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Vol. 56 No. 2 February 1985

EdgardPisani 16

Haruo I. Remeliik 27

Alofi 43

Ratu Mara 46

PNG-IRIAN JAVA BORDER Australian jurists late “| 4 last year visited the troubled border area between Papua New Guinea and Irian Jaya with its ramshackle camps housing on present estimates 9000 refugees from the Indonesian province. PIM reviews their findings on page NEW CALEDONIA Since the November 18 “active *| Q boycott” of territorial elections by the newly formed Kanak National Socialist Liberation Front (FLNSK) the situation in the French territory has evolved rapidly with important consequences in many areas, including French domestic politics, and Franco-Australian rela tions. A survey of developments begins on page QANTAS WINS AIR PACIFIC BATTLE AGAIN -| Q Julie Richardson in Suva reviews the extraordinary tale of Fiji’s on-again off-again agreement with the Austra lian national carrier Qantas on the management of its Fiji counterpart Air Pacific. Her report begins on page

Easter Island’S Governor In Australia 20

Grant McCall describes the historic visit to Australia in December 1984 of Governor Sergio Rapu, first Polynesian governor of Easter Island (Rapanui). He also discusses Governor Rapu’s discoveries in his capacity as archaeologist relating to the “eyes” of Rapanui’s famed statues. On page THE MONTH Floyd K. Takeuchi reports on the 25 success of President Haruo I. Remeliik in Palau’s presidential election, and Marie-Therese and Bengt Danielsson review French Polynesia’s 1985 budget.

On page EDWIN WILLIAM GURR Joseph Theroux begins a 39 three-part series on this Australian-born resident of Western Samoa who lived from 1863 to 1933. Gurr’s story is also the story of colonial intrigues and communal strife in the Western Samoan society of the day. On page