Jessica Terrell
HONOLULU, HAWAI'I (Honolulu Civil Beat/ Pacific Media Watch): Thousands of native Hawai'ians and other residents have mobilised in Waikiki, Hawai'i, for the “Aloha Aina Unity March” (Love of the Land), a massive show of strength that organisers hope to translate into ongoing political actions.
Organiser of the event Tiare Lawrence said the march was about political pressure.
Jane Joshua
PORT VILA (Vanuatu Daily Post/ Radio New Zealand International/ Pacific Media Watch): Vanuatu's Prime Minister Sato Kilman has officially met with media practitioners at the office of the Prime Minister.
A TWO-MONTH Eyes of Fire student educational campaign with a microsite on the Rainbow Warrior experience climaxed recently with a new edition of the book and the author calling for justice for the Pacific victims of nuclear testing.
The publication of David Robie’s Eyes of Fire coincided with the 30th anniversary of the Rainbow Warrior bombing by French spies on July 10, 1985, at Marsden Wharf in Auckland Harbour.
NIWA researchers have designed and built a machine that measures the strength of mussel shells that is partly based on the same technology used to open and close irrigation gates.