Regional Press Freedom Seminar - Cook Islands cook islands country report from the Asia-Pacific regional seminar on PressFreedom and self-regulation held in Sydney in October 2001. http://www.presscouncil.org.au/pcsite/activities/meetings/asiapac/cook_islands.h
Extractions: Asia-Pacific Regional Press Freedom Seminar Country Report - Cook Islands The media environment The Cook Islands News and the Cook Islands Herald are the two most influential newspapers in the Cook Islands, if only because they have comparatively wide readership on Rarotonga. Brief sketches of the two papers are provided below. The Cook Islands News main asset is that it has longevity to the extent that most Cook Islanders have grown up with it. Its disadvantage is that the media scene has changed dramatically in recent years, especially with the advent of television and other competing outlets for the advertising dollar. As the new kid on the block, the Cook Islands Herald has the difficult task of building readership but has been able to achieve this in a relatively short period through extensive television promotion. A third weekly newspaper, the Cook Islands Star, is also available on Rarotonga but its main market area is Auckland and its circulation on Rarotonga is about 400. Its reduced readership makes it less significant. Name: Cook Islands News (private since 1990.
Extractions: The islands are divided naturally into two groups. The eight islands of the southern Cooks include the destinations of Rarotonga and Aitutaki. The Cook Island group was named after Captain James Cook, who sighted the Manua atoll (Hervey Island) in 1773.. The ill fated Captain William Bligh sighted Aitutaki in 1789, and mutineer Fletcher Christian, Rarotonga, on the same boat (the Bounty), shortly after the famous mutiny on April 28.1789. Aitutaki is the second most visited of the magical Cook Islands and is recommended as a "must see"extension to your Rarotonga holidays. Atiu is a fascinating Cook Island riddled with caves and surrounded with raised coral cliffs and white sand beaches. Mangaia is the southernmost island of the Cook group and is also surrounded by coral cliffs with an interior of several swamps and a small lake. Limestone and volcanic samples on the island date back eighteen million years.
Pacific Regional Branch Of The International Council On Archives Unfortunately delegates from the Solomon islands, East Timor and Nauru were unable Photographic and oral history holdings relating to the Pacific of the http://www.archivenet.gov.au/archives/parbica/parbica10.html
Extractions: Wellington, New Zealand, 21-26 July 2003 Anonymous PARBICA 10 delegate Formed in 1981, the Pacific Regional Branch International Council on Archives (PARBICA) is a volunteer organisation representing government agencies, non-government organisations and individuals working in the field of archives or records management in the Pacific region. It is one of ten regional branches of the International Council on Archives (ICA), and covers the most diverse and largest geographic area. Twenty-five nations, states and territories are represented in PARBICA, with 44 institutional and thirteen individual members. ICA's mission is the advancement of archives through international cooperation. Archives, by providing evidence of human activities and transactions, underlie the rights of individuals and states, and are fundamental to democracy and good governance. ICA works for the protection and enhancement of the memory of the world. PARBICA's objectives are: to establish, maintain and strengthen relations between archivists in the region and between institutions and professional organisations concerned with the custody and administration of archives;
Extractions: International Council on Archives Organisation Formed in 1981, the Pacific Regional Branch International Council on Archives (PARBICA) is a volunteer organisation representing government agencies, non-government organisations and individual members from over 20 nations, states and territories in the North and South Pacific. It is one of the thirteen branches of the International Council on Archives (ICA), and it covers the most diverse and largest geographic area. American Samoa Australia Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Cook Islands Fiji Islands Guam Republic of Kiribati Marshall Islands Federated States of Micronesia French Polynesia New Caledonia New Zealand Niue Island Palau Papua New Guinea Pohnpei Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu Yap PARBICA's constitution was adopted in October 1981 at its inaugural conference in Suva, Fiji.In addition to supporting the general purposes of the International Council of Archives, the objects of PARBICA are: to establish, maintain and strengthen relations between archivists in the region and between institutions and professional organisations concerned with the custody and administration of archives:
New Zealand Maori oral history maintains the Maoris came to the island in seven British captain James cook made three voyages to the islands, beginning in 1769. http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0107834.html
Extractions: World Countries Infoplease Atlas: New Zealand Sovereign: Queen Elizabeth II (1952) Governor-General: Dame Silvia Cartwright (2001) Prime Minister: Helen Clark (1999) Area: 103,737 sq mi (268,680 sq km) (excluding dependencies) Population (2005 est.): 4,035,461 (growth rate: 1.0%); birth rate: 13.9/1000; infant mortality rate: 5.8/1000; life expectancy: 78.7; density per sq mi: 39 Capital (2003 est.): Wellington, 342,500 (metro. area), 165,100 (city proper) Largest cities: Auckland, 369,300 (metro. area), 359,500 (city proper); Christchurch, 334,100 Monetary unit: New Zealand dollar Languages: English, Maori (both official)
