Contents

People 5

“Self Government" for NZ Terri tories 15 Nauruans Want Independence 15 Nauruans Ask for Wage Increase 16 Emancipation Celebrations in Tonga 17 Fiji Liquor Protests 18 It's Now Sir David Trench 19 Fiji's Brightening Aspects 19 Fifth South Pacific Conference Plans 20 South Pacific Trade Talks 21 New Problems for the South Pacific Commission 21

Commentary 23

Spanner Speaks for Mixed Races 24

The Editors' Mailbag 25

US Tracking Stations in NG 27 Aftermath of the Buka Trouble 27 Business as Usual in Hollandia 30 NZ Land Commissioners Have a Big Task 32 Merger, Lively Trading in P-NG 33

Mountains, Gold and Railways 3/ “Come Home" Call to Pitcairners 3^ Memorable Visit to the Cooks ... 41 SYDNEYSIDER at Home Base 4f Bishop Blanc Dies in Tonga 4^

Territories Talk-Talk 5C

Farmer-Fighter Mick Leahy 61 Neglected Kieta Still Awaits a Wharf 67 NG Man's Crystal Collection 69 The Future of New Guinea 71

New Zealand Pacific Trade

Mission Feature 73

Magazine Section 87

Pacific Shipping And Yachts 115

Pacific Report 132

Canberra Commentary 165

Deaths of Islands People 166

Travel Talk 169

Shipping and Airways Timetables .. 172 Commerce and Produce 180 Volume Index 1961-62 185

THE COVER: This is Santa Claus in a straw hat. His real name is F. L. A. Gotz and he is New Zealand's Minister for Island Territories. When Mr. Gotz made a visit to rarely-visited atolls of the Northern Cook Islands recently (see p. 41) he had many lolly scrambles like this one at Ngake, on Pukapuka—and each of them was as popular.

Photo: National Publicity Studios.