Weekly Niue News http://www.niuenews.nu/ [2004-09-11: list updated for new site] _______________________________________________ > We have 7 guests online > March 14, 2005 -You Be the First To Know What's Going On > Timetable For Fish Project Revealed > The Niue Fish Processing factory is scheduled to open April 8 > - the new Reef Air Convair arrives April 5 ready to fly out > quality fish to Nadi, Fiji for distribution to international > markets. NFP spokesman Eddie Watts has publicly announced five > New Zealand long-liners will unload at Niue before April 8 > along with five Samoan boats signed up to fish local waters. > > Firedancers To Light-Up Niue > > A group of Samoan firedancers will visit Niue next week. They > will perform at Matavai Resort and local nightclubs. > > Tongans Protest Before Election > > About 50 demonstrators marched down the main street of > Nuku'alofa protesting the privatisation of Tonga's > electricity supply before Thursday's election. The > demonstrators carried a large sign, saying, "Shoreline Group > Is A Thief, Killer and Blood Sucker!" Shoreline is a privately > owned company and sole provider of electricity in Tonga, under > the chairmanship of the Crown Prince, Tupouto'a. Meanwhile, a > group of 25 plaintiffs filed a lawsuit against Shoreline and > the Tonga Electric Power Board, claiming the company was > improperly approved to operate a government power plant and > that it recently raised its residential rates without > justification. Led by Semisi Tapueluelu, 'Alani Taione and > Filini Sikuea, who are hoping to win Tongatapu seats in > Parliament, the demonstrators marched quietly to the Palace > Office where they presented a petition addressed to King > Taufa'ahau Tupou I V to the king's Assistant Private > Secretary, Sateki 'Ahio. > > French Team Helps Pukapuka > > A team of French soldiers has arrived on Pukapuka in the > northern Cook Islands to assist in the ongoing clean-up from > cyclone Percy. They are part of a rapid response group that > helped Niue clean up after Cyclone Heta in January last > year.Cook Islands police commissioner, Pira Wichman, said the > team of 13 was helping out on Rarotonga but will now > concentrate their efforts on Pukapuka and nearby Nassau where > a state of emergency is still in place.More than half the > population of 600 on Pukapuka remain living with their > neighbours for lack of building materials and water is > continuing to be shipped in as rainwater tanks are > contaminated with seawater and need to be cleaned.(RNZI). > [date.gif] Wednesday, 16 March 2005 > 34665 Visitors
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