Sarbananda Sonowal visits Majuli for Raas Festival, rallies

Edit The Times of India 16 Nov 2016
Sonowal, who represents the constituency in the state assembly, is on a two-day visit to the river island and also took part in two election rallies on Tuesday. The chief minister landed at Jengrai on the island at 11.30 am and addressed a rally there ... The island hosts a total of 59 Raas pandals ... the island's biggest....

Update | Vodafone, Spark and Chorus working together to restore services to Kaikoura (Chorus Limited)

Edit Public Technologies 16 Nov 2016
Since our last update, a large number of technicians have been working around the clock in multiple locations on the North and South Islands to restore phone and broadband services to Kaikoura and the surrounding areas ... Improving resilience in South Island ... Improving resilience in South Island. Work continues in parallel to improve the telecommunications network resiliency in the South Island....

UPDATE: Vodafone, Spark and Chorus working together to restore services to Kaikoura (Vodafone New Zealand Limited)

Edit Public Technologies 16 Nov 2016
Since our last update, a large number of technicians have been working around the clock in multiple locations on the North and South Islands to restore phone and broadband services to Kaikoura and the surrounding areas ... Improving resilience in South Island. Work continues in parallel to improve the telecommunications network resiliency in the South Island....

Islanders struggling to score during rough start to season

Edit Richmond Times Dispatch 16 Nov 2016
Sixteen games into the season — about one-fifth of the way through — the Islanders are having trouble scoring goals and the losses are piling up ... The Islanders were booed through much of their latest loss — 4-0 to Tampa Bay — by the home fans looking for another strong season after finally reaching the second round of the playoffs for the first time since 1993 ... The Islanders head into that 5-4-2 on home ice....

Photo gallery: Florida Panthers at Montreal Canadiens | Tues., Nov. 15, 2016

Edit The Miami Herald 16 Nov 2016
LinkedIn Google+ Pinterest Reddit Print Order Reprint of this Story. Florida Panthers defenseman Aaron Ekblad, center, celebrates with teammates after scoring the winning goal during overtime in an NHL hockey game, Tues., Nov ... 1 of 7 ... New York Islanders at Florida Panthers ... Panthers at Islanders Game 6 ... Islanders, Game 5 ... Florida Panthers at New York Islanders, Game 4 ... Panthers at Islanders Game 3 ... Islanders, Game 2 ... Islanders, Game 1 ....

Big Island Rep. Clift Tsuji dies

Edit Star Advertiser 16 Nov 2016
State Rep. Clift Tsuji of the Big >Island died today at the Queen’s Medical Center in Honolulu, according to the state House of Representatives. He was 75 ...Rep ... His legacy of service will be remembered by his constituents and all Hawaii island residents ... U.S. Sen ... Tsuji was low-key in style but a firm fighter for the needs of the people of the Big Island ... 20, 1941, and raised in the Big Island plantation town of Papaikou ... ....

November Earthquake - Network Updates (Vodafone New Zealand Limited)

Edit Public Technologies 16 Nov 2016
Yesterday's earthquake impacted mobile and fixed line services in the lower North Island and upper South Island ... As a priority, teams are working to provide additional resilience for the South Island utilising an undersea fibre optic cable that links between the North and South Islands and comes ashore just outside of Kaikoura for a power boost (Aqualink cable)....

New Zealand open for business (New Zealand Tourism Board)

Edit Public Technologies 16 Nov 2016
(Source. New Zealand Tourism Board) ... New Zealand remains a safe a place to visit ... The main area affected is Kaikoura, a small community approximately 2 ½ hours drive north of Christchurch in the South Island ... For Christchurch itself, the North Island and the rest of New Zealand, it is largely 'business as usual' ... The North Island of New Zealand is unaffected so anyone wishing to travel around the North Island can do so ... (noodl. 36328106) ....

One looming consequence of climate change: Small island nations will cease to exist

Edit The Los Angeles Times 16 Nov 2016
... the Alliance of Small Island Nations underscored the need to speed up efforts to combat global warming and adapt to its effects....

Miss Universe contestant responds to accusations of racism

Edit Mashable 16 Nov 2016
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are warned that the following article contains images of deceased persons....

HILT purchases 211-acre easement to protect macadamia orchard

Edit Business Journal 16 Nov 2016
The Hawaiian Islands Land Trust on Tuesday announced its purchase of a 211-acre conservation easement on the Big >Island from the Janice M. Grassman Trust. The easement will preserve the Grassman Macadamia Nut Farm on Lorenzo Road in Naalehu. The mixed-age orchard is adjacent to the Kau Forest Reserve ... The money to pay for… ... ....

UPDATE @ 4:15 pm Wednesday 16 November

Edit Scoop 16 Nov 2016
Monday’s devastating earthquake impacted mobile and fixed line services in the lower North Island and upper South Island. The issues affecting Vodafone’s mobile network have been resolved – with our remaining impacted site in Waiau now connected ... ....

Trump gets ghosted by New Zealand PM because earthquakes will do that

Edit Mashable 16 Nov 2016
But in this scenario, your booty call is actually a political obligation that you can't fulfil because an earthquake devastated your South Island. Still with us?. Prime Minster John Key appeared on morning television Tuesday, saying that Trump had tried to call him, either to return Key's earlier congratulatory phone call or to offer his support after earthquakes rocked the upper South Island region this week. ....
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