Inside

□ Letters

□ Cover Stories

France defies world condemnation 7 Decolonise French Polynesia and New Caledonia 8 Aid or radiation 9 Is Vanuatu part of the Pacific? 10 Bowing to Paris pressure 11 No to nukes 13

□ Trial

Widow extradited for trial in Vanuatu 20 Magistrate attacks government 21

□ Opinion

David Barber 23 Alfred Sasako 25

□ Entertainment

Stars fail! in Hawaii 26

□ Review

“Tides of the Pacific” .. .27

□ Scandal

Hook, line and sinker .. .28 Fraud victims should talk 32 Masterplans to defraud 33

□ Theatre

South Sea schizophrenia 35

□ Communication

“Hello, is anybody there?” 36

□ Tourism

Focus on the travel ... .38 Pulsating Polynesia ... .39 Jewel of the Pacific ... .41 Tourism - the Pacific’s golden goose 43 Small and rich 46 Melanesians miss out on tourists 49

□ Sports

Rugby fights for survival 52 Petangue makes a comeback 55

□ Yachting

A surprise vist at a cyclone hit island 56

□ Correspondence

Letters from the Pacific 58