is to try and charter a boat across to Rabi and work out what it will cost us so Ken can make sure he has money put aside for this. Can anyone help!! We have heard the AirPacific Taveuni office usually arrange boat (fishing trip) charters and have arranged other boats to get to Rabi in the past.

Can someone in Suva try and make a booking and come back…

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Added by Stacey King on March 19, 2010 at 6:30am — No Comments

One in five Pacific women die during child birth and pregnancy

ABC RADIO AUSTRALIA 26 Feb 2010 A study by the New Zealand Parliamentarians' Group on Population and Development has found that five women die each day in Pacific Island countries due to pregnancy or childbirth-related causes. Researchers heard submissions from around 17 organisations and individuals and found that high rates of teenage pregnancy and a shortage of midwives…

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Added by Stacey King on February 26, 2010 at 6:10pm — No Comments

Banaban.com has now gone through a major upgrade

Hi we have just done a major upgrade on our old banaban.com website to intergrate all our new Banaban sites together and more importantly cross-link information and historical data etc. If you find errors or missing links please forward the problem through to stacey@banaban.com so I can fix it. The old Banaban site has been going since 1993 so it is a very large site so with loads of historical and archived information. We now have included fundraising…

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Added by Stacey King on February 20, 2010 at 5:00pm — No Comments

Pacific Islanders call out for help (Banaban Pelenise Alofa)

Climate News Online By Celia Thaysen Tuesday, 8 December, 2009 14:29

Kiribati is an island nation in the north Pacific Ocean made up of 33 atolls. With many of them lying just two metres above sea level, it is one of the most vulnerable countries to climate change

Tangaroa Arobati, a 39-year-old teacher from the capital Tarawa, and Pelenise… Continue

Added by Stacey King on December 9, 2009 at 4:55pm — No Comments

Latest News Update - Rabi 5 December from Biara Touakin

Tia kaotia ma te nanokawaki ba ea motirawa man te maiu aei Nangkarawa Tokaibure (are e iein ma Nei Manoua Christopher).

Oin matena e baka i tari man waana ngke e nako n akawa ba tao e kawaria te bai ao ea motirawa naba. A nako Bureitiman ni kakaea rabwatana ao e reke ngke ngaina ao e uotaki nakon te Rabi Health Centre. E tia n tuoa te Doctor ao e uotaki nakon mwengaia i Tabwewa Meang.

A tiku ngkanne buna ao natina imwiina

Irariki naba aei ao e kaiaki rabwatan… Continue

Added by Stacey King on December 6, 2009 at 12:30am — 1 Comment

New lease of life for 33 - Nei Maya Telamarawa (Rabi Island)

FIJI DAILY POST - 25-Sep-2009

IT takes days to recover from an open heart surgery but the bravehearted patients proved - ‘if there is a will there is a way’.

The open heart surgery patients in recovery at Lautoka Hospital were all smiles when Miss Sugar City contestants came for a visit.

Despite having undergone major surgery only days before, the patients were in fine… Continue

Added by Stacey King on September 25, 2009 at 1:42pm — 1 Comment

Salt water ruining Kiribati attempts to grow own food (Pelenise Video Interview)

NZ Herald 4:00AM Monday Aug 24, 2009 By Eloise Gibson

The Kiribati Government wants people to eat healthy, traditional food, but their gardens are being ruined by salt water, says a local proponent.

Pelenise Alofa Pilitati holds public cooking demonstrations to teach people how to cook using beans, nuts and lentils.

She said the lessons were part of her… Continue

Added by Stacey King on September 3, 2009 at 11:27am — No Comments

Kiribati keen to get into Australian scheme

RADIO AUSTRALIA NEWS Wed, 5 Aug 2009 15:44:00 +1000

Kiribati has signalled it's keen to start taking part on Australia's seasonal worker scheme.

The leaders of the Pacific's Smaller Island States, meeting in Cairns, have indicated they are keen to see the scheme in place and also an expansion in the number of jobs on offer.

The Special Envoy to the President of… Continue

Added by Stacey King on August 7, 2009 at 11:39am — No Comments

Works on Kadavu and Rabi Jetty to begin soon

FiJi Broadcasting Corp - Thursday, July 30, 2009

The Ministry Of Works And Public Utilities will be begin construction on the Kadavu Jetty next week. Works spokesperson Sainiana Waqainabete would like to assure the people of Kadavu that works on this particular jetty will commence next week and they are hoping that the work will proceed as planned. Waqainabete says that if they are unable to complete it… Continue

Added by Stacey King on July 31, 2009 at 1:43pm — No Comments

The Frontline of Climate change: Pacific Island peoples (including Banabans)

ANDREW BARTLETT Crikey Blog - July 29, 2009 – 11:59 am, by Andrew Bartlett **

On Tuesday night, July 28, around 300 people filled the Brisbane Room in Brisbane’s City Hall to hear speakers from the front line of climate change – residents of the Torres Strait and Pacific Island nations Tuvalu, Micronesia and Kiribati. It’s very rare for me to attend a… Continue

Added by Stacey King on July 31, 2009 at 11:29am — No Comments

Another great interview with Pelenise on Global Warming and Displacement of Banabans twice in history

International Journal of Socialist Renewal

Kiribati will be devastated by rising sea levels.

Pacific islanders struggle for survival against global warming -- `Rich countries must slash emissions now'

July 29, 2009 -- For Pacific islanders, climate change is not a threat looming somewhere in the future. Rising sea levels and unpredictable weather are having… Continue

Added by Stacey King on July 29, 2009 at 4:59pm — No Comments

Banaban - Pelenise Alofa Guest Speaker at upcoming Pacific Islands Forum Australia on Climate Change (Radio Interview)

Call for Pacific Islands Forum to act on climate change ABC RADIO AUSTRALIA Updated Fri Jul 24, 2009 8:29am AEST

**Great to have Pele here in Australia at the moment and we spent yesterday (Sunday) with her and Royden, Moi, Fatiaki and Tera - we will be there to hear her speak in Brisbane on Tuesday night at the Brisbane City Hall. This is one of the many radio interviews and… Continue

Added by Stacey King on July 27, 2009 at 9:30am — 1 Comment