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...there are few things the country needs more urgently. New Zealand's Maui gas field, discovered in the 1970s, provides one-third of the country's power and tops up hydro shortfalls when rivers are low. But within three to five years the gas will be gone. Meanwhile, a growing economy is gobbling up power - 2.5% more of it each year - and making the national grid feel its age. Power lines into Auckland, where almost one-third of New Zealanders now live, can barely handle peak loads. At a national electricity summit two weeks ago, industry leaders warned that...
Pete Cabrinha had ridden killer waves before, but this time, as he surfed down the face of a giant swell rolling in over the notorious Jaws reef off Maui, Hawaii, last January, he couldn't find the bottom. "It was growing in front of me and growing behind me, so it felt like I wasn't getting anywhere," recalls Cabrinha, 42, a veteran surfer from Hawaii. There had already been 10 "horrific wipeouts" that morning. As Cabrinha was gaining speed going down the wave, its breaking lip was closing in fast from behind. People watching from the shore began shouting...
There are also a handful of songs that remind one of the loftier purpose this disc serves. “I’m Goin’ to Maui,” written from the perspective of Koko, declares “I’ve been thinking ‘bout wide open spaces/Where my friends and I can roll and play/Oh, Maui’s calling me.” The song refers to the Maui Ape Preserve that The Gorilla Foundation, led by Dr. Francine “Penny” Patterson, is hoping to build...
...MAUI SURFER GIRLS Maui, Hawaii mauisurfergirls.com A 12-day overnight camp for girls 12 to 17, for around $2,000, includes Hawaiian-bracelet-making classes and mountain hikes. The next is in 2003, but $250 weekend clinics run all year...
...rarest bird on earth, the po'ouli, or black-faced honeycreeper, just ended, and researchers in Hawaii were unable to mate successfully two of the three remaining birds in the species. Suffering from habitat loss and disease, the po'ouli faces extinction on the slopes of Maui's Haleakala volcano. Researchers at the Maui Forest Bird Recovery Project finally captured one of the two remaining females last month. At dusk the female was released into the territory of the only remaining male. But the next morning, the female po'ouli fluttered homeward without ever encountering the unaware male...