61. Pacific Islands Internet Resources - General Info. Tongan history Assoc. Forum University of the South Pacific (USP) (official USP regional Organizations. Who Belongs to What Membership in Selected http://www2.hawaii.edu/~ogden/piir/gen.html

Pacific Islands Resources Home Page + Pacific Islands Introduction - Anglonesia - Melanesia - Micronesia - Polynesia * General Information Page - Pacific Media Resources - Document Collections - Academic Institutions - Regional Organizations + Geophysical Page - Environmental Features Ogden's Home Page! (In need of some Help Bess Press (independent publisher since 1979, Hawaii) Book Bin - Pacifica (book dealer, Corvallis, OR, USA) Books Pasifika (book dealer, Auckland, NZ) Lonely Planet Online Manaaki Whenua Press (browseable catalogue of New Zealand science publications, Lincoln, NZ) Moon Travel Handbooks definitive travel guides, USA) Australia Fiji Islands Micronesia New Zealand ... Oceans Enterprises (scuba diving books, maps, etc., Aust.) Pan Pacifica Publications Pacific Prints (Tapa Prints for sale... ok, so it ain't a book site) University of Hawaii Press Online Book Catalog (910 titles=149K, courtsey of Assoc. of Amer. Uni. Presses , USA) University of Papua New Guinea Press Pacific Media Resources Cafe Pacific (D. Robie, news/articles from Asia-Pacific Network, Uni. of Tech., Sydney, Aust.)

62. NAURU Information On Government, People, History, Economy, Environment, Developm Nauruan Hospitality, Stamps, and Images A Brief history of Nauru APEC hasbecome the primary vehicle regional vehicle for promoting open trade and http://www.un.int/nauru/aboutnauru.html

Home The Mission Nauru and the UN Foreign Affairs ... NAURU HOUSE in Melbourne, Australia: a 183 metres (52 storeys) landmark building situated at 80 Collins Street, Melbourne, Australia is owned by the Nauru Phosphate Royalties Trust. Built in 1977, the building has undergone substantial refurbishment and modernisation in recent years. ABOUT NAURU NAURU: Country Profile Learn about the country's profile: area, topography, climate, vegetation, wildlife, environmental concerns, economy, investment, trade, public holidays and more GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS Government: President and Cabinet Members Political Overview Political Profile from the World Encyclopedia of Political Systems ECONOMY: Phosphate Mining, Air Nauru, Game Fishing, Travel and Tourism Economic Overview Offshore Banking Information Page Nauru: Historical Presentation and Setting, People, Life In The Sea Nauruan Hospitality, Stamps, and Images A Brief History of Nauru State Symbols, National Anthem IMPORTANT LINKS Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) The Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) Asian Development Bank (ADB) A development finance institution promoting the economic and social progress of developing countries in Asia and the Pacific.

63. Pacific Studies WWW Monitor Site contents Introduction; A brief history of the Tongan history Conference Department of regional Studies, Asia Pacific Center for Security Studies, http://coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVLPacific/old-pacific-monitors/pacific-www-monitor-0

The World-Wide Web Virtual Library Alphabetical Category Subtree WWW VL database WWW VL Global Search Internet Resource Evaluation Site THE PACIFIC STUDIES WWW MONITOR http://coombs.anu.edu.au/pacific-www-monitor.html - timely, reliable and impartial information - Edited by: Dr T.Matthew Ciolek "The Pacific Studies WWW Monitor" (ISSN 1443-8976) was established 12 April 2000. The journal, a pioneering and the only publication of this kind in the world, provides weekly abstracts and reviews of new/updated online resources of significance to research, teaching and communications dealing with Pacific Studies. It is modelled on its sister publication Asian Studies WWW Monitor which was established in April 1994. The periodical forms a key element of the global, cooperative project Pacific Studies WWW Virtual Library Weekly contents' summaries and evaluations published in the web edition of the Journal are disseminated also on the network via a mailing list . To join this free service (a) send e-mail to: majordomo@coombs.anu.edu.au

64. New Zealand And Pacific Archives And Manuscripts Sources - Arts Information Serv regional offices in Auckland, Christchurch and Dunedin hold records of government Cummins, HG Sources of Tongan history a collection of documents, http://www.library.auckland.ac.nz/subjects/anthro/nzparchives&mss.htm

header('650') AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND AND PACIFIC LINKS ARCHIVAL AND MANUSCRIPT SOURCES ANTHROPOLOGY DATABASES UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND Archive of Maori and Pacific Music Pacific Manuscripts Bureau ... IN OTHER COUNTRIES At the University of Auckland Special Collections Manuscripts and archives are held in Special Collections on the Ground Floor of the General Library. These holdings include a good selection of NZ trade union and University society archives, the Western Pacific High Commission records (see below), the Bott-Spillius collection of Tongan material and photocopies of several important collections of Maori manuscript material, notably 100 volumes of the Auckland City Libraries Grey MSS Collection and 30 volumes of material collected by Edward Shortland. [ Click here for a more detailed description.] There are printed inventories for many of the major collections. The Manuscripts and Archives Catalogue (Special Collections) covers these collections and is available free on the web. Holdings are also listed on the National Register of Archives and Manuscripts (NRAM) database. ( Click here Archive of Maori and Pacific Music Archive of Maori and Pacific Island Music (University of Auckland) Te pataka reo : an introductory guide to the Maori language recordings of the Archive of Maori and Pacific Music, the University of Auckland

