Introducing “The Month” - special
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reports from Pacific observers
“The Month” is a new PIM feature designed to provide insights into a number of significant Pacific Island areas and written by correspon dents on the spot.
It will provide five re gular columns on the fol lowing areas: French
Polynesia “The
Month” incorporates the
long-standing “Post mark Papeete” feature of Marie-Therese and Bengt Danielsson; Mic ronesia Floyd K.
Takeuchi continues his series of commentaries on the fast-moving Mic ronesian scene begun in PIM February: New Caledonia Helen Fraser has taken over
the ‘‘Noumea Notebook” portfolio which has been missing for some time from our pages; Hawaii Dr Robert C. Kiste, director of the Pacific Is lands Studies Program, University of Hawaii, will write regularly on Hawaiian affairs, espe cially as they relate to Pacific Island questions:
Vanuatu Christine Coombe, founder and editor of the weekly Voice of Vanuatu, com ments on affairs in that country, which is a pe rennial source of interest to Pacific Islands watchers.
Welcome to “The Month”.