A website of Nias people, culture and current affairs
by Christine McCafferty Thursday, 4 May, 2006 Humanitarian work has once again drawn Gisborne nurse Margaret Thorpe back to the poverty-stricken islands of Indonesia. Mrs Thorpe is returning to the… Read more »
JAKARTA, April 26 (Xinhua) — The European Commission has signed the second commitment agreement to provide Multi Donor Fund with 117.5 million euros to finance post-earthquake and tsunami reconstruction efforts… Read more »
Jakarta – A strong earthquake measuring 5.9 on the Richter scale struck Indonesia's Nias Island off the western coast of Sumatra early Wednesday, but there were no reports of structural… Read more »
Monday, April 24, 2006 Rendi Akhmad Witular, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Agency for Aceh and Nias (BRR) plans to accelerate the bidding process for projects worth… Read more »
Tuesday, January 03, 2006 I refer to your article, Nias reconstruction work criticized, published in The Jakarta Post on Dec. 28. It is not clear where Agus Mendrova got the… Read more »
Wednesday, December 28, 2005Apriadi Gunawan, The Jakarta Post, Medan The Nias regency administration lashed out at the Aceh-Nias Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Agency on Tuesday for the lack of progress in… Read more »
Wednesday, December 21, 2005Apriadi Gunawan, The Jakarta Post, Medan Almost a year after the tsunami, survivors on Nias in North Sumatra have accused both the central and local administrations of… Read more »
Monday, December 19, 2005 Apriadi Gunawan, The Jakarta Post, Medan A non-governmental organization (NGO) has reported that child trafficking and illegal adoptions were continuing in the tsunami-ravaged areas of Aceh… Read more »
Thursday, December 08, 2005 JAKARTA: The United States and Indonesia will undertake their first military-to-military operations since the U.S. government’s restrictions on defense cooperation were put in place years ago,… Read more »
Wednesday, December 07, 2005 Ridwan Max Sijabat, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Almost a year after two devastating natural disasters struck Nias Island in North Sumatra, some 4,000 families are still… Read more »
Tuesday, October 18, 2005 Apriadi Gunawan, The Jakarta Post, Medan Around 50,000 earthquake survivors on Nias island are still living in tents and military-style barracks and more than 1,400 children… Read more »
Tuesday, June 21, 2005 Abdul Khalik, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Several prominent figures from Nias alleged on Monday that dozens of children had been taken off the island illegally since… Read more »
Friday, June 17, 2005 Abdul Khalik and Theresia Sufa, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta, Bogor Ten young children from Nias, brought to Jakarta on Tuesday without proper documents, will soon be… Read more »
Tuesday, June 07, 2005 The massive quake that hit Nias island on March 28 has altered its position.
Sunday, May 29, 2005 Upon the invitation of the International Organization for Migration (IOM), The Jakarta Post's Chisato Hara observed the organization's assisted voluntary return program in Medan, in Gunung… Read more »