World Telephone Numbering Guide 1 April 2000 Integration of history into the World Telephone Numbering Guide . Guam +683 - Western Samoa +684 - American Samoa +685 - cook islands +687 http://www.wtng.info/wtng-hst.html
Extractions: Introduction... This is an attempt to trace the development of ITU's (formerly CCITT's) country codes assignments. Information was gleaned from vintage ITU/CCITT "Books" (i.e. the Recommendations which are the international telecommunications standards), and whatever else was available. There will be numerous details to be filled in (dates of changes, introductions, circumstances etc). Additional, corrected or updated information to this end would be welcome at wtng(at)wtng.info Document History... Format... This file is ordered first by time (when country codes were established, changed, deleted, etc) then within each particular time by country code. The initial list of 1964 is shown; only the changes are listed thereafter. The 1960 CCITT Red Book featured a list of country codes for Europe that was the precursor for the modern international telephone country code system. Whether this was ever available for subscriber use is unknown; this could have been intended for operator dialling rather than customer dialling. That list went as follows (* represents a code that remains in use in today's country code plan): Note from Dik Winter regarding 60-Luxembourg: "At least this country code has been used in the Netherlands (but at the same time the country code used for Belgium was 32). That must have been in the early sixties indeed. I do not have parts of a phone book showing it, I have only parts of Amsterdam phone books and when direct dialling from Amsterdam to Luxembourg was allowed much later the country code was changed to 352 as it is now, but I have noted it down from another Dutch phone book (presumably that of the province of Zeeland)."
History Just how the Polynesian peoples came to populate their islands of the Pacific isa subject of While cook, Bougainville and others had resisted this, http://www.pacificislandtravel.com/fr_polynesia/about_destin/history.html
Extractions: About us Send me a Brochure Tripbuilder (Shopping Cart) Send me a Quotation ... Pacific News member of French Polynesia History Just how the Polynesian peoples came to populate their islands of the Pacific is a subject of some debate. What is clear, however, is that they were great sailors and navigators who traversed vast distances of open ocean to settle as far and wide as present-day French Polynesia, Hawaii, New Zealand, parts of the New Guinea island, Tonga and the Cook Islands. It's thought that they left South-East Asia around 3000 or 4000 years ago and began to arrive in present-day French Polynesia around 300 AD. Islands were originally ruled by chieftains who commanded huge fleets of outrigger canoes; religious practices at this time included human sacrifices. Some of the first European visitors, which included Samuel Wallis Louis-Antoinne de Bougainville (1768) and James Cook (1769), returned with stories of a paradise on earth inhabited by 'noble savages' and Venus-like women whose sexual favours were freely offered to the visitors. Europe was abuzz with stories of a tropical haven of free love when Bougainville returned to Paris and this myth attracted the likes of Herman Melville Robert Louis Stevenson and Paul Gauguin The most famous event in the region's recent history was the Mutiny on the Bounty . It was on Tahiti and the Austral island of Tubuai that Fletcher Christen and his mutineers sought refuge after setting
French Polynesia, People, History, Nature & Sights Captain cook returned three times to study the transition of Venus, Captain Blighcame to For more regional information on French Polynesia, go to http://www.pacificislandtravel.com/fr_polynesia/about_destin/about_country.html
Extractions: About us Send me a Brochure Tripbuilder (Shopping Cart) Send me a Quotation ... Pacific News member of French Polynesia About the Country People and Lifestyle Tahiti is a multi-racial mix of Polynesians of Maohi (Maori) extraction, Europeans, Asians and mixed races. A handsome people, they are noted for their hospitality, friendliness and easy going nature. They speak French and Tahitian which are the two official languages, but English is spoken in the hotels and shops. History Hundreds of years after the ancient Polynesians created a Pacific base for their huge voyaging canoes, explorers like Mendana, Quiros, Le Maire, Schouten, Roggeveen and Byron made brief unplanned visits to the Tuamotu Atolls and the Marquesas Islands in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries. Later in the 18th century explorers such as Bougainville, Wallis, Vancouver and Cook 'discovered' Tahiti and called it the 'Garden of Eden'. Captain Cook returned three times to study the transition of Venus, Captain Bligh came to collect seedlings from the wondrous 'Uru' or breadfruit tree and the insubordinate Fletcher Christian returned to the islands that caused the mutiny on the Bounty. Before the arrival of the Europeans, the islands were divided into districts, each governed by a Chief. When Pomare V abdicated in 1880 the islands, previously a protectorate of France, became a French Colony, and in 1957 French Polynesia became a French Overseas Territory.
