KIRIBATI

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MAURI !

This Web site has been developed by an I-Kiribati (Kiribati person) for the people of Kiribati, friends of Kiribati and as an aid to visitors who are always most welcome. It is also for those friends wishing to find out a little more about the Republic of Kiribati (formerly the Gilbert Islands - including Banaba - as well as the Line Islands and Phoenix Group).

Scattered over a vast expanse of the Central Pacific Ocean, the Republic of Kiribati in Micronesia lies astride the Equator and comprises thirty-three islands each of which with its own unique culture, customs, rituals, history, myths and legends and lifestyle.

The name "Kiribati" is the local language equivalent of the word "Gilberts" and is pronounced "Ki-ri-bas."

The Republic of Kiribati, covering the total area of about 5 million square kilometres, is made up of three groups of islands:

1. Gilbert Group (Kiribati) - 16 islands or atolls, as well as Banaba (Ocean Island), about 400 kilometres south-west of  Tarawa, capital of the Republic of Kiribati;

2. Line Islands, (The Northern Equatorial Islands) - eight islands, 2400 kilometres east of Kiribati and include the unique and beautiful Kiritimati (Christmas Island, the world's largest atoll in land area), Fanning Island (Tabuaeran) and Millennium Island (formerly Caroline Island) so named as it was the first to greet the dawn of the new millennium; and

3. Phoenix Group - eight islands, 1120 kilometres E.S.E.of Kiribati and include Canton Island (Kanton) and Hull Island (Orona).

Please come with me on a journey to the beautiful and enchanting islands of the Republic of Kiribati. This can easily be undertaken by clicking on any of the Links on the Menu to the left. For new visitors it will be the trip of a lifetime, and for old friends it will be a journey to remember and treasure once more.

Also included is information on accommodation and travel to/from and within the Republic of Kiribati.

A Chat Room and The Republic of Kiribati Web Forum have been made available for the use of all welcome visitors. Should you require further information about the Republic of Kiribati and for comments about the content of this Web site, feel free to contact me at jane@janeresture.com or use either our Message Board (below) or The Republic of Kiribati Web Forum - ara maneaba ni maroro!

Kam bati n rabwa ao Ti a boo moa! - Thank you very much and Goodbye for now!

Thank you so much for visiting the above four Domains. I am very pleased to be able to share with you that further limited advertising on the Republic of Kiribati Home Page and other Kiribati pages, along with other Web Pages within the above three Domains, are now available. Potential advertisers are cordially invited to choose from several thousand Web sites available for placement of your important advertisements.  For further information, please contact me at:

jane@janeresture.com or jane@pacificislandsradio.com

For further information about the Republic of Kiribati, please contact the following e-mail addresses:

 
For Christmas and Fanning Islands, the rest of the Line Islands and the Phoenix Group, please contact:
 
Kiraren T Tebetanga
Tourism Development Officer
Tourism Office
Ministry of Communications, Transport and Tourism Development
Ronton, Kiritimati
On the 8th and 9th February 2005, king tides struck Kiribati with waves of up to 2.8 meters high reaching sea walls and damaging homes. A report from the environmental group, Greenpeace, has indicated that a number of villages suffered major damage with drinking water and farms contaminated by salt water. The report also indicated that Betio hospital has been flooded.
A Kiribati family living next to the sea re-enforce their property with a sea
wall made of sand bags to stop the 'king tides' from eroding their land
Click on the above image for more images courtesy of Greenpeace
Oceania and Global Warming - Causes and Effects
Aspects of Global Warming (Oceania)
Oceania and Global Warming (Oceania)
  Our People on the Reef
Christmas Island (Kiribati) Nuclear Tests
          Christmas Island Bombers (Kiribati)
          Christmas Island Bomber (Kiribati)
Vickers Valiant at Hendon
Living at Canton Island
 (Phoenix Group, Republic of Kiribati)
      Kiribati Cultural Traditions
    Kiribati - A Short History
Christmas Island (Kiribati) - Photographs 1 - Parts 1,2,3 (2005)
 
Click on the above Christmas Island (Kiritimati)
'Welcome' sign for a much larger image!
Politics in Kiribati
Extract from ASTRIDE THE EQUATOR
An Account of the Gilbert Islands
Banaba (Kiribati) - Aspects of History
 
Kiribati Protestant Church (KPC) Report
Bully Hayes - South Sea Pirate - Line Islands, Kiribati

NOTICE

The Catholic Education Office, Tarawa, Kiribati, Central Pacific, has vacancies for persons qualified to teach: 

In three rural senior secondary schools: English, Maths, History, Geography, Science and Accounting.  In two schools on urban Tarawa: English, Maths, History, Geography, Science, Accounting, Economics, Home Economics, Industrial Arts and Biology. 

HISTORY

St. Joseph's College, Tabwiroa, Abaiang and Immaculate Heart College, Taborio, Tarawa require History teachers for Forms 4, 5 and 6. 

Experienced teachers preferred. Volunteers allowance will be paid.

