Pacific

Islands

Monthly

Vol 59, No. 7

Voice Of The Pacific

July, ’BB

Cover Story 37

SPECIAL REPORT: The new Fiji is a fact of life: more than a year after its first military coup, the Republic has learned that governing a country is a complex and subtle affair. Under Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara’s experienced leadership and despite recent security problems, Fiji is beginning to recover from social and economic upheavals and to progress haltingly, but confidently.

POLITICAL RIVALRY SPAWNS RIOTS IN VILA 10 Is this the end for Barak Sope? Or for Walter Lini?

Png’S Coalition Fails Again 13

The search for stability ends in near-farce

Pacific Researchers Gather 16

Regional security, development and technology on the agenda in Tasmania

Nz’S Governor General Tours The

Islands 18

Sir Paul Reeves mixes friendship with diplomacy

New Caledonia: Future Imperfect 19

A radical plan for partition could be a recipe for disaster

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Arms Shipments, Caches And

Rumours 19

After the shock, a spiral of wild stories ON THE TRAIL OF WORLD WAR II

History 23,25

Searching for war relics and counting the cost to the region

Page 46

Who Owns Island

Culture? 46, 48

I wo reports on thefight to keep Pacific art in the Pacific

Acting Editor Carson Creagh Art Director Warren Scott Editorial Adviser John Carter Contributors Vivian Carroll lan Connellan David J Haden Peter Huck Jack Kelleher Jai Kumar David S North Ed Rampell Stan Ritova David Robie Nicolas Rothwell Frank Senge Gabriel Singh Larry Writer

Publisher Geraldine Raton Managing Editor Arnold Earnshaw

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