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HAU MACH SALAN ORN NORF'K DES WIIK (Weekly population statistics)
YU YARET YA FAS (Breaking News)
Week ending 6th September 2010
Mother and her calf in Norfolk Island The researchers in New Caledonia have tagged this whale with a transmitter/responder and have electonically tracked this mother and calf to Norfolk Island.
From the attached photo, you can see the tag protruding from the L/H side of the mother
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LEAD –Norfolk Island Language In 1999 a very important book was launched on Norfolk Island. It was the ‘Encyclopaedia of the Norfolk Island Language’, by Alice Inez Buffett. In his foreward to this book, member of parliament, (and our current Chief Minister), David Buffett said the publication.....MORE
OPINION –The Opposite page (by Mike King) In March I declared myself to be the government in opposition. I did so for good reason, believing as I still do, that the so-called ‘consensus’ style government of the past 31 years has not served the island well. I remain committed to greater open debate and ........MORE
AUWAS FIICHA AATIKL (Our feature articles)
2010 Churchill fellowship winner announced
Pauline Reynolds-Barff has been awarded this year’s Norfolk Island Winston Churchill Memorial Trust Fellowship. Pauline will travel to museums in New Zealand, Hawaii, the United Kingdom and Norway researching the important contribution made by the Polynesian women who sailed to Pitcairn Island on the Bounty. Her research will also examine the designs and techniques they used to make tapa cloth printed and made on Pitcairn and later......MORE
Duke of Edinburgh award visit
Twenty Norfolk Island residents will be in training this weekend as part of the Duke of Edinburgh Award. Rob Oliphant, a senior program officer from the Duke of Edinburgh Award arrived Friday evening and will be conducting a training course on Sunday.The Duke of Edinburgh Award is a self-development program for young people aged 14 to 25. It is a non-competitive, flexible program aimed at expanding personal horizons and exploring the potential talents and interests of its young.......MORE
TEK'LOED OFF (Take a load off and put your feet up)
John's Wetls Tonight the we are having a movies night with the guys. We have a group of us who like our movies and every month we get together watch a couple of good action movies eat a lot bad food and drink ice cold beers. It’s a real bloke thing but you cant a good action movie on the big .......MORE
Dear Felicity,
My 4-year old has an imaginary friend called “Jayjay”. I don’t know where he got this name from, but Jayjay comes in very useful when something bad has happened and someone needs to take the blame: “Jayjay did it mummy!” This is one smart boy, but when will he grow out of it and is it a cause for concern?
Mummy........MORE
Where are they now?
( Carli (Doosy) Christianl)
Carli is 28 years old, from the Norfolk Island Central School Class of......MORE.
Personality of the week
Cristina moved to Norfolk four years ago from the Sunshine Coast, with her husband, Brandt, son, Teddy and baby girl, Sienna. Earlier this year, they completed their family with the arrival
....MORE.
Visiting Norfolk Island for the shoes
Graham and Judy Scott are from Kirrawee in Sydney. This is their second visit to Norfolk and they are delighted with the great value package they came on. Through Oxley Travel, who made everything easy, they paid just....MORE.
Your Parliament - Your Voice The work of the Impact of Bills and Subordinate Legislation Committee continues……..
The Committee comprising Mr Michael King MLA (Chairman), Mrs Melissa Ward and Mr Lisle Snell (alternate member) is currently considering the Employment (Amendment) Bill 2010 which was referred to the Committee by the House on 23 July 2010. Further public inquiries have been scheduled for 7 and 28 September 2010 and members of the public who would wish to speak with the Committee should contact the Committee Secretary Mrs Yvon Adams on 22003 or by email to yvonadams@assembly.gov.nf When a Bill is introduced into the Assembly it is usually accompanied by an explanatory memorandum. The explanatory memorandum to the Employment (Amendment) Bill 2010 reads -
“The purpose of this Bill is to address issues concerning the application of the legislation and the administration of claims.
The Bill adopts the approach of other jurisdictions in the Commonwealth in seeking to avoid claims of work-related stress arising from normal employment processes. In providing for this the Bill includes several new definitions including that of what constitutes an “injury”. This definition excludes from the definition of injury that which.....MORE
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Mother and her calf in Norfolk Island
2010 Churchill fellowship winner announced
Duke of Edinburgh award visit
John's Wetls
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Visiting Norfolk Island for the shoes
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