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'Mayor Ben' Tried and True
BY J. ARTHUR RATH - In the tradition of other immigrant groups, Filipinos glorified every achievement of their countrymen as they advanced from the fields into the mainstream of island life. The person making them the proudest was Benjamin J. Cayetano, who, after winning eight elections to public office, was twice consecutively elected governor of [...]
Top Ten Signs the World is Ending, Starting with Hawaii
10. Honolulu Rail begins construction. 9. The Hawaii Legislature starts soon. 8. Gov. Neil Abercrombie announces "no new taxes" this year but later said would consider it. 7. Yet another Obama Ohana vacation in Hawaii. 5. Congressman Ron Paul begins to make sense. 4. Congresswoman Mazie Hirono moves into the 2nd Congressional district. 3. Actress [...]
Iconic North Island: Rotorua, Bay of Islands & Northland
Last of a four-part series on New Zealand’s North Island Text and pictures © Allan Seiden, 2012 As with Hawaii, New Zealand is a living landscape. On North Island, evidence of volcanic, seismic, and thermal [...]
South Seas Magic, North Island Style
Third in a series on New Zealand’s North Island Text and pictures © Allan Seiden, 2012 When European settlers cleared 80% of North Island’s densely forested landscape in the last decades of the 19thcentury to create pasture for the cows and sheep that soon outnumbered the island’s human population. Today it’s even [...]
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