List of Illustrations

p. xiv

Preface

p. xv

Acknowledgments

p. xvii

Contributors

p. xviii

Abbreviations

p. xxviii

Glossary

p. xxxiii

Physical Environment The sea Oceanic environment

p. 3

The underwater world

p. 6

Pelagic fish

p. 8

Skipjack tuna

p. 8

Ocean anchovy

p. 8

Sharks

p. 9

Rays

p. 9

Corals

p. 10

Molluscs

p. 10

Crustaceans

p. 11

Whales, dolphins and porpoises

p. 11

Dolphins

p. 13

Porpoises

p. 14

Sea lion

p. 14

Dugong

p. 15

Turtles

p. 15

Ocean trenches

p. 16

Minerva reefs

p. 18

The land Geological history of the Pacific

p. 18

Atolls

p. 20

High tropical mountains

p. 21

Volcanic activity

p. 22

Volcanoes of Hawai'i

p. 24

Volcanoes of Papua New Guinea

p. 25

Sepik River

p. 26

Fly River

p. 27

Plants, birds and animals Prehistoric plants and animals

p. 27

Plants of the Pacific

p. 28

Sandalwood

p. 30

Indigenous food crops

p. 30

Coconuts

p. 31

Major starch foods

p. 32

Indigenous fruit and nuts

p. 34

Betelnut

p. 36

Tropical flowers

p. 36

Orchids

p. 36

Bougainvillea

p. 36

Frangipani

p. 36

Florilegium

p. 36

Marine birds

p. 37

Frigate-bird

p. 38

Land birds

p. 38

Bird of paradise

p. 38

Kagu

p. 38

Frogs and toads

p. 39

Reptiles

p. 39

Climate and nature Environmental change

p. 40

Climate change

p. 43

Drought

p. 44

El Nino

p. 44

Natural disasters

p. 45

Cataclysmic eruptions

p. 47

Cyclones

p. 48

Tsunami

p. 49

Peoples Settlement Footsteps from Asia: the peopling of the Pacific

p. 53

First colonists

p. 54

The Austronesians

p. 55

Lapita culture

p. 58

Settlement of New Guinea

p. 59

Settlement of the eastern Pacific

p. 60

Settlement of the northern Pacific

p. 62

Polynesia, Melanesia and Micronesia

p. 63

Language Languages of the Pacific Basin

p. 63

Kanak languages of New Caledonia

p. 67

Languages of Papua New Guinea

p. 68

French language in the Pacific

p. 70

Trading languages in Papua New Guinea

p. 71

Tok Pisin

p. 72

Bislama

p. 73

Fiji Hindi

p. 74

Fiji Pidgin English

p. 75

Languages of Polynesia

p. 75

Solomon Islands Pijin

p. 76

Voyaging Wondering minds and wandering keels

p. 77

Canoes and rafts

p. 79

Hokule'a

p. 80

Polynesian voyaging society

p. 80

Kupe

p. 80

Tupaia

p. 80

Nainoa Thompson

p. 81

Mau Piailug

p. 81

Kon-Tiki expedition

p. 81

Computer simulations of ancient voyages

p. 82

Demography Early populations

p. 82

Fatal impact

p. 83

Depopulation

p. 84

Voluntary migration

p. 85

Forced migration

p. 87

Living in cities Urbanization

p. 88

Apia

p. 92

Avarua

p. 93

Hagatna

p. 93

Honiara

p. 94

Honolulu

p. 95

Kolonia

p. 96

Koror

p. 97

Majuro

p. 98

Noumea

p. 99

Nuku'alofa

p. 100

Pago Pago

p. 101

Pape'ete

p. 101

Port Moresby

p. 102

Port Vila

p. 103

Saipan

p. 104

Suva

p. 104

South Tarawa

p. 105

Diaspora Pacific diaspora

p. 106

Cross-cultural contacts

p. 108

Kanaka seamen

p. 109

Beachcombers

p. 109

San Lesmes

p. 109

Circular mobility

p. 110

Girmitiya

p. 110

Kanakas in Australia

p. 111

Dr Faith Bandler

p. 112

Noel Fatnowna

p. 112

Pacific islanders in Australia

p. 113

Pacific islanders in New Zealand

p. 114

Pacific islanders in the United States of America

p. 115

Ebeye

p. 116

Multi-ethnic population of Hawai'i

p. 117

History Histories in the Pacific Genealogies

p. 121

Nan Madol, Pohnpei

p. 121

Lelu Ruins, Kosrae

p. 122

Ha'amonga-a-Maui

p. 122

Heiau, ancient stone temples of Hawai'i

p. 122

Who carved the statues of Easter Island?