For further information please contact Sr Margaret Sullivan or Sr Tiura Kaiuea:

E-mail: dot.ceo@tskl.net.ki

Telephone: +686 21169                    Facsimile: +686 21677

 
 
Kiribati dancers, South Tarawa, Kiribati
 
Bathing lagoon, Christmas (Kiritimati) Island, Kiribati
 
Christmas Island, Line Islands, Kiribati - Operation Grapple 1957 (UK)
 
Kiribati & Tuvalu Association (KTA)
at the Great Dunmow Carnival 2004, Essex, UK
 
A 1957 image taken on the airfield at Christmas Island (Kiritimati),
Line Islands, Republic of Kiribati, during Operation Grapple {UK}
Photo: Courtesy of Ian Green
Kiribati and Tuvalu Association (KTA) - Annual Reunion 2004
Kiribati dancers, Christmas Island (airport)
Line Islands, Republic of Kiribati
 
Kiribati singers and two of their guests at airport, Christmas Island
 
Kiribati singers and dancers welcome visitors
to Fanning Island, 25th February 2004

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Issue No. 7, November 2001

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STATEMENT OF THE FORMER PRESIDENT OF KIRIBATI,TEBURORO TITO TO THE UNITED NATIONS MILLENNIUM SUMMIT
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Micronesia Music Anthology

Welcome everybody to Micronesia Music Anthology which is available on

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The anthology can be accessed by clicking on the 'Broadcast Schedule' after logging in to Micronesia Music Radio. This should allow you to determine when the anthology is available in your part of the world. For example, in Brisbane and the Gold Coast, Australia, the anthology is available at 12 noon each Saturday. In Kiribati, the anthology is available each Saturday afternoon at 2 pm; California at 7 pm each Friday evening; New York at 10 pm each Friday evening, along with Florida and Boston, Massachusetts, USA, etc.

The anthology runs for 90 minutes in which the traditional chants are introduced with many from Kiribati, including Banaba and Rabi, followed by the beautiful songs of Micronesia. Thank you!

The schedule can also be accessed here

Supporting Web site to the anthology:

GOSPEL MUSIC

Pacific Islands Radio is very pleased to be able to advise that a collection of some of the most exciting and absorbing gospel music from the Pacific Islands is now being featured on Pacific Music Radio (FM mp3PRO Stereo), Pacific Islands Radio 33K (24 kbps) as well as Pacific Islands Radio 28K (16 kbps).

With an extended running time of three hours, the gospel collection has proved to be extremely popular and features music of a number of very talented artists such as Bata Teinamati, Betania Gospel Singers and Emmaus Family Singers (Republic of Kiribati), Lia Osborne (Fiji), Vanessa Quai (Vanuatu), Aoloau Youth Choir (Samoa), and The Auckland Pacific Gospel Choir.

Please monitor the Broadcast Schedule of the above three Pacific Islands Radio stations for the availability and time of the Gospel Music collection. At present, this exciting collection is available every Sunday from 12 midday to 3 pm Australian eastern standard time.

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Thank you everybody and Best Wishes

            

A KIRIBATI POEM
By Jane Resture

KIRIBATI, ABAU KIRIBATI

Like a shimmering string of pearls on a clear blue sea         
So strong and yet so delicate you mean so much to me         
I miss those coral atolls where gentle breezes flow         
A land of remarkable people where friendships seem to grow.         
 
Kiribati, Abau Kiribati I always think of you         
Wherever I may travel across the sea so blue         
And deep inside me I know that it will be         
Kiribati, Abau Kiribati you always think of me.         
 
Your sons and daughters travel away to distant lands         
They leave their homes and families so that they will understand         
To study truth and knowledge in sadness and in pain and then         
Kiribati, Abau Kiribati you welcome them home again.         
 
Kiribati, Abau Kiribati may God’s blessings be on you         
To give you strength and courage to see the future through         
And may our blessed people hold their heads up high         
Kiribati, Abau Kiribati I will love you till I die.         

    

KIRIBATI
By Jane Resture
 
Like a blue silk ribbon floating
In a vast expanse of sea
Fringed by white sand beaches
With a covering of trees.
 
They say the sea will one day claim
Our beautiful Island chain
Where palm trees grow and children play
Nothing will remain?
 
Will our culture all be lost?
And nothing be left there
Of the land we love out in the sea
And our beautiful mwaie.
 
But if it is the good Lord’s will
That we should float away
The spirit of our people
Will live on another day.
 
Our culture lives within us
The sea, the earth and the sky
Within the hearts and minds of our people
Kiribati will never die.
 

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The following poem was inspired in this case by the frigate bird, as shown on our Republic of Kiribati national flag, flying over the ocean to the backdrop of a tropical sunrise. The frigate bird carries messages from place to place and symbolises freedom and power. Looking at the Republic of Kiribati flag, the seventeen rays of the sun represent the seventeen islands of the Gilbert Group including Banaba. The three waves in the lower half of the flag stand for the Gilberts, Phoenix and Line Island Groups. The vast ocean over which the bird is flying is a reminder that Kiribati is a sea territory with far more water than land.
 
In making a wish upon the frigate bird and the flying fish, it is hoped that they will carry a message of peace from place to place both over and under the vast Pacific Ocean. It is also hoped that this message is one which will allow the people of the Republic of Kiribati, including Banaba, as well as the rest of the world, to live in peace, prosperity and harmony.
 
My Wish
by Jane Resture
The frigate bird
The flying fish
It is time for us
To make a wish
 
And I wish for the sunrise
To be beautiful each time
With days that are perfect
And nights so sublime
 
And I wish for the sunset
To be like a long red sail
Each and every day
And you and I will always stay
Whatever we wish
Will surely come true
And I wish for happiness
For me and you
 
And I wish for the world
To live in peace
To live and love as one
To a simple beat
 
And I wish for us all
To have our lives full of love
Full of joy and happiness
And eternal love
 
 
 
(E-mail: jane@janeresture.com -- Rev.8th June 2009)