Extractions: Search: search the entire directory search this category only Top Regional Oceania See also: This category in other languages: Catalan French German Italian ... Cook Islands: The Heart of Polynesia - The complete guide, it covers geography, history, culture, investment, government, religion and details of each of the Cook's 15 islands.
New Zealand: Map, History And Much More From Answers.com Dependent areas, cook islands, Niue, Tokelau Today New Zealand has 12 regionalcouncils for the administration of environmental and transport matters http://www.answers.com/topic/new-zealand
Extractions: showHide_TellMeAbout2('false'); Business Entertainment Games Government ... More... On this page: Dictionary Encyclopedia Map Local Time Geography Dialing Code Currency Stats Anthem Recipes WordNet Wikipedia Translations Best of Web Mentioned In Or search: - The Web - Images - News - Blogs - Shopping New Zealand Dictionary (Click to enlarge) New Zealand (Mapping Specialists, Ltd.) New Zealand An island country in the southern Pacific Ocean southeast of Australia. Maori groups probably migrated to New Zealand from Polynesia beginning before A.D. 1400. Discovered by Abel Tasman in 1642, the islands were visited and explored by Capt. James Cook four times between 1769 and 1777. The British established their first permanent settlement in 1840 and claimed the region as a crown colony. New Zealand received dominion status in 1907, and became fully independent in 1931. Wellington is the capital and Auckland the largest city. Population: 3,990,000 . New Zea land·er n. Encyclopedia New Zealand zÄ lÉnd ) , island country (1996 pop. 3,618,302), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington ; the largest city and leading port is Auckland Land and People New Zealand comprises the North Island and the South Island (the two principal islands)
PIANGO Links A collection of cook islands legends. Océanie Musée de la civilisation (French This site aims to develop an oral history of the Pacific islands and http://www.piango.org/PIANGO Links.htm
Extractions: Pacific Islands Association of Non-Governmental Organisations (PIANGO) HOME Australia Cook Islands Fiji , Samoa, Tonga New Zealand Tuvalu Guam , Hawaii, Palau Nauru Solomon Is Kiribati ... Pacific Regional NGO's Archives Email PIANGO Thanks to PIANGO's Supporters: PIANGO's History PIANGO had its origins in the growing movement towards increased networking amongst Pacific Island NGOs which commenced in the late 1970s. The historical framework of the region has included both French and British colonialism, which has left a legacy that needs addressing in order to enable selfhood for all the communities within the Pacific. Pacific island nations vary between fully sovereign and independent countries, to freely associating states and non-self governing territories relating to the United States, France and New Zealand. Geographic distance is also a factor which inhibits communication between the nations of the Pacific, given the logistics of transport, communication and language. Following a process of regional consultation, the first PIANGO Council was held in August 1991 in Pago Pago, American Samoa. The Council was funded by a range of donors, including the Australian International Development Assistance Bureau (AIDAB), the Commonwealth Foundation, the Government of New Zealand, and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP).
Sourcing Text study is an intensive look at the history of interaction in the cook islands By dividing the cook Island sequence into broadly defined early and http://www.otago.ac.nz/Anthropology/Pacific/cooks/sourcing.html
Extractions: If you look at a map of the Pacific the first thing you notice is the vast expanse of ocean, against which tiny dots of land barely register. The Polynesian colonisation of this immense ocean, covering over a third of the globe, was one of the great achievements in human history. Once their small fragile craft beached on a newly discovered island the settlers commenced a long process of environmental transformation. Packed on their canoes was a large inventory of Southeast Asian food plants and domestic animals which settlers were able to introduce to pristine tropical oceanic environments. While we can think of voyages of discovery as being driven by social or economic pressures in the homelands, it was often believed that further cultural developments in Polynesia occurred in a state of relative isolation. According to this view, the diversity of Polynesian economic, political and social systems arose largely through processes of steady divergence in isolation from some 'ancestral' form, rather like Darwin's finches. It now appears that this was not the case, and that at various times and places in Polynesia inter-island voyaging networks and exchange systems developed, and communities on distant islands enjoyed different levels of interaction. The nature of this interaction would have included trade and exchange, warfare, ceremonial activities, political maneuvering of various sorts and the acquisition of marriage partners.
