Pacific Puzzle
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I. Playing this, Tongan Viliame Ofahengaue helped Australia win the World Cup in 1991. 6. Giant molluscs. 9. Gilbertese tyrant Tern Binoka is described in Robert Louis Stevenson’s book In the South Seas as: “...the sole merchant of his triple kingdom, Abemama, —, and Kuria, well-planted islands." 10. Housing elements made from coconut and pandanus leaves. 11. Sand bar. 12. The reef off Vanikolo Island, the Solomons, proved disastrous for this French explorer. (2,7) 13. Coconut, hermit and ghost 14. Trading places. 16. Popular class for Pacific tourists... 18. ... If they’re traveling by this. 19. Highly creative makers of handicrafts. 21. Unusual rosters kept at luxury island hotels. 23. Legal tender in Tahiti. 24. Sprays for bugs.
27. Hilo hello. 28. Cook Island’s powerful chiefly class. 29. Stir the sangria and you’ll find this Marianas island. 30. In 1947, the Marshall Islands became part of the Territory of the Pacific Islands. 31. The Samoan umu and Fijian lovo are underground versions of these.
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1. The majority of Fijians live in these communities. 2. Rug rope a strange way to catch this tasty island fish. 3. Tanna Island’s active volcano, 4. Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl wrote Fatu Hiva while living in these islands. 5. Shark named after Florence
Nightingale?
6. Many island communities rely on these to “harvest” money. (4,5) 7. Fuerte, Sharwil and Hass are all varieties of this tropical fruit. 8. Fijian sarongs. 14. Extinct New Zealand bird. 15. The Loyalty islands lie off New
Caledonia’s . (4,5) 16. This Vanuatu island lies between Efate and Tanna. 17. lo in Fijian, Eng in Kiribati, in English. 20. Rangiroa is the largest of this group’s 78 atolls. 22. Sailors are often strangely
reliant on this to spot dangerous reefs. 23. Island banquet. 24. Inter-island boat. 25. Source of Nauru’s riches. 26. Fiji’s Great Astrolabe Reef and Vanuatu’s Port Resolution are both named after these. ■