Pacific

Islands

Monthly

Vol 60, No.ll

Voice Of The Pacific

November 1990

[interview

Sir Michael Somare: When Papua New Guinea Foreign Minister Sir Michael Somare visited Fiji last month he did so on a private basis. But he took some time off to talk business with his Fijian counterpart Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara and Forum Secretariat’s Secretary General Henry Naisali.

Asked about his country’s future, he answered: There will be much progress in two years/ p5l ■ Health: Measles is a killer disease in American Samoa. But what worries the health authorities is the high incidence of measles among American Samoans at home and abroad. The disease is also killing Samoans on the Mainland. Why? Some believe Pago Pago is not promoting a better inoculation programme / 46

[Departments

Subscription Form: 4 Letters: 4 David Barber: 5 Jemima Garrett: 6 Headlines: 7 Books: 47

People: 49

Marketplace: 54

[The Region

Issues: What worries the region most? According to statements presented at the United Nations General Assembly in New York last month, they include Fiji, French Polynesia, New Caledonia and Johnston Atoll. There were much concern over the environment and colonialism. Ulafala Aiavao reports from New York on what the Pacific Islands talk about at the UN / 14 ■ Politics: Why did the Nationals win so many seats in New Zealand last month? According to our report, “the pain had become too great’ . Jim Bolger’s landslide victory gave New Zealand its fourth leader in 14 months.

Karen Mangnall reports from Auckland on how Labour “went down the gurgler” / 19 ■ Focus: What’s it like on the farm?

Hard work, financial hardship and little politics. That’s what we found out when we spent a day on one of Fiji’s canefarms. Water is precious and religion is ever present. Lois Bhagwan took her camera to the heart of the cane belt on a trip of discovery / 39

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