What's happening this month?

American Samoa - Columbus day 12th - Moso’oi Tourism Festival 12-16th - Arts Fia Fia - Halloween (31 st) Cook Islands - Air New Zealand and Westpac Bank Round Rarotonga Road Race (4th) - Yachting: Sir Thomas David Shield (18th & 25th) - Yachting: Open Day Regatta (25 th) - Gospel Day and Nuku Celebrations (26th) FBi - Football: Rothmans Inter-District Cup (10th- 11th) - Fiji Day 12th - Suva-Levuka-Suva Yacht Race - Sigatoka Bilibili Race - Inter-District Hockey Tournament - Nadi Charity Horse Races

- National Tourism Forum - Deepawali (20th) New Caledonia - Cultural Day on Loyalty Islands - Tougues Regatta at Anse Vata Beach (11th) Niue - Avatele Village Show Day (11th) - World Food Day (MOUI OLA OLA) (16th) - Motalau Show Day (18th) - Constitution Day (19th) - Constitution Week Celebrations (20th 26th) - Niue Youth Council Tabloid Sports Gospel Singing Competition (20th-2'6th) -Peniamina Gospel Day (26th) Papua New Guinea - Morobe Cultural Show Sea Kayaking World Cup Championship (sth-14th)

Samoa - Water Week (sth-9th) - Lotu Atamaiti (11th- 12th) - Savaii Balolo Rise (22nd - 23rd) - Environment Week (26th-30th) - Flower Gala (29th) Tahiti - 2nd Paris-Papeete Festival - Ist Tahitian Opera - 2nd Small Hotels Fair - Annual Day of the Tree (sth) - 2nd Tahiti Carnival

Tonga

- Methodist Women’s Federation Annual Day (3rd-4th wk) Tuvalu - Tuvalu Day (lst-2nd) Vanuatu - Constitution Day (sth) Source: The South Pacific Calender of Events 1998, TCSP ■