Magazine Programme about Pacific Peoples.
NIUE GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS:
The Premier of Nuie Viven Young retains has position following an election
of the Islands Legislative Asembly by eleven votes to nine.
- kaikōrero: Hima Douglas, General Manager of the Islands Broadcasting
speaks with Elma about the reaction from the people of Nuie, also speaks
about the new speaker.
CENSUS DAY: The massive job of counting the population starts with the
delivery of sensus forms, as sensus day March the fifth approaches.Thousands
of volunteers started delivering forms to every home in the country on Friday
23rd February. Elma Ma'ua spoke with Goverment stactitian Len Cook about
whether or not everything that has to be done has been done.
- kaikōrero: Len Cook.
COOK ISLAND BANANAS: After a twelve year absence, the Cook Island are
hoping to once again export banana from the Cooks. A New Plymouth company
Webster Brother City Markets are working with Cook Island growers to ensure
that the bananas are up to standard.
- kaikōrero: Lester Perry Managing Director talks with Elma Ma'ua about why
his company choose the Cook Islands.
STONE CARVING SYMPOSIUM: A two week stone carving symposium was
held in New Plymouth and was attended by carvers from around New Zealand,
including Pacific Island stone sculpturs. One of the organisers Dave Brown says it
was a huge success, he spoke with Sam Thomspon, aboiut the sucess and what was achieved.
- kaikōrero: Dave Brown.
POLYNESIAN LITERCY COMPETITION:
Entries are being called for the Annual International Polynesian Literacy competition.
This was set up two years to promote and encourage literacy in a Polynesian
language. The inaugural competition was for Samoan writers and the second for
Hawaiians. This year 1996 it is for the Cook Islands, entrance must be native born
or of Cook Island parentage and residence in the Cook Isl;ands is not required.
kaikōrero; Dr. Steven Fisher, Director of Polynesain Languages and Literature
who spoke about why the competition began.