Manihiki

1884, it was lamented that this Gema who was a very helpful earlier on, has now completely become basically a mercenary, a gun for hire.

And at that year, a missionary from Manihiki Island, I think in the Cook Islands, came to Hula, was posted to Hula.

It is through his influence and through God, working in the life of this powerful young man, who later became the head deacon of the church in Hula.

Wow.

Yankee Tango 5 Alpha, Horaine, will operate a Z-51 Alpha from Rarotonga in the South Cook Islands from November 14th to the 22nd.

The holiday-style operation, used in CW Saiban and FT8 on all bands, will help prepare for a de-expedition to Manahiki in the North Cook Islands planned for September 25th to October 10th, 2027.

Anyone interested in joining the 2027 expedition can contact Horaine at yankeetango5alpha at yahoo.com. And more information is available at yankeetango1alphadelta or yt1ad.com.

If you have any questions or need information, just drop me a note at thedxmentor at gmail.com. Until next week, this is Bill, AJB, Saiyan73, and thanks to my XYO Karen for her love and support.

Yankee Tango 5 Alpha, Horane, will operate as Z51A from Raratonga in the South Cook Islands from November 14th to the 22nd.

The holiday-style operation using CW sideband and FT8 on all bands will help prepare for a de-expedition to Manihiki in the North Cook Islands planned for September 25th to October 10th, 2027.

Anyone interested in joining the 2027 expedition can contact Horane at yankeeTango5Alpha@yahoo.com, and more information is available at Yankee Tango 1 Alpha Delta or yt1ad.com.

If you have any questions or need information, just drop me a note at thedxmentor@gmail.com. Until next week, this is Bill, AJB, saying 73, and thanks to my XYL, Karen, for her love and support.

For Louisa, sustainability isn't just a corporate policy, it's personal.

I grew up in one of the far northern group islands of the Cook Islands on a beautiful island called Manihiki.

And Manihiki is known for its black pearls.

So I was fortunate to be brought up on our family pearl farm.

So for me, we've always known what it was like to grow up balancing both a livelihood and income as well as balancing, you know, the intricacies of the environment to ensure that it always, one, is healthy but can continue to provide for our family for generations.

That's right.

Way north is Manihiki, Penrhyn, and a few others.

And so you come from the island of Manihiki.

Manihiki, yeah.

And how many people live on Manihiki?

At that time when I was there, there were between 600 to 700 people on that island.

Now there's only about 100 and 100 plus.

Wow.