This one is for my brother Jacob:

"PRIZE: Former Wairarapa College student David Winter, who has become one of only three New Zealanders to win the prestigious Ernst Mayr award for systematic biology."

Christian Miller lived up to his lofty billing, while Chris Cajigan got off to a rousing start, as the two CNMI junior netters swept their opening day assignments in the 2010 Pacific Oceania Junior Championships last Monday in Fiji.

My sister thought this was interesting.

"Chris Cajigan is a win away from sweeping his pool assignment in the 2010 Pacific Oceania Junior Championships after booking two more wins in Fiji last Tuesday."

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On his way to see an eclipse, Paul Stephanus discovers the ancient traditions of Mangaia, one of the Cook Islands. Cook Islands - Mangaia - Oceania - Easter Island - Astronomy

"Fishing industry representatives from 23 countries have been in Auckland this week trying to thrash out the details of a body to regulate activities in the South Pacific."

Leon is looking for more info.

I saw this posted Friday on WWW.SCOOP.CO.NZ.

"Fiji Government will be hosting the 2nd Meeting of the Pacific Island Countries Network for Ozone (ODS) Environment Officers."

I saw this posted Friday on WWW.WIRED.COM.

"Eclipse hunters set a new record on July 11 for the longest eclipse ever observed by civilians chasing the moon in an airplane."

IT IS THE love for the sea, nature, forests and meeting people of different backgrounds that inspired British-American couple Peter and Virginia Dimsey to work hard and save enough money to build a boat to embark on a world tour.

Norman told me about this - "[Apia, 19 July 2010] Resources lost to corruption are resources lost to the poor. This in turn slows the progress towards the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals."