Pacific

Islands

Monthly

April 1992

Expo, ‘Let's Go!

What we’ll look like in Spam What we’ll bring back Big colour pics of the region

Threads of unionism

■ From colonialism to unionism... and a national strike planned as Fiji's elections loom ■ Famine in Irian Jaya: was manipulation the cause? ■ Plans for a troubled University of Papua New Guinea ■ Ancient mariners’ skills revived for the Arts Festival ■ A travelling trumpeter sailing the Pacific ■ Regional investment report

™ ?? moa uss2 s°; Australia A 52.50; Cook Islands NZ$3; Fiji F 51.75; FS Micronesia US$3; Hawaii US$3; Kiribati A 52.50; Nauru A 52.50; Niue NZ$3; Norfolk $3, New Caledonia cpf2so; New Zealand (incl GST) NZ53.45; Nth Marianas US$3; Papua New Guinea K 3; Palau US$3; Marshalls US$3 - Solomon Islands As 3; French Polynesia cpf3oo; Tonga P 3; USA US$3; Vanuatu VT22O; Western Samoa T 3.25. ‘Recommended retail price only