No. 291 / June 1997
South Pacific: The last resort
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.
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.
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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