Teilweise neu: 2001-10-17
Contents of this issue:
1. Offical Kiwis
2. Pacific Power
3. Great Idea
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Old contents were:
1. Great Idea
October 17th, 2001
1. Offical Kiwis:
Pacific Island Affairs Minister Mark Gosche and Local Government
Minister Sandra Lee are to represent the New Zealand government at
celebrations in Niue this weekend to mark 100 years of association
between that country and New Zealand.
The pair will be part of a delegation led by the Governor General Dame
Silvia Cartwright. Dame Silvia is the Governor General of Niue as well
as New Zealand.
The delegation will also include Te Tai Tonga MP Mahara Okeroa,
Opposition MPs, senior Maori community leaders, the Taniwharau Maori
Cultural Group and representatives of the Niuean community in New
Zealand. The Maori Queen, Dame Te Atairangikahu, is also attending the
celebrations.
The Niuean representatives from New Zealand include Wally Ranfurly from
Porirua, an active senior member of the Niuean community and a member of
the Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs Community Reference Group. Sally
Ikinofo, an Auckland legal executive active in sports, Holona Lui, the
Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs communications manager and Ettie
Fanovaha, an Auckland student, are also representing the New Zealand
Niuean community.
Mark Gosche said he was particularly pleased that Otahuhu College year
12 student Ettie Fanovaha was able to join the Governor General's group.
"Ettie is an active member of her school's Niuean cultural group and her
parents are Niuean. She has spoken Niuean since she was five but this is
the first time she has visited Niue. This trip will give her an
opportunity to learn more about her cultural heritage."
A group of students from Mangere Central School's Niuean bilingual unit,
Toka Motu ma Niue, are also attending the celebrations with their
teacher Feofanaki Pocock. Toka Motu ma Niue is New Zealand's only
school-based Niuean bilingual unit.
As well as celebrating the 100 years of association, it will be the 27th
anniversary of Niue attaining self-government.
"Niue has always had a very close relationship with New Zealand since it
was annexed in 1901. There are now more than 18,000 Niueans living here,
compared to 1800 people on the island itself."
Niueans make up approximately 8.5% of Pacific people living in
New Zealand.
2. Pacific Power:
Rugby officials from Fiji, Samoa and Tonga have announced plans for a
combined Pacific Islands team to play New Zealand, Australia, South
Africa and England next year.
The move is a bid to boost revenue for the three island unions but also
gain a place in the lucrative Super 12 series. Bob Challenor of the Fiji
Rugby Union said the move has wider implications for the game:
Mr. Challenor said England has a South Pacific tour next year and he is
hopeful of persuading the tourists to play a match against the
combined Pacific team.(Radio Australia).
1. Great Idea:
Journalists have been urged to report on the private lives of public
office holders, especially politicians.
Papua New Guinea's Chief Ombudsman Ila Geno made the call at the Pacific
Islands News Association (PINA) convention at Madang in northern Papua
New Guinea.Niue News is a paid up member of PINA.
Commenting on Mr Geno's remarks, PINA president William Parkinson said:
"These will certainly create shock waves throughout the Pacific." Mr
Geno told radio, TV, print and online media executives and journalists
from throughout the region: "Leaders are leaders 24 hours a day, seven
days a week, 365 days a year.
"What they do during working hours is a public matter. What they do
after hours is also a public matter.
"The conduct in private will affect the fact that they are leaders in
one way or the other."
Mr Geno questioned whether the culture of respect for leaders is
contributing to moral decay in society. He said some politicians are
quick to criticise the news media but he added:
"I'm sure many would not want their dirty laundry hung out in the sun
for fear of what their constituents might discover."
Mr Geno said that Papua New Guinea's leadership code requires that
leaders conduct themselves in such a way that they do not demean their
office.(PINA Nius)
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