No. 291 / June 1997

South Pacific: The last resort



Editor's letter

The last resort
David Ransom
reports from the islands of the South Pacific on an environment under siege.

Decolonizing the mind
Why activist Gabriel Tetiarahi has decided to paddle his own canoe.

Back to Bikini
Fifty years on, Giff Johnson returns with evacuated islanders to the site of the US muclear tests.

Plunder islands
Mining mania mapped out by Chris Harris.

Godzone
What city life in Auckland has to offer Polynesians like Makerita Urale.

SOUTH PACIFIC - THE FACTS

Global warning
Facing up to the hard facts about climate change, with Patrick Nunn.

A beautiful prospect
Fijian poet Sudesh Mishra on the 'age of wrath'.

The turtle's cargo
Critical literacy in Papua New Guinea means telling your own story. Nick Faraclas describes the impact of popular education on the 'cargo culture' of the West.

Planet Pacific
A brief environmental history of the South Pacific.

Fishy business
Atu Emberson-Bain
talks to women on the line in a tuna-canning factory.

Action directory


Letters
Letter from Latvia
Update
The NI Interview with Ricardo Carvajal
Reviews: plus Fassbinder classic
Curiosities with NI Crossword
Endpiece: by John Charles
Country profile: Armenia

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