p. 123

Rapanui archaeology

p. 123

Oral history in the Pacific: whose voices are heard?

p. 125

Cartography in the Pacific

p. 126

Histories in the Pacific islands

p. 129

Pacific History Association

p. 132

Pacific Manuscripts Bureau (PAMBU)

p. 132

Indigenous chiefly systems, titles and trade Early society and authority systems

p. 132

Ali'i and Hawaiian chiefly status

p. 135

Ariki

p. 135

Tongan chiefly status and the Tu'i Tonga

p. 135

Pohnpeian chiefdoms

p. 136

Nahnken

p. 136

Traditional leadership in Micronesia

p. 137

Fijian chiefly status

p. 137

Samoan matai titles

p. 138

Hiri trading voyages

p. 139

Kula exchange system

p. 140

Yap 'trade empire' and stone money

p. 140

Traditional authority and distribution of food

p. 141

Traditional rulers

p. 141

Pomare I

p. 141

Kamehameha I

p. 142

Ka'ahumanu

p. 142

Pomare II

p. 142

George Tupou I

p. 142

Queen Pomare IV

p. 143

Kamehameha III

p. 143

Naisiline Nidoish

p. 144

Cakobau

p. 144

Lili'uokalani

p. 145

Lauaki Namulau'ulu Mamoe

p. 145

Kwaisulia

p. 145

Te'o Tuvale

p. 146

Henry Nanpei

p. 146

European visitors: first contacts Europe arriving

p. 147

Spain and Portugal in the Pacific

p. 150

Ferdinand Magellan

p. 151

Dutch exploration

p. 151

Lost ships

p. 152

Captain James Cook

p. 152

Death of Captain Cook

p. 153

French exploration, 1768-1815

p. 154

Louis Antoine de Bougainville

p. 154

Wallis and Carteret

p. 155

La Perouse

p. 155

Mutiny on the Bounty

p. 156

William Bligh

p. 158

Louis-Claude de Freycinet

p. 158

Dumont d'Urville

p. 159

United States exploring expedition

p. 159

The noble savage

p. 159

Ahutoru

p. 160

Omai

p. 160

Lee Boo

p. 161

Ruatara

p. 161

Scientists and observers

p. 161

Denis Diderot

p. 161

Joseph Banks

p. 161

Adelbert von Chamisso

p. 162

Lajos Biro

p. 163

T J McMahon

p. 163

Bronislaw Malinowski

p. 163

W H R Rivers

p. 164

C G Seligman

p. 164

Sir Peter Buck (Te Rangi Hiroa)

