In This Issue

HIWI TAUROA, New Zealand’s race relations con- 1 O ciliator represents “a breath of fresh air and sanity” in 1 * the often-vexed field of his work. An exclusive PIM interview opens on Page HELEN FRASER, PlM’s Noumea correspondent, 21 reports on the South Pacific Festival of Arts due to be held in that city in December, and on the way local politics is impinging on it.

NATIONAL FEDERATION PARTY factionalism flared 2fi again at the September annual meeting of Fiji’s parliamentary opposition party in Lautoka.

HAWAII: A QUESTION OF HISTORY Robert C. QO Kiste looks at the long battle to have Uncle Sam U acknowledge that his record in dealing with the native Hawaiians just might not come up “all roses."

PALAU REFERENDUM Floyd K. Takeuchi reports 33 on yet another inconclusive vote as Palau treads its tortuous path out of the U.S. trusteeship.

ANDREW TURNBULL, Burns Philp’s new chief execu- oc tive, speaks of a “leaner, tougher” company, ready to face the challenges of 1985 and beyond.