Weekly Niue News http://www.niuenews.nu/ [2004-09-11: list updated for new site] _______________________________________________ > We have 5 guests online > [date.gif] Saturday, 06 November 2004 > contributions to the Government of Niue in information > technology by the Internet Users Society - Niue (IUS-N) and is > causing unrest among public servants because he refuses to > allow government departments to use the fast efficient wifi > system for the transfer of e mail and data packages. > > HURRICANE HELEN HITS NIUE > > This from NZ Herald columnist Greg Dixon in Saturday's edition > - > > "Much like farewelling errant ministers, travelling like a bat > out of Helengrad seems to have become a way of life for the > PM. You'll remember Our Helen got her taste for the fast-lane > during her trip to Italy and then scared the hell out of > Waimate with her high-velocity motorcade to Christchurch > airport in July. Well, she's been at it again in poor, > benighted Niue. Admittedly the speed limit up there isn't > high: just 40km/h in the villages and 60km/h on the open road. > But a spy tells me that during Clark's trip to the island last > weekend she was spotted in convoys led by Niuean police > breaking the speed limit more than once. Indeed, on her last > day there, she and her party were apparently in such a mad > rush to get to the airport - sound familiar? - that the cops > briefly turned on their siren as well as their flashy lights > as they made tracks like a Pacific cyclone to get her to the > airport. I cannot confirm that her lateness was due to setting > her watch on island time." > > > 9973 Visitors
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