p. 164

Women anthropologists in Papua New Guinea

p. 165

Margaret Mead

p. 165

Camilla Wedgwood

p. 166

The Pacific in European art

p. 167

Paul Gauguin

p. 170

Writing about the Pacific

p. 170

Some European writers on the Pacific islands

p. 173

R M Ballantyne

p. 173

Louis Becke

p. 173

Samuel Butler

p. 173

Lady Constance F Gordon Cumming

p. 173

Allen Curnow

p. 174

William Dampier

p. 174

Daniel Defoe

p. 174

William Ellis

p. 174

Robert D Fitzgerald

p. 174

Robert James Fletcher

p. 174

Robert Dean Frisbie

p. 174

Friedrich Gerstacker

p. 174

Arthur Grimble

p. 174

Beatrice Grimshaw

p. 174

James Jones

p. 174

William Henry Giles Kingston

p. 174

Jack London

p. 174

Pierre Loti

p. 174

James McAuley

p. 174

Jack McLaren

p. 174

William Mariner

p. 174

Jean Mariotti

p. 174

Somerset Maugham

p. 174

Herman Melville

p. 174

James A Michener

p. 174

Charles Bernard Nordhoff

p. 174

Willard Price

p. 175

Olaf Ruhen

p. 175

Arnold Safroni-Middleton

p. 175

Kenneth Slessor

p. 175

Henry de Vere Stacpoole

p. 175

Charles Warren Stoddard

p. 175

Randolph Stow

p. 175

Paul Theroux

p. 175

Jules Verne

p. 175

Religion and Christianity Indigenous religious systems

p. 175

The spread of Christian missions

p. 178

London Missionary Society

p. 178

American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions

p. 180

Methodists

p. 180

Anglicans

p. 181

French missions in the Pacific

p. 181

Lutherans

p. 183

Lotu

p. 184

New Zealand's involvement in Pacific missions

p. 184

Hongi Hika

p. 184

Mulipola Fauea

p. 185

Influence of missions in Fiji

p. 185

Pacific islander missionaries

p. 185

Pastors

p. 186

George Sarawia

p. 186

Soakimi Gatafahefa

p. 186

The first Hawaiian missionaries

p. 187

Mary Kaaialii Nawaa

p. 187

Missionary biographies

p. 187

Charles Abel

p. 187

Shirley Baker

p. 188

Hiram Bingham

p. 188

William Bromilow

p. 189

George Brown

p. 189

John Wear Burton

p. 189

James Chalmers

p. 189

Pierre (St Peter) Chanel

p. 190

Robert Codrington

p. 190

Joseph Damien

p. 190

Jean-Baptiste Epalle

p. 191

Thomas Haweis

p. 191

John Hunt

p. 191

Honore Laval

p. 191

W G Lawes

p. 192

Maurice Leenhardt

p. 192

Samuel Marsden

p. 192

John G Paton

p. 193

John Coleridge Patteson

p. 193

Bishop Pompallier

p. 194

George Pritchard

p. 194

Bishop Selwyn

p. 195

Charles Vienot

p. 195

John Williams

p. 196

The church in the Pacific today

p. 197

Mormons

p. 198

Seventh-Day Adventist church

p. 199

Baha'i

p. 199

Hinduism

p. 199

New Christian movements

p. 200

Trade and labour Colonial labour trade

p. 202

Beach communities

p. 204

Kororareka

p. 206

Lahaina

p. 207

Levuka

p. 207

China trade

p. 207

Blackbirders

p. 208

Peruvian slave trade

p. 208

Torres Strait seaway

p. 208

Whaling

p. 209

Beche-de-mer

p. 210

Sandalwood trade

p. 211

Phosphate

p. 212

Guano

p. 213

Copra and coconut oil

p. 213

Polynesia Company

p. 213

Japanese commercial interests

p. 213

German commercial interests

p. 215

J C Godeffroy and Sohn

p. 216

Jaluit Gesellschaft

p. 216

Burns Philp

p. 217

Lever Brothers

p. 217

Carpenter Group

p. 218

Hennings

p. 218

Morris Hedstrom

p. 219

Ben Boyd

p. 219

John Higginson

p. 219

Robert Louis Stevenson

p. 220

Land tenure and alienation Customary land tenure

p. 221

German colonial land policies

p. 223

Land alienation in New Caledonia

p. 225

Land alienation in Hawai'i

p. 226

Great Mahele

p. 227

Land tenure in Tonga

p. 228

Fiji Native Land Trust Board

p. 228

Colonial rule Colonial rule: administrative styles and practices Spanish expansion, 1675-1899

p. 231

French expansion, 1817-1939

p. 233

Kanak rebellion, 1878

p. 234

German colonial administration, 1884-1914

p. 235

Japanese activity in Micronesia, 1885-1945

p. 236

Deed of Cession

p. 238

Guano Act of the United States

p. 239

Condominium

p. 239

Western Pacific High Commission

p. 240

Sir John Thurston

p. 241

Sir Arthur Gordon

p. 242

F J Moss

p. 242

Wilhelm Solf

p. 242

World War II Islander experiences in the Pacific war

p. 243

Papua New Guinea in the war

p. 249

War in Fiji

p. 250

Tonga in the war

p. 251

Kokoda Track

p. 252

Guadalcanal

p. 252

Pearl Harbor

p. 253

Post-war Pacific Cargo cults

p. 253

Nuclear testing

p. 256

US nuclear tests, 1946-62

p. 257

British nuclear tests, 1957-58

p. 257

French nuclear tests, 1966-96

p. 258

Nuclear-free Pacific

p. 258

Bikini Atoll

p. 259

Decolonization

p. 259

Fiji coups, 1987

p. 260

Bougainville conflict and peace process, 1988-98

p. 261

Chronology of a crisis

p. 263

Defence forces in the Pacific

p. 265

Papua New Guinea

p. 266

Fiji

p. 266

Vanuatu

p. 266

Solomon Islands

p. 266

American Samoa

p. 266

Guam

p. 266

Hawai'i

p. 266

Politics Leadership Politics in the Pacific: an overview

p. 269

Traditional leadership today

p. 272

Big-men

p. 273

Micronesian leadership after World War II

p. 273

Leadership codes in the Pacific

p. 276

Political biographies

p. 277

I'iga Pisa

p. 277

Samuel Wilder King

p. 277

Marou Mimi

p. 277

Ratu Sir Lala Sukuna

p. 278

Marcel Pouvana'a A Oopa

p. 278

Queen Salote Tupou III

p. 279

A D Patel

p. 280

Albert Henry

p. 281

Wilson Inia

p. 281

Sir Robert Rex

p. 282

Sir Fiatau Penitala Teo

p. 282

Francis Sanford

p. 282

Malietoa Tanumafili II

p. 282

Sir John Guise

p. 282

Kondom Agaundo

p. 283

Sir Thomas Davis

p. 283

Taufa'ahau Tupou IV

p. 283

Ratu Sir Penaia Ganilau

p. 284

Peter Coleman

p. 284

Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara

p. 285

Fiame Mata'afa Mulinu'u II

p. 285

Jonathan Fifi'i

p. 286

Prince Fatafehi Tu'ipelehake

p. 286

Tupua Tamasese Lealofi IV

p. 286

George Mye

p. 287

Hammer DeRoburt

p. 287

Tofilau Eti Alesana

p. 287

George R Ariyoshi

p. 288

Amata Kabua

p. 288

Ricardo J Bordallo

p. 289

Toalipi Lauti

p. 289

Sir Albert Maori Kiki

p. 289

Tosiwo Nakayama

p. 290

Gaston Flosse

p. 290

Ellie Gaffney

p. 290

Jacques Lafleur

p. 291

Paul M Calvo

p. 291

Dr Timoci Bavadra

p. 291

Lazarus Sali'i

p. 292

Edward Mabo

p. 292

Sir Michael Somare

p. 292

Jean-Marie Tjibaou

p. 293

Carlos Sablan Camacho

p. 294

Sir John Kaputin

p. 294

Sir Julius Chan

p. 295

Solomon Mamaloni

p. 295

Walter Lini

p. 295

John Momis

p. 296

Sir Iambakey Okuk

p. 296

Kuniwo Nakamura

p. 297

Sir Peter Kenilorea

p. 297

Dame Josephine Abaijah

p. 297

Nidoish Naisseline

p. 297

Bernard Dowiyogo

p. 298

Sir Rabbie Namaliu

p. 298

Sitiveni Rabuka

p. 299

Ieremia Tabai

p. 299

Bartholomew Ulufa'alu

p. 299

Paias Wingti

p. 300

Paul Neaoutyine

p. 300

Parties, politics and protest movements Protest: proto-nationalist movements

p. 300

Mau a Pule

p. 302

Vailala Madness

p. 303

John Frum movement

p. 303

Maasina Rule

p. 304

Nagriamel

p. 304

Hawaiian sovereignty: 100 years as a colony

p. 305

West Papuan nationalism

p. 306

Torres Strait independence movement

p. 306

Pro-democracy movement in Tonga

p. 307

Nationalism in French territories

p. 307

Mataungan Association

p. 309

Organisasi Papua Merdeka

p. 310

Pangu Pati

p. 310

Papua Besena

p. 311

Media management and the foreign policy process

p. 311

Government-media relations in the Pacific islands

p. 313

Political and legal systems Pacific constitutions

p. 314

International law and the Pacific Ocean

p. 316

Courts and legal systems

p. 317

Human rights

p. 319

Ombudsmen

p. 320

Criminal justice in Papua New Guinea

p. 320

Village court system of Papua New Guinea

p. 322

Constitutional development in Tonga

p. 323

Constitution review in Fiji

p. 324

Palau's nuclear-free constitution

p. 325

Matignon Accords

p. 326

Noumea Accord

p. 326

The region and the world Regional cooperation and initiatives

p. 326

Pacific Community (South Pacific Commission)

