Bairiki is the only small town on the island of Bairiki, on (Tarawa) atoll. It's part of Kiribati, also known as Teinainano Urban Council or TUC. From Bairiki to Bonriki, all the islands are united by roads and causeways, with no interruption. It is the main administrative centre of the republic of Kiribati (presidency and most of the ministeries) but the Parliament has been moved on Ambo Island, halfway to Bonriki. Often considered wrongly as the capital for the Republic of Kiribati, it's only a small part of it. In the village there is a small port (the main is on Betio islet) and quite near of Bairiki, but not on the island, an extension centre of the University of the South Pacific.
Bairiki is the only small town on the island of Bairiki, on (Tarawa) atoll.
From Bairiki to Bonriki, all the islands are united by roads and causeways, with no interruption.
In the village there is a small port (the main is on Betio islet) and quite near of Bairiki, but not on the island, an extension centre of the University of the South Pacific.
Meetings with the elders of Bonriki village - the traditional owners of the water reserve - also revealed that the study was unknowingly caught up in a much wider, social issue.
There was an ongoing struggle involving the elders and the government, with the elders seeking a considerable increase in financial and social compensation from the government, over the establishment of a water reserve and an international airport on Bonriki land.
The conflict affected the reponses of the villagers, who thought that the research team were somehow involved in the struggle.
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