Cook Islands - Oceania - Regional - cook islands Oceania - regional - See also. regional Oceania NewZealand Dependent Areas (6). This category in other languages http://www.myonlinecolleges.com/school/Regional/Oceania/Cook_Islands/
Company History: Company Profile: About Us: Air New Zealand - NZ Site Company history of Air New Zealand including the pacific coral route, nationalcarrier, TEAL Solent Flying Boat at Aitutaki, in the cook islands http://www.airnz.co.nz/aboutus/corporateprofile/companyhistory/default.htm
Extractions: The Story Begins... Air New Zealand's story began in April 1940 when its forerunner airline, Tasman Empire Airways Limited (TEAL) was incorporated. TEAL began its first trans-Tasman services with flying boats, and over the years steadily expanded the size and scope of its operations and the extent of its international network. The route network was expanded from Australia and the Pacific to Asia, the USA, the UK and Europe. In October 1953 TEAL became jointly owned by the New Zealand and Australian Governments, and in April 1961 the New Zealand Government assumed full ownership. In addition to TEAL operating international services, the New Zealand Government established NZ National Airways Corporation (NAC) in 1947. NAC was the primary operator of domestic air services between major centres and provincial cities and towns, and along with TEAL would later form the basis for today's Air New Zealand.
Global Volcanism Program Thule Islands Summary Volcano Photo National Museum of Natural history Home Page Another possiblesubmarine caldera lies east of cook Island and south of basalticandesite http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/volcano.cfm?vnum=1900-07=
Internet Public Library: Australian History Links to Australian history institutions, organizations, journals, as thenations of the Pacific islands cook islands, Easter Island, Fiji, Hawaii, http://www.ipl.org/div/subject/browse/hum30.15.00/
Extractions: The main threats to Fijis sea turtle populations are from traditional harvesting of adults for ceremonial purposes, subsistence and commercial harvesting of adults, their eggs and shell, and mortality in commercial fishing nets. However, a lack of local capacity and financial resources has meant that the extent and intensity of each of these threats is currently unknown. back to top
Extractions: This ecoregion covers eight inhabited and nine uninhabited atolls and sand islands straddling the equator. Climate of the islands ranges from continually wet to chronically drought-stricken depending on location in relation to the equator and the tradewind belt. The majority of these islands have been heavily disturbed by military activities and phosphate mining though the area does includes some of the largest seabird colonies in the world, including millions of sooty terns and wedge-tailed shearwaters.
Lonely Planet While cook, Bougainville and others had resisted this, Modern history.At the turn of the 20th century the Polynesian islands became part of the http://www.expedia.co.uk/lonelyplanet/Tahiti-and-French-Polynesia/historyandcult
Extractions: Expedia.co.uk Skip Navigation HOME DEALS ... CORPORATE TRAVEL Welcome - Already a member? Sign in Site Map My Trips My Profile ... Customer Support Tahiti and French Polynesia Back to World Guide index Just how the Polynesian peoples came to populate their islands of the Pacific is a subject of some debate. What is clear, however, is that they were great sailors and navigators who traversed vast distances of open ocean to settle as far and wide as present-day French Polynesia, Hawaii, New Zealand, parts of the New Guinea island, Tonga and the Cook Islands. It's thought that they left southeast Asia around 3000 or 4000 years ago and began to arrive in present-day French Polynesia around 300 AD. Islands were originally ruled by chieftains who commanded huge fleets of outrigger canoes; religious practices at this time included human sacrifices. Some of the first European visitors, among them Samuel Wallis (1767), Louis-Antoine de Bougainville (1768) and James Cook (1769), returned with stories of a paradise on earth inhabited by 'noble savages' and Venus-like women whose sexual favours were freely offered to the visitors. Europe was abuzz with stories of a tropical haven of free love after Bougainville returned to Paris, and this myth attracted the likes of Herman Melville, Robert Louis Stevenson and Paul Gauguin. The most famous event in the region's recent history was the mutiny on the Bounty. It was on Tahiti and the Austral island of Tubuai that Fletcher Christian and his mutineers sought refuge after setting William Bligh and his faithful crew members adrift in a tiny open boat near the Tongan islands on 28 April 1789. And, ultimately, it was on Tahiti that the long arm of British law rounded up those mutineers who hadn't escaped to Pitcairn Island, and made them face British justice.