p. 328

South Pacific Forum

p. 329

Pacific islands and the world

p. 331

Australia and the Pacific

p. 331

The French Pacific in the 20th century

p. 332

Japan and the Pacific

p. 334

Latin America and the Pacific

p. 335

New Zealand and the Pacific

p. 336

The United States of America and the Pacific

p. 338

Economy Agriculture Agriculture

p. 343

Indigenous cultivation systems

p. 343

Arboriculture and agroforestry

p. 343

Shifting cultivation

p. 343

Irrigation and drainage

p. 344

Intensive cultivation

p. 344

Houseyard gardens

p. 345

Animal husbandry

p. 345

Contemporary production systems

p. 345

Farming's future

p. 346

Plantations

p. 347

Rural change and development

p. 348

Sugar

p. 353

Fiji's sugar industry

p. 354

Colonial Sugar Refining Company

p. 355

Pacific cash crops

p. 355

Palm oil

p. 355

Rubber

p. 355

Cocoa

p. 356

Coffee

p. 356

Rice

p. 356

Tea

p. 356

Labour Trade unions

p. 357

Apisai Tora

p. 361

Labour reserve

p. 361

Strikes and industrial action

p. 362

Fiji strikes of 1920 and 1921

p. 363

Rabaul strike 1929

p. 363

Strike action in Hawai'i

p. 364

Fiji strike of 1959

p. 364

Public service strike in Samoa

p. 364

Public sector employment

p. 365

Unemployment

p. 365

Labour--Cook Islanders

p. 366

Fisheries, forestry and mining Natural resources and international development

p. 366

Fisheries

p. 366

Forestry

p. 368

Mining and petroleum

p. 369

Mining in the Pacific islands

p. 371

Nickel mining

p. 373

Logging in Solomon Islands

p. 373

Jant wood chipping

p. 375

Subsistence and domestic fishing

p. 375

Island fisheries

p. 376

Multilateral Treaty on Fisheries

p. 377

Solomon Taiyo Limited

p. 377

Sustainable development

p. 377

Environmental concerns in Cook Islands

p. 380

Transport Shipping

p. 381

Aviation

p. 384

Flying boats

p. 388

Passenger liners and cruise ships

p. 388

Pacific Forum Line

p. 389

Financial and economic development Banking and finance

p. 389

Tax free zones

p. 391

Philatelic bureaux

p. 392

Cooperatives

p. 393

Foreign aid

p. 393

Aid rationale and philosophy

p. 395

Problems and prospects

p. 396

MIRAB economies

p. 397

Tourism

p. 398

South Pacific Tourism Council

p. 402

Pacific Islands Centre

p. 402

Society Gender and family relationships Family

p. 405

Rituals of the life-cycle

p. 408

Divination

p. 410

Feasts and the symbolism of food

p. 411

Kava

p. 412

Clan

p. 413

Polygyny

p. 413

Adoption

p. 414

Prostitution

p. 414

Gender

p. 415

Transvestism (transgenderism)

