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Please note that > you can send feedback to us at the contact menu, and you can > also register as a member/user if you would like to be able to > submit News to NiueNews for possible publication. > > [date.gif] Thursday, 09 September 2004 > Niue Weekly News > Niue Weekly News > Written by Web Master > Thursday, 12 June 2003 > I > TV Records Restoration: Progress in the reconstruction of Niue > following the aftermath of January's Cyclone Heta was revealed > in a three-part news feature by TV One News. But Niue > residents won't see the news bulletins because of problems > with the reception of satellite signals and the cost of > purchasing the bulletins now marketed by Fiji TV. "But those > on the island with videos will see it after the air mail > arrives this week... our families in Auckland have recorded > the news for us," said a local resident yesterday. Hospital > facilities were featured.. a doctor working at the temporary > hospital in the Niue youth Centre at Fonuakula said a large > number of people were still suffering from chronic stress > caused by the cyclone and many are being sent to New Zealand > for treatment because of inadequate medical facilities. > Currently, hospital staff is only able to treat common > ailments and stabilize people needing specialist attention. > Patient referrals have already cost the government $100,000 in > airfares alone. [The Niue government has asked New Zealand to > provide emergency benefits to referral patients as soon as > they arrive in Auckland.] > call to help in the clean-up, only a couple have returned to > live. And that's left some islanders questioning Niue's future > with the population possibly as low as 1,500 people. > struck but locals reckon more than 100 have left - one woman > told One News 12 families in her village packed their bags in > the weeks following the cyclone. > > Said Niue's High Commissioner in Wellington Hima Takelesi:."If > the population dropped to 500 people...my own personal view is > that it would be unrealistic to have the same kinds of > infrastructure, government and others for that amount of > people," Premier Young Vivian has been to New Zealand asking > his people to return, rebuild and re-evaluate their ties with > the country. Vivian is hopeful that in time they will come > back. > > The Niue Foou fight-back has started. The Auckland based Reef > Group - part of the family-owned Reef Shipping Company has > taken a major gamble by investing millions of dollars in a > fish processing factory, a 125 hectare nonu orchard and a > vanilla processing scheme.[ It's the largest capital > investment ever - the lure it is reported was a long term tax > free holiday. Reef projects are reported to provide jobs for > 90 people but with 99% of the work-force employed in the > public service Reef could be faced with having to hire > overseas staff. ] There are still some fisheries management > issues to resolve. Brendon Pasisi the fisheries officer said > that the joint venture projects may turn out to be > economically good for the island but it will change the > lifestyle of residents. He wants assurances that local > and buildings and wiped out any hope of a busy tourism season. > The privately leased 32 room Hotel Niue was completely > destroyed. Without it the amount of accommodation on the > island is halved, reported TV One News. But even now in what > should be the busiest time of year on island, [ the tropical > weather is a relief for chilly New Zealanders, the New Zealand > dollar is the national currency and humpback whales are > cruising the coasts] visitor numbers are low. The island is > trying to maintain its reputation as a diving spot, but after > the hurricane the underwater world seemed as damaged as the > land. However, Dive Niue co- owner Australian Ian Gray reckons > he's found new dive spots that have not been damaged by the > cyclone. > > Artifacts Returned: The Samoa cabinet has approved a decision > to return Niuean artifacts currently on display in the Samoa > Museum. The two artifacts, a bowl and a walking stick, were > given to Samoa by the Niue delegation at the Opening Ceremony > of the Pacific Festival of Arts in Apia in 1996. Earlier on > this year, Niue's museum and all its artifacts were completely > destroyed by Cyclone Heta. Its hoped that the gesture will > assist in Niue's efforts to re-establish its museum, reports > Radio New Zealand International. > > That Hurt: The Niue international test XV were thrashed by the > Cook Islands 55-5 in an IRB Oceania eastern division match at > Raemaru Park Arorangi last weekend. The Cooks has a new coach > George Metuarau, who will be in charge of the team until the > World Cup qualifiers next year. Niue coach Ricky Tagelagi was > predicting a closer result but was keen to give Niue based > players a chance to play top level rugby. For the Cooks it was > an important this game, summing up the talent for the world > cup qualifiers next year. > Users Society- Niue has resulted in the formation of a group > to promote Internet safety in Port Vila. A policy for Internet > use in schools is to be formulated. The Australian firm > ContentKeeper presented a filtering system to the education > department in Port Vila and it has been installed in the > schools network to block pornography. > Pacific's tuna stocks following the recent meeting of the 17th > Standing Committee on Tuna and Billfish in the Marshall > Islands. The manager of the Oceanic Fisheries Programme John > Hampton told the conference that bigeye and yellowfin tuna are > threatened by over-fishing. A report from Hampton said that > bigeye, which comprise six percent of the total Pacific tuna > catch, are being over-fished "and the current level of > exploitation appears not to be sustainable in the long term." > Niue enters into the fishing industry next month with the > opening of the Niue Fish Processing factory. > their country's aid money. A independent poll has found almost > three quarters of New Zealanders want to see the Pacific get > the bulk of aid money up from half five years ago. The survey > was carried out for the Council for International Development > on behalf of the government funding agency, NZAID, and 64 non > government aid organizations. > first official joint New Zealand and Australian aid program to > the Islands. It could be a forerunner to future aid packages > to Niue, once that island's clean up after Cyclone Heta is > completed. In it, New Zealand has promised to give the Cook > Islands $US 4 million and Australia $US1 million in programmed > aid every year. The money will go to improve the Cook Islands > management of aid programmes with the potential to reduce > administrative processes. NZAID will manage the day to day > operations of the combined project and the three governments > will meet regularly to discuss strategic directions. > > It's Yours: Each week keep in touch on line with the Niue news > that matters. Independent sources bring you local news and > regional news that will have an impact on Niue. 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