News

Niustext database
11 November 2011

New to Niustext is the Cook Islands Herald archive, 2007-Jan 2010
Also the first archival issue on Mai Life, April 2010
The last issue for 2011 of Pacific Journalism Review has been loaded. Thanks to David Robie at AUT Pacific Media Centre.

Visit to Samoa
12 October 2010

The Knowledge Basket visited Fiji, Rarotonga and Samoa recently in our quest for new resources for The Knowledge Basket - Pacific Islands. We had the pleasure of meeting with the Executive Committee of the Library Association of Samoa in Apia last month.
Seated from left are: Jacinta Godinet, Tologau Uatisone, Avalogo Togi Tunupopo, Omar Burgess, Angela Jowitt, Tina Ah Kuoi, Sia Gale and Peter Murgatroyd.

Press Releases from the Pacific - free to browse
16 July 2010

Nearly 2000 Press Releases from the Pacific Islands have come into our Press Releases collection. You can browse the latest for free at:
http://www.knowledge-basket.ws/databases/niustext/contents/pressrel_contents.html>
and of course site licencees can search them all through the Niustext database.

Welcome to Radio New Zealand International!
18 December 2009

The Radio New Zealand International Newswire has been added to Niustext. Stories commence from 1 December, and several stories arrive every day.

Welcome to the Cook Islands News!
1 September 2009

We are delighted to bring the Cook Islands News to you. CI News is updated daily in Niustext and you have access to an extensive archive of articles going back to 1992 - that's nearly 20 years of news from the Cook Islands! Our warm thanks to John Woods and the team at CI News for bringing this unique and invaluable resource to The Knowledge Basket.

More information resources coming from the Pacific Islands.

Newspapers and TV footage from Tonga; TV, Radio and more newspaper material from the Cook Islands; News releases from Femlink, SPREP, have all been enthusiastically offered from publishers around the Pacific. We will be adding these as they come to hand.

The Knowledge Basket South Pacific is launched!
1 June 2009

Thanks to all those publishers and contributors who have joined with us in beginning this new initiative for gathering news and information, current and archival for the South Pacific region.