p. 416

Ritualised homosexuality

p. 417

Education Introduction of formal education

p. 418

Education in Hawai'i

p. 418

Education in Tonga

p. 419

Education in Fiji

p. 419

Education in Solomon Islands

p. 419

Education in French Polynesia

p. 419

Education in New Caledonia

p. 420

Education in Papua New Guinea

p. 420

Education in Cook Islands

p. 420

Educational planning in the Pacific

p. 421

Higher education for Pacific islanders

p. 422

Pacific universities

p. 423

University of Papua New Guinea

p. 424

University of the South Pacific

p. 425

Specialist medical training

p. 426

Theological colleges

p. 426

Pacific Theological College

p. 427

Newington College

p. 427

Center for Pacific Island Studies

p. 427

East-West Center

p. 427

Institute of Pacific Studies, Suva

p. 428

Institute for Polynesian Studies, Hawai'i

p. 428

Centre for South Pacific Studies, UNSW

p. 428

Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, ANU

p. 428

South Pacific Bureau for Educational Assessment

p. 428

Micronesian Area Research Center

p. 429

Centre for the Contemporary Pacific

p. 429

Macmillan Brown Centre for Pacific Studies

p. 429

Social order Traditional sanctions and laws

p. 429

Gift-giving in Melanesia

p. 432

Domestic violence

p. 433

Urban crime and social status

p. 434

Youth and crime in Papua New Guinea

p. 435

Raskols

p. 437

Urban squatting in Fiji

p. 437

Suicide in the Pacific islands

p. 439

Youth suicide in Micronesia

p. 440

Health Traditional food and nutrition

p. 440

Cooking

p. 441

Nutritional value of earlier diets

p. 442

Endemic and introduced diseases

p. 442

Traditional healing practices

p. 443

Fertility and family planning

p. 443

Nursing

p. 445

Child health in the Pacific

p. 446

Alcohol and drug abuse

p. 447

Trauma

p. 448

Mental health

p. 449

Burkitts tumour

p. 450

Diabetes

p. 450

HIV infection/AIDS

p. 450

Hookworm

p. 451

Kuru

p. 451

Malaria

p. 451

Pig bel

p. 452

Sexually transmitted diseases

p. 452

'Swollen baby' syndrome

p. 452

Tropical ulcers

p. 452

Cancer in Papua New Guinea

p. 453

Typhoid fever

p. 454

Yaws

p. 454

Sports and games Traditional sports and games

p. 455

String figures or 'cat's cradles'

