Hi Stacey and thankyou for the welcome. Yes I'm Rogers daughter! I was looking at the Banaban Voice and read your comment about Roger and the slides.  I tried to leave a message for you but I needed to be a member. So that's how I came to signing up. I'm pretty certain we have more slides of the islands somewhere - I might try and locate them. Thankyou again Stacey.

I replied by email etc. 'mauri' I see used. In NZ Maori it means something such as 'life force' so I suspect it means 'good' or something like that in Banaban. That is one word I see in some of these songs and the letter I think. More anon. RT

Hi Stacey. Did you see the Blog I started here? I am gradually going through my mother's things as I said. I am looking at old photographs, some writing etc etc. My mother had a letter from the wife of Ellis. She loved her Banaban carer and so on. I need to get these things together. Also there are many photographs from before WWII I could potentially upload. 

 But it seems quiet here as someone noted. Is it better somehow to link it with FB? 

 I have plenty of time but if I leave this too long some precious or possibly important views or aspects of Banaba when my mother used to live there (between there and Melbourne). The images of Banaba, carefully studied, I think yielded important information. My grandfather helped put caissons down for jetties etc. I realise now, studying photographs etc that as a skilled English working man he did benefit greatly from the exploitation of the Island. He bought a farm in NZ. He didn't become very wealthy but lived pretty well. 

Unfortunately I didn't ask those who were there (my mother, uncle and others) who were there, enough. It was some years before I realised that Ocean Island was Banaba (although I knew it and other Pacific nations had been exploited by European and US colonialists etc.

 Can you give me some ideas, help here?

 Richard Taylor

thanks mom we are all fine and healthy...been to other sites but sori for late respond, just open banaban voice this evening.....  

anyway mom, enjoy your weekend......love ya

Stacey, Forgive me I am late to print out the report, as I am looking for a printer but there is only help  through wintec through my daughter's help but she was late for the exipiry date of the report. She did not know the limited time. please is it possible to ask for another chance to send and that I will not fail to do it. Please forgive me

Iaareto Kabunaree

Stacey, Kabwara au bure (Sorry) The report you sent already disappeared from my daughter's computer after the expiry date you mentioned. I have no my own computer so I asked my daughter to print it out in her place of work. I warned her

but she was too late. she lost it. please to be kind if youi could kindly send it again.

I will see that this time will not be lost again. Please accept my apology.

how do you like me on banaban voice ,

yes just wait for u this week thank u

love kabuta