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Articles by Legacy Author
Tahiti crime drops
Thursday 23 April 2020 | Written by Legacy Author | Published in Small World
Figures released in French Polynesia say there has been a drop in crime, including reported domestic violence, during the lockdown following the Covid-19 outbreak last month, RNZ reports.
Raymond Newnham: “Business pleads for austerity”
Thursday 23 April 2020 | Written by Legacy Author | Published in Letters to the Editor
I have read your article entitled “Business pleads for austerity” which was in Monday’s paper.
Malcolm Laxton-Blinkhorn: Paid to fill up?
Thursday 23 April 2020 | Written by Legacy Author | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear editor, Reading the news on BBC about oil prices and how they are negative and oil producers are paying buyers to take their oil. Does that mean fuel suppliers here will pay us to fill up? Just a thought! Malcolm Laxton-Blinkhorn
Karlene Taokia: Budget KFC and fresh bread
Thursday 23 April 2020 | Written by Legacy Author | Published in Art
My family and I are on a budget.
Former Fiji PM Qarase has died
Wednesday 22 April 2020 | Written by Legacy Author | Published in Small World
FIJI – Laisenia Qarase, the sixth prime minister of Fiji who was installed by one coup and removed by another, died on Tuesday. He was 79.
MP arrested for speaking out on police brutality
Wednesday 22 April 2020 | Written by Legacy Author | Published in Small World
FIJI – The president of a Fiji opposition party has been arrested, apparently in relation to posts he made on Facebook which raised concerns about police brutality.
Rugby boss resigns
Wednesday 22 April 2020 | Written by Legacy Author | Published in Small World
UK newspaper publishes recordings of ‘rampant homophobia’ by Fiji union head.
Treasure hunt clue
Wednesday 22 April 2020 | Written by Legacy Author | Published in Entertainment
Cook Islands Sports and National Olympic Committee is running an island-treasure hunt for students who are 17 years and under. It will comprise Olympics-related questions and exercises. The clue for today’s treasure hunt is hidden at the Nikao Beach Courts. For more information, visit the Cook Islands Sports Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/TeamCookIslands/ or contact CISNOC at 24095.
Pacific Covid-19 update
Tuesday 21 April 2020 | Written by Legacy Author | Published in Small World
- Fiji has confirmed its 18th case of Covid-19. Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama said the latest case is a 51-year-old woman from Ba who had returned from the United State on March 22.
Fijian man shot by police in Auckland
Tuesday 21 April 2020 | Written by Legacy Author | Published in Small World
NEW ZEALAND – A Fijian man has been shot dead by police.
Norman George: Carrying the big artillery of the nation
Tuesday 21 April 2020 | Written by Legacy Author | Published in Editorials
OPINION: The gift of leadership is a rare combination of talent, perseverance, good fortune and sometimes luck. Some people are born into greatness. Others have greatness thrust upon them. The rest had to work to earn it.
Paul Allsworth: Productive sector needs investment
Tuesday 21 April 2020 | Written by Legacy Author | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear editor, The Covid-19 pandemic has brought sweeping changes to the way we live today, worldwide.
Resort owners left homeless
Monday 20 April 2020 | Written by Legacy Author | Published in Small World
Only the concrete foundations and a few trees remain standing at Whitesands Beach Resort in Ha’utu, Tonga.
Ruta Tangiiau Mavé: School's back for winter, laundry never stopped
Monday 20 April 2020 | Written by Legacy Author | Published in Editorials
OPINION:Good news, school is going back today! Hooray, say the parents. Boo, say the kids.
Separated from my family, isolated in barbed wire-fenced 'hot facility'
Saturday 18 April 2020 | Written by Legacy Author | Published in Weekend
Shaun Bamber’s small daughter was med-evaced from Rarotonga to New Zealand before the coronavirus border lockdown. Now, he tells of his long journey to join his family again.
Keeping our children safe in lockdown
Saturday 18 April 2020 | Written by Legacy Author | Published in Weekend
Gina Tavioni Bamber is guiding her three children through lockdown and critical health care, without her husband Shaun. She tells how she misses him – and she misses their home in Rarotonga.
Alanna Smith: The key to making home gardens fun
Saturday 18 April 2020 | Written by Legacy Author | Published in Environment
OPINION: Te Ipukarea Society has been making the most of the agriculture ministry’s support package by planting new life in the office’s keyhole garden, writes member Alanna Smith.
Wilkie Rasmussen: 'Leaders should make sacrifices too'
Saturday 18 April 2020 | Written by Legacy Author | Published in Editorials
Dear editor, The New Zealand Prime Minister announced salary cuts of 20 per cent for herself and her Cabinet.
RNZAF Hercules to deliver aid to Fiji following cyclone
Friday 17 April 2020 | Written by Legacy Author | Published in Small World
A Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) C-130H Hercules aircraft will deliver tomorrow much-needed supplies to Fiji to help with relief efforts following Tropical Cyclone Harold.
Bishop Paul Donoghue: To gorge while others go hungry is to defy God
Friday 17 April 2020 | Written by Legacy Author | Published in Church Talk
OPINION: If we continue to pretend there is no problem with people going hungry in this downturn, then don’t be surprised stealing increases.
