2015-05-212015-05-212015-05-21http://hdl.handle.net/2440/91285Scanned from the original held as part of the Maude papers from Rare Books and Special Collections, Barr Smith Library.Consists of both the Atoll Pioneer, No 4. 15 February, 1979 and the Atoll Pioneer No 5, 22 February 1979Newspaper Atoll Pioneer 15 February 1979 announcing Kiribati as new name for the Gilbert Islands and a new sovereign republic on 12 July 1979. The Atoll Pioneer of 22 February 1979 asserts that Banaban opposition will not affect Independence for Kiribati.Gilbert Islands, KiribatiText