p. 456

Contemporary sports

p. 456

Cricket

p. 459

South Pacific Games

p. 460

Origins of surfing

p. 460

Surfing today

p. 460

Pacific islanders' sporting achievements

p. 461

Bula

p. 461

John Rumet Kaputin

p. 461

Siteveni Rabuka

p. 461

Alain Lazare

p. 461

Peter Fatialofa

p. 461

Margharet Matenga

p. 461

Mark Pulemanu Tuinei

p. 461

Olo Max Brown

p. 461

Rita Fatialofa

p. 461

Willie (Viliame) Ofahengaue

p. 462

Va'aiga Tuigamala

p. 462

Paea Wolfgramm

p. 462

Marcus Stephen

p. 462

Waisale Serevi

p. 462

Daniel Manu

p. 462

Christian Lali Karembeu

p. 462

David Tua

p. 462

John (Sione) Hopoate

p. 462

Beatrice Faumuina

p. 463

Akebono

p. 463

Joeli Vidiri

p. 463

Jonah Lomu

p. 463

Communications Development of telecommunications

p. 463

Radio broadcasting

p. 468

Television and video

p. 469

Impact of television in the Pacific islands

p. 471

Television development and training

p. 472

Newspapers

p. 473

Publishing

p. 474

Magazines

p. 476

Pacific Islands Monthly

p. 476

Islands Business

p. 476

Perfect Beat

p. 476

Foreign media

p. 478

Pacnews

p. 478

Media associations

p. 479

Electronic networking

p. 479

Internet resources

p. 480

Culture Culture and identity Culture, kastom, tradition

p. 483

The Pacific way

p. 486

The pan-Pacific person

p. 487

Wantok

p. 487

Greetings from the Pacific islands

p. 488

Dress and decorative art Body decoration (bilas) in Papua New Guinea

p. 488

Tattooing

p. 490

Tattooing in Samoa

p. 491

Introduction of European clothing

p. 492

Performance Cook Islands traditional music and dance

p. 493

Music and dance in French Polynesia

p. 497

Hawaiian hula

p. 498

Dance in Tokelau

p. 499

Samoan traditional music and dance

p. 500

Dance in Papua New Guinea

p. 502

Singsing in Papua New Guinea

p. 505

Tongan music and dance

p. 506

Clowning in the Pacific

p. 507

Musical instruments

p. 508

Festival of Pacific Arts

p. 509

Heiva

p. 510

Contemporary Pacific music

p. 511

Contemporary Kaneka music of New Caledonia

p. 512

Contemporary music of Polynesia: Cook Islands

p. 513

Contemporary music in Papua New Guinea

p. 514

Indigenous popular music in Australia

p. 515

Literature Pacific identities, Pacific writing

p. 516

Creative literature by Pacific islanders

p. 517

New Zealand Maori literature: from fringe to centre

p. 517

Cook Islands literature

p. 518

Chamorro literature

p. 520

Contemporary writing in Fiji

p. 520

'Local' writing from Hawai'i

p. 521

Contemporary Hawaiian literature

p. 522

Indigenous literature: Micronesia

p. 524

Samoan written and oral literature

p. 525

Solomon Islands literature

p. 527

Indigenous writing in French Polynesia

p. 528

Some Pacific writers

p. 530

Apelu Aiavao

p. 530

Arapera Hineira Kaa Blank

p. 530

Nora Vagi Brash

p. 530

Marjorie Tuainekore Crocombe

p. 530

Sir Thomas (Tom) Davis

p. 531

Alan Duff

p. 531

Vincent Serei Eri

p. 531

Sia Figiel

p. 531

Florence (Johnny) Frisbie

p. 531

Patricia Grace

p. 531

Rowley Habib

p. 532

Epeli Hau'ofa

p. 532

Vilsoni Hereniko

p. 532

Keri Ann Ruhi Hulme

p. 532

Witi Ihimaera

p. 532

Arthur Jawodimbari

p. 532

Jon Jonassen

p. 533

Lilikala Kame'eleihiwa

p. 533

John Kasaipwalova

p. 533

Kauraka Kauraka

p. 533

Celo Kulagoe

p. 533

Julian Maka'a

p. 533

Jully Makini

p. 533

Sano Malifa

p. 534

Sir Paulias Matane

p. 534

Sudesh Mishra

p. 534

Grace Mera Molisa

p. 534

Satendra Pratap Nandan

p. 534

Sampson Ngwele

p. 534

Rexford Orotaloa

p. 534

Ruperake Petaia

p. 535

Raymond Pillai

p. 535

Roma Potiki

p. 535

John Pule

p. 535

John Selwyn Saunana

p. 535

Russell Soaba

p. 535

Subramani

p. 535

Robert Sullivan

p. 535

Kumalau Tawali

p. 535

Apirana Taylor

p. 536

Vianney Kianteata Teabo

p. 536

Teresia Teaiwa

p. 536

Francis Tekonnang

p. 536

Makiufi Tongia

p. 536

Konaiholeva Helu Thaman

p. 536

Haunani-Kay Trask

p. 536

Hone Tuwhare

p. 536

Joseph C Veramu

p. 537

Momoe Malietoa Von Reiche

p. 537

Albert Wendt

p. 537

Pacific arts Arts today: recent and contemporary art

p. 538

Documentary (non-fiction) film in the Pacific

p. 541

Fictional films

p. 543

Polynesian collections

p. 545

Bishop Museum

p. 546

Jean-Marie Tjibaou Cultural Centre

p. 546

Barkcloth

p. 546

Mats and mat-making

p. 549

Quilting in Polynesia

p. 550

Sepik art

p. 551

Traditional Malanggan art

p. 552

Traditional island architecture

p. 553

Parliament House of Papua New Guinea

p. 555

The Centre for Hawaiian Studies

p. 555

Island Profiles American Samoa

p. 559

Chatham Islands

p. 561

Cook Islands

p. 562

Federated States of Micronesia

p. 564

Fiji Islands

p. 566

Rotuma

p. 568

Flags of the Pacific Islands

p. 570

French Polynesia

p. 572

Galapagos Islands

p. 575

Guam

p. 576

Hawai'i

p. 578

Irian Jaya

p. 580

Kermadec Islands

p. 581

Kiribati

p. 582

Kiritimati (Christmas Island)

p. 584

Malden Island

p. 586

Marshall Islands

p. 586

Nauru

p. 588

New Caledonia

p. 590

Loyalty Islands

p. 592

Niue

p. 593

Norfolk Island

p. 594

Northern Mariana Islands

p. 596

Ogasawara Islands (Bonin Islands)

p. 597

Palau

p. 598

Papua New Guinea

p. 600

Pitcairn Islands

p. 602

Rapanui (Easter Island)

p. 603

Ryukyu Islands

p. 605

Samoa

p. 606

Solomon Islands

p. 608

Tokelau

p. 611

Tonga

p. 613

Torres Strait Islands

p. 616

Tuvalu

p. 618

Vanuatu

p. 620

Wallis and Futuna

p. 623

Subject Index

p. 625

Section Index

p. 657

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