PACIFIC ISLANDS REPORT

Pacific Islands Development Program/East-West Center
With Support From Center for Pacific Islands Studies/University of Hawai‘i

THE CONTEMPORARY PACIFIC is published twice a year. Articles and reviews on current issues and concerns from a wide range of disciplines in the social sciences and humanities are published with the aim of providing comprehensive coverage of contemporary developments in the entire Pacific Islands region, including Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia. Opinions expressed in these pages are the responsibility of the authors.  More information can be found on The Contemporary Pacific Website.

Selected Items from the Current Issue 
Volume 20, Number 2, Fall 2008

• About the Artist

Political Reviews

The Region in Review: International Issues and Events, 2007

Melanesia in Review: Issues and Events, 2007 

• Fiji
• New Caledonia
• Solomon Islands
• Vanuatu

EDITORIAL BOARD 

• EDITOR: Vilsoni Hereniko, Center for Pacific Islands Studies, University of Hawai‘i 
• ASSOCIATE EDITOR: Terence Wesley-Smith, Center for Pacific Islands Studies, University of Hawai‘i 
• REVIEW EDITOR: Julie Walsh Kroeker, Center for Pacific Islands Studies, University of Hawai‘i
• RESOURCES EDITOR: Karen M Peacock, Pacific Collection, Hamilton Library, University of Hawai‘i 
• MANAGING EDITOR: Jan Rensel, Center for Pacific Islands Studies, University of Hawai‘i 

MEMBERS 

• David Chappell, Department of History, University of Hawai‘i
• Suzanne Falgout, Department of Anthropology, University of Hawai‘i, West O‘ahu
• Ben Finney, Department of Anthropology, University of Hawai‘i
• Letitia Hickson, Center for Pacific Islands Studies, University of Hawai‘i
• Robert C Kiste, Pacific Islands Development Program, East-West Center
• Nancy D Lewis, Research Program, East-West Center
• Davianna McGregor, Department of Ethnic Studies, University of Hawai‘i
• Jonathan Kamakawiwo‘ole Osorio, Center for Hawaiian Studies, University of Hawai‘i
• Noenoe Silva, Department of Political Science, University of Hawai‘i
• Caroline Sinavaiana, Department of English, University of Hawai‘i
• Geoffrey M White, Department of Anthropology, University of Hawai‘i

• Vicente M Diaz, University of Michigan, United States
• Stewart Firth, Australian National University
• Sitiveni Halapua, Pacific Islands Development Program, East-West Center
• Epeli Hau‘ofa, University of the South Pacific, Fiji 
• Brij V Lal, The Australian National University
• Jocelyn Linnekin, University of Connecticut, United States
• Barrie Macdonald, Massey University, New Zealand
• Cluny Macpherson, Massey University at Albany, New Zealand
• Mac Marshall, University of Iowa, United States
• Malama Meleisea, UNESCO, Kabul, Afghanistan
• Margaret Mutu, University of Auckland, New Zealand
• Louise Peltzer, University of French Polynesia
• Donald H Rubinstein, Micronesian Area Research Center, University of Guam
• Jacob Simet, National Cultural Commission, Papua New Guinea
• Katerina Teaiwa, The Australian National University
• Konai Helu Thaman, University of the South Pacific, Fiji 
• Eric Waddell, Université Laval, Québec, Canada