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Air Pacific Article all about Rabi and the Banabans - Download full article

We have just received a copy of the latest AIR PACIFIC issue on their inflight magazine and there is a 5 page colour spread all about the Banabans and Rabi.

We have put up details on the Rabi Page at: Article link

Great to see that there is more awareness growing of the Banabans plight… Continue

Added by Stacey King on May 24, 2009 at 12:00pm — No Comments

Thrills and skills: All hands on deck and on shore in Fiji -The Banaban story touched her most...

The Independent - Australia and Pacific Saturday, 2 May 2009 Chris McLennan / Alamy

Welcome to the luxury cruise that likes to give something back. Channel 4 News presenter Sue Turton climbs aboard the Tui Tai for an unforgettable journey through the Fijian islands

The big blue: the yacht 'Tui Tai' (above)… Continue

Added by Stacey King on May 8, 2009 at 1:16pm — 1 Comment

Sailing with fame - And Visit to Rabi

FIJI TIMES ONLINE

By Sharila Lazarus Sunday, March 01, 2009

Morika Young

It is all in the determination one has. Sometimes, it is puzzling that we have sky-high ambitions. But the normal argument is that ambitions need not be related to success. Morika Young had ambitions of becoming a vet but destiny had bigger and better plans in store for… Continue

Added by Stacey King on March 2, 2009 at 9:30am — 2 Comments

Fiji accuses regional powers of chequebook diplomacy

RADIO AUSTRALIA NEWS

Pacific correspondent Campbell Cooney

30 Jan 2009

Fiji's military-backed interim government has given its clearest indication yet that it will reject a Pacific Islands Forum ulitmatum to hold elections this year.

"Fiji's position is not going to change," said Fiji's interim Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama.

Commadore Bainimarama has also… Continue

Added by Stacey King on January 30, 2009 at 10:37am — No Comments

* CONGRATULATIONS - Ata Terawea for being our 100th Member **

Today Ata Terawea a male from Nasinu, Fiji joined Banaban Voice and became our 100th member.

Congratulations!

Stacey & Ken

Added by Stacey King on January 27, 2009 at 10:32am — No Comments

Kiribati facing food crisis

ONE News - New Zealand

Sunday January 25, 2009

WATCH the video (2:39) The central Pacific islands of Kiribati face a looming food crisis, as basic food items soar out of reach of the people there.

In one of the poorest countries of the Pacific, Kiribati families are struggling to fill their stomachs.

World prices and the cost of fuel have meant rice… Continue

Added by Stacey King on January 27, 2009 at 9:05am — No Comments

RCL Elections Deferred

FIJI TIMES ONLINE

THE election of councillors to the Rabi Island Council which was scheduled for Thursday has been deferred to April because of the flooding in the North. Commissioner Northern Inia Seruiratu sought the postponement of elections because all available government personnel were involved in the assessment and rehabilitation of the Northern Division after the floods. Council members are elected on a four-year… Continue

Added by Stacey King on January 27, 2009 at 8:57am — No Comments

British court to hear Pacific nuclear test (Christmas Island - Kiribati) compensation case

Radio New Zealand International

The Voice of New Zealand, Broadcasting to the Pacific

Te Reo Irirangi O Aotearoa, O Te Moana-Nui-A-Kiwa

Posted at 03:14 on 21 January, 2009 UTC

The first court hearing is due to start in London later today in a multi-million dollar compensation case brought by veterans of British nuclear weapons tests, including those in the Pacific.

The… Continue

Added by Stacey King on January 21, 2009 at 3:42pm — No Comments

Washed Up? Niue trying to save itself

NOW on PBS

Week of 12.12.08

Video: Washed Up?

The remote country of Niue is the world's smallest democracy, but it faces enormous environmental and economic challenges. See how this island nation is relying on new techniques—and some old ones—to save… Continue

Added by Stacey King on January 20, 2009 at 8:23pm — No Comments

Paradise Lost- Kiribati

NOW on PBS

Week of 12.12.08

Video: Paradise Lost

Just this week, a top UN official predicted that by the middle of this century, the world should expect six million people a year to be displaced by increasingly severe storms and floods caused by climate change. But for many island nations in… Continue

Added by Stacey King on January 20, 2009 at 7:30pm — No Comments

Kiribati plea for international air service

Last Updated: Mon, 5 Jan 2009 21:55:00 +1100

ABC Radio News

The island nation of Kiribati is trying to increase the number of international flights which service it.

Pacific correspondent, Campbell Cooney, reports the government of Kiribati has asked for expressions of interest from airlines across the Pacific for the provision of both international services to Tarawa, and the other major population… Continue

Added by Stacey King on January 17, 2009 at 2:18pm — No Comments