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Kiribati president upbeat on conference, Taiwan

Updated June 21, 2010 08:03:10 ABC RADIO AUSTRALIA

Kiribati will convene an international climate change conference in October. President Anote Tong says it is necessary because of the disappointing outcomes from the climate change conferences in Bonn and Copenhagen.

The president believes solutions to damage caused by emissions from industrialised nations need to be found sooner rather than later.

Before…

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Added by Stacey King on June 21, 2010 at 3:45pm — No Comments

Banaba Rehabilitation Project report now updated

We now have a full report of the Banaba Rehabilitation Project Objectives available. Go to: http://banabanvoice.ning.com/forum/topics/banaban-rehabilitation-project

Photos of the trip are available at:…

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Added by Stacey King on May 19, 2010 at 6:30pm — No Comments

Residency ballot opens for Pacific Islanders

Published: 1:04PM Saturday May 01, 2010 Source: NZPA

Registrations to apply for New Zealand residency have opened for citizens of Samoa, Tonga, Kiribati and Tuvalu.

From today until May 31, citizens can register with Immigration New Zealand under the Samoa Quota and Pacific Access Category ballots, from which applicants will be chosen and invited to apply…

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Added by Stacey King on May 1, 2010 at 1:11pm — No Comments

Pacific Officials’ Secondment To NZ Under SPP

Wednesday, 14 April 2010, 9:42 am Press Release: Department Of Labour Pacific Officials’ Secondment To New Zealand Under SPP Project

Kiribati and Tuvalu government officials have been in New Zealand for almost three weeks on their secondment with the New Zealand Department of Labour as part of the Recognised Seasonal Employer’s scheme project called the ‘Strengthening Partnership Programme’ (SPP).

The secondments were made possible when the New Zealand Department of Labour… Continue

Added by Stacey King on April 14, 2010 at 6:24pm — No Comments

Pacific Solution becomes the Pacific Problem

Wednesday, 7 April 2010 / 12 by Bernard Keane Crikey Australia

A lot of the population debate — such as it is — will be centred on the concept of control: how effectively Australia controls its borders, not just in relation to asylum seekers — in fact, not even primarily about that — but how well we manage the quality of our migrants.

The basic theme is:… Continue

Added by Stacey King on April 8, 2010 at 9:19am — No Comments

BANABA: Our Rays of Hope! New Photos of the homeland taken Dec 2009

Banaba's Rays of Hope at a time when our people on Rabi need it most. The rehabilitation of Banaba, the homeland will be an important focus for the Banaban people in the years to come.

These beautiful photographs of Banaba were taken by John Sutton from UK when he met up…

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Added by Stacey King on March 27, 2010 at 7:00am — No Comments

First Trial Shipment of Dalo and Cassava for Kiribati

Trial shipment

THE country's first consignment of dalo and cassava left for Kiribati last week. Food Processors (Fiji) Limited general manager Brij Lal said they shipped one tonne of cassava and half a tonne of dalo which were frozen packed. This, Mr Lal said, was a trial shipment and were awaiting feedback from customers

Added by Stacey King on March 9, 2010 at 8:26am — 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

Report into last July’s boating accident in Kiribati due out soon

RADIO NEW ZEALAND INTERNATIONAL Posted at 17:30 on 07 February, 2010 UTC

A report into the loss of more than thirty lives from a boating accident in Kiribati last July is due out soon.

A double-hulled canoe carrying 55 passengers from the capital of Kiribati to the outer island of Maiana-- 60 kilometers to the south -- capsized…

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Added by Stacey King on February 11, 2010 at 12:00pm — No Comments

Runway closure postpones Tarawa flight

Fijivillag.com Publish date/time: 28/01/2010 [07:51]

Air Pacific is expected to postpone its twice-a-week flight to Tarawa from Nadi due to a closed runway.

