[New post] 1983 girl found – her name is June Keitadi, living on Aneityum

WordPress.com dailyvanuatu posted: " Last Monday, we posted a photo of of an unknown young ni-Vanuatu girl taken in 1983 while at a protest in Port Vila against France's nuclear testing in the Pacific. NZ journalist and educator David Robie used her image on " Respond to this post by replying above this line New post on Vanuatu Daily Digest 1983 girl found – her name is June Keitadi, living on Aneityum by dailyvanuatu June Keitadi photographed 17/2/2016, Anelkauhat, Aneityum. Photo: Esrom N Loughmani June Keitadi in 1983 Last Monday, we posted a photo of of an unknown young ni-Vanuatu girl taken in 1983 while at a protest in Port Vila against France's nuclear testing in the Pacific. NZ journalist and educator David Robie used her image on the cover of his latest book and was keen to identify her. Here's the original image of her in 1983: June at work at Teruja secondary school, 17/2/2016. Our post receieved an enormous response, and many of Vanuatu Daily Digest readers contacted us to let us know who she is. We're please to tell you that her name is June Keitadi, and she's alive and well and living in Anelkauhat, Aneityum with her own family. June is the daughter of Weitas and Jack Keitadi, then curator of the Vanuatu Kaljoral Senta with Kirk Huffman. Her sister Shirley Loughman tells us that June is the assistant bursar at Teruja secondary school on Aneityum. David Robie says he hopes to meet June on a  planned visit to Vanuatu later this: "I hope to one day meet her personally again and give her a copy of my book", he says on his Café Pacific blog. dailyvanuatu | February 18, 2016 at 10:53 am | Tags: David Robie, June Keitadi, lost and found, Vanuatu | Categories: Human Interest | URL: http://wp.me/p2A4RK-Uk Comment    See all comments Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from Vanuatu Daily Digest. Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://ift.tt/1XyARsQ Thanks for flying with WordPress.com

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