Catalogue
Catalogue
Object Type
Name/Title
One and a half Pacific islands : stories the Banaban people tell of themselves = Teuana ao teiterana n aba n te Betebeke : I-Banaba aika a karakin oin rongorongoia
Primary Maker
Contributor/Publisher
Victoria University Press
Place
Date
Circa 2005
Physical Description
264 pages, [8] pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), maps ; 24 cm.
ISBN/ISSN
0864735235
Language
English
Level of Current Record
Bib record
Member Object
Subject Category
Content
Taraan oin abau -- Glimpses of the homeland. 1. Introduction / Makin Corrie Tekenimatang and Jennifer Shennan. Four legends / Makin Corrie Tekenimatang. 2. Te buaka i Tairua i Banaba -- The battle at Tairua on Banaba. 3. Te rongorongo ni Nanikaro -- The tale of Nanikaro. 4. The tale of Tabakea and Auriaria. 5. The tale of Na Buni. 6. Anakin te ran man Te bangabanga are 'Te Ba' -- The underground caves of Banaba / Tenamauea Kabanti. 7. Te kabwane eitei -- Catching a frigate bird / Karoro Tekenimatang -- Ara ikawai -- Our leaders. 8. Na Rota Kain Banaba -- Rota's story / Teitirake Tekinimatang. 9. Nei Tenamauea -- Tenamauea's story / Tenamauea Kabanti. 10. Nei Makin -- Makin's story / Makin Corrie Tekenimatang. 11. Kabunare's story / Michael Field. 12. Na teitawana -- A senseless death / Teweiariki Teaero. 13. Na taomati / Tama Taomati and Ranga Teitirake. 14. Kanimea's mission and passion / Teweiariki Teaero. 15. My days at Motawa / Banea. 16. Strong currents / Tuari Itaia. 17. A minister visits Banaba / Rev. Semota Ekeaua. 18. Euneke -- traditional healer of Uma Village / Numaniti Christine Teiannang. 19. 'Ocean Island/Banaba' / Rev. Koririnnang Manibwe. 20. The will to live / Butau Bureitetau. 21. Caretaking the resources / Deaconess Wabuti Rouben. 22. A story about adoption / Maere Kaireiti. 23. Women's interest group / Arariki Kaake. 24. Looking after my family / Mere Timoteo. 25. Fishing and carving on Rabi / Tiroba Tabuariki. 26. Teaching English at Rabi High School / Tumeima Rotan Wiriam. 27. Thirty-three years of teaching / Raratu Burenteweia. 28. Buakonikai Primary School / Alita Tebaia. 29. Thoughts from a teacher / Katarina Dimainukusa. 30. Disaster strikes at Buakonikai / Tion Katangateman. 31. Laughter and joy in the village / Kaitama Tebaiti Tawaka. 32. Dancing and massage / Kaiao Borerei. 33. An island flowing with milk and honey / Rev. Itaaka Eri. 34. It's good to know both sides / Veronica Toaia McGhee. 35. Teaiwa's kainga / Katerina Teaiwa. 36. Banaban routes and roots -- a dialogue / Wolfgang Kempf and Taomati Teai. 37. Feelings of connectedness -- the Banabans and their home islands / Elfriede Hermann & Taiman Tebitaki Kokoria. 38. A kind of heaven / Betuao Chung. 39. Born on Banaba / Barbara Dreaver -- Ara ataei -- Our youngsters. 40. This life on Rabi / Kiaimoa Tekenimatang. 41. The young man and the sea / Bubutei Teaoti. 42. Getting to school on time / Takenteiti Corrie. 43. Maybe to study agriculture? / Teria Tekenimatang. 44. Maybe to become a doctor? / Totea Timoa. 45. Maybe to become a teacher? / Aroiti Tikaua. 46. A photo of my father / Tearoba Teaiwa. 47. Maybe to see my little brother one day? / Kauae Tekanabu. 48. Maybe to become a pilot? / William Tabuariki. 49. Culture and craft at Rabi High School / Merea Timoteo. 50. Maybe to become a house builder? / John Tekenimatang. 51. Proud to be a pupil / Mautera Ratai Michael Alphonso. 52. Learning to fish / Joseph Paul Tuari. 53. A tidal wave on Rabi / Francesco Pio Tuari. 54. The special rock at Mokai / Serah Tabuariki. 55. My dancing experience / Teitinikaeke Tekenimatang. 56. My dream / Tioua Tabuariki. 57. Decembers on Rabi / Taniera Tekenimatang -- I-matang -- Those from outside. 58. Diary, Ocean island, 1900 / Albert Ellis. 59. Six months on a South Sea island / Lilian Arundel. 60. Ocean Island / William Mahaffy. 61. A letter to the Banaban people / Jennifer Orange. 62. Ko-na Mauri / Joan Milne. 63. My life on Ocean Island / Mary Hunt. 64. Closer to home than any place I've got / Paul Wolffram and Bill Muir. 65. A pendant of phosphate rock / Helen Pilkinton. 66. My father, Paul Laxton / Hilary Laxton Kerrod. 67. Banaban dance / Beth Dean Carell. 68. Frigate birds on the wing / Jennifer Shennan. 69. A Banaban journey / Gerard Hindmarsh. 70. Drifting with the Banaban / Fr Donal McIlraith. 71. Letter to Banaba / Helen Tionisio.
Public Access Text
Alternative title: One & a half Pacific islands.
Collection Type
Reading Room
Copyright
All rights reserved
Last Update
19 Dec 2023
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