Air Pacific's Managing Director and CEO John Campbell said urgent runway maintenance has affected operation into Tarawa airport and therefore regrets that flights between Nadi… Continue

Added by Stacey King on January 28, 2010 at 8:46am — No Comments

11:43 January 26, 2010 Fiji, Kiribati, NZ, Pacific Press Releases, Samoa, Solomon Is, Tonga, Vanuatu Press Release – Pacific Leprosy Social attitudes, rather than a lack of medicine, are the major r…

11:43 January 26, 2010 Fiji, Kiribati, NZ, Pacific Press Releases, Samoa, Solomon Is, Tonga, Vanuatu

Press Release – Pacific Leprosy

Social attitudes, rather than a lack of medicine, are the major reason leprosy continues to be a problem in the Pacific Islands and to a lesser extent in New Zealand according to Jill Tomlinson, General Manager of the Pacific Leprosy… Continue

Added by Stacey King on January 27, 2010 at 11:00am — No Comments

Will overweight passengers be forced to pay for two seats?

Source : Skyscanner Friday, 22nd January 2010

Erroneous reports in the British tabloid media this week stated that French flag carrier, Air France, will force overweight flyers to pay for two seats, or they will be prevented from boarding for 'safety reasons'.

However, Air France has officially denied the accusation, stating on their website that ‘Air France has no intention of making heavier… Continue

Added by Stacey King on January 27, 2010 at 10:58am — No Comments

World War II vet's battle for Tarawa comes home

Malibu TimesBy Melonie Magruder / Special to The Malibu Times Published:

Wednesday, January 20, 2010 12:57 PM PST

Pictured from left: Steven C. Barber, director of the documentary ?Return to Tarawa;? Larry King; Leon Cooper, a Malibu resident who wrote two books on the battle in the Pacific Theatre; and Ed Harris, who narrated the… Continue

Added by Stacey King on January 27, 2010 at 10:54am — No Comments

Subdued growth expected for Kiribati, Tuvalu

RADIO AUSTRALIA NEWS Jemima Garrett

Kiribati and Tuvalu can expect economic growth in 2010 but, according to the Asian Development Bank, it will be very subdued.

Kiribati and Tuvalu have been hit hard by the global economic crisis.

During 2009, hundreds of their overseas seafarers lost their jobs and their Trust funds dropped in value.

The Asian Development Bank says both countries can expect a better year in 2010 but warns that economic growth will… Continue

Added by Stacey King on January 5, 2010 at 3:00pm — No Comments

The Pacific's other ferry disaster

Stuff.co.nz By REBECCA TODD - The Press Last updated 05:00 02/01/10

SURVIVOR: Teibi Tearikua, 19, survived by swimming six hours to shore after a ferry capsized in Kiribati in July. The rescue effort was delayed and chaotic.

A decision to swim rather than cling to a capsized ferry was probably the difference between… Continue

Added by Stacey King on January 2, 2010 at 10:00am — No Comments

The Tides of Change

The Yale Globalist Wednesday, 30 December 2009 | Jessica Shor

On the isolated atolls of Kiribati, climate change is more than an abstract threat.

Thousands of years of coral accumulation have created Kiribati's 33 narrow atolls, most of which lie less than two meters above sea level. (Flickr Creative… Continue

Added by Stacey King on December 31, 2009 at 10:47am — No Comments

Update for 2009 Banaban Rehabilitation Project

Find a report on the progress on the Banaban Rehabilitaion Project

at: Update 2009 Banaban Rehabilitation Project - Banaban Vision

Added by Stacey King on December 23, 2009 at 1:00pm — No Comments

Kiribati officials plan for 'practical and rational' exodus from atolls

Written by: Laurie Goering Reuters AlertNet - 09 Dec 2009 18:18:00 GMT

COPENHAGEN (AlertNet) - Rather than waiting to become climate "refugees", people from the Pacific island of Kiribati are training as nurses and other professions to achieve "merit-based relocation" to Western countries in need of workers.

In one of the most emotional sessions so far of the Copenhagen climate… Continue

Added by Stacey King on December 10, 2009 at 10:11am — 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

Kiribati presses for training in potential climate refuge

ABC RADIO AUSTRALIA Updated December 9, 2009 10:10:39

The people of Kiribati have a lot riding on the Copenhagen talks, fearing theirs will be the first country completely lost to climate change. Rising sea levels have already forced whole villages on the coral atolls to relocate. And some believe Australia and New Zealand aren't doing enough to help the climate change refugees of… Continue

Added by Stacey King on December 9, 2009 at 12:30pm — No Comments