65. Malawi (08/05) Facts about the land, people, history, government, political conditions, economy, regional distinctions and rivalries, however, persist. http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/7231.htm

Bureau of Public Affairs Electronic Information and Publications Office Background Notes Bureau of African Affairs August 2005 Background Note: Malawi PROFILE OFFICIAL NAME: Republic of Malawi Geography Area: 118,484 sq. km. (45,747 sq. mi.); land the size of Pennsylvania, with a lake the size of Vermont. Cities: Capital Lilongwe. Other cities Blantyre (the commercial capital), Zomba, Mzuzu. Terrain: Plateaus, highlands, and valleys. Lake Malawi (formerly referred to as Lake Nyasa) comprises about 20% of total area. Climate: Predominately subtropical. People Nationality: Noun and adjectiveMalawian(s). Population (2002 est.): 11 million. Annual growth rate (2003 est.): 3.4%. Ethnic groups: Chewa, Nyanja, Tumbuka, Yao, Lomwe, Sena, Tonga, Ngoni, Ngonde, Asian, European. Religions: Protestant 55%, Roman Catholic 20%, Muslim 20%, indigenous beliefs 3%, other 2%. Languages: English (official), Chichewa (official), regional dialects, i.e., Chitumbuka, Chiyao, Chilomwe. Education: Years compulsory none. Attendance (1998 est.)primary, 79%.

66. ABiersackWebCV6/2001 In Tongan Culture and history Papers from the First Tongan history 1997 Reviewof Migration and Transformations regional Perspectives on the New http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~anthro/ABiersackWebCV.html

Aletta Biersack Curriculum Vitae Department of Anthropology University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon 97403-1218 Office phone: (541) 346-5110 Fax: (541) 346-0668 e-mail: abiersac@darkwing.uoregon.edu Research Interests New Guinea, historical anthropology, gender, religion, social organization, political ecology, mining Research Completed Melanesia: Doctoral research among the Paiela of the Papua New Guinea highlands, investigating gender, cosmology, social organization, and politics, 1974-78; three months of fieldwork in fall 1993, two months of fieldwork in February and March 1995, seven months of fieldwork and archival research overall from July 1995 to February 1996 among Ipili speakers, including the people of Porgera valley, 10 weeks of fieldwork in Porgera and Paiela in fall 1999, 8 weeks of fieldwork in fall 2000; fieldwork to be resumed in 2001. Polynesia: Fourteen months overall (1986, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992) investigating Tongan history and culture in Tonga and in several libraries and archives around the world (Nuku'alofa [Tonga], Sydney, London, Canberra, Wellington, and Auckland). Education Ph.D., cultural anthropology, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1980

67. Department Of Archaeology, SFU, Faculty And Staff Information 1989 Senewélets Culture history of the Nanaimo Coast Salish and the Prepared as a permanent exhibit in the tongan National Museum in Nuku alofa tonga. http://www.sfu.ca/archaeology/dept/fac_bio/burley/DBPublications.html

Scholarly Works David V. Burley Books/Monographs/Edited Volumes 2002 (S. Bedford, C. Sand and D. V. Burley editors) Fifty Years in the Field: Essays in Honour and Celebration of Richard Shutler jr's Archaeological Career , New Zealand Archaeological Association Monograph 25, Auckland. 2002 (Burley D. V. and M. Will) Special Brew: Industrial Archaeology and History of the Klondike Brewery . Occasional Papers in Archaeology 11, Hude Hudan Series, Government of the Yukon, Whitehorse. 1996 (Burley, D. V., S. Hamilton and K. Fladmark) Prophecy of the Swan: Fur Trade History of the Upper Peace River Valley, 1794-1823 . University of British Columbia Press, Vancouver. 1992 (Burley, D. V., G. Horsfall and J. Brandon) Structural Considerations of Métis Ethnicity: An Archaeological, Historical and Architectural Study . University of South Dakota Press, Vermillion. Senewélets: Culture History of the Nanaimo Coast Salish and the False Narrows Midden , Memoir No. 2, Royal British Columbia Provincial Museum, Victoria. 1985 (editor and Introduction) Contributions to Plains Prehistory: The 1984 Victoria Symposium . Occasional Papers in Alberta Archaeology, No. 26, Archaeological Survey of Alberta, Edmonton.

68. MRD Petroleum Potential Fiji lies on the same regional play trend of Miocene reefs which produce oil in Further details of Fiji s exploration history are given in an earlier http://www.mrd.gov.fj/gfiji/download/ptrolall.htm

Ministry of Lands and Mineral Resources Fiji Mineral Resources Department How to Get a Free Copy of this Publication ISBN : 982 207 000 4 THE PETROLEUM POTENTIAL OF FIJI, S-W PACIFIC Author : Jonathan A. Rodd TABLE OF CONTENTS SUMMARY HISTORY OF EXPLORATION GEOLOGY Regional Tectonic Setting ... Acknowledgements SUMMARY Fiji forms part of the South-West Pacific island arc system which marks the boundary between the Indo-Australia and Pacific plates. The territorial waters cover almost 1.3 million km² and contain two shallow-water Tertiary sedimentary basins. Bligh Water Basin, covering some 9500 km², has sediment thicknesses in excess of 5km and has excellent potential for hydrocarbons. Bau Waters Basin is also prospective, having a shallow-water area of about 1600km², with sediment thicknesses up to 4km. Fiji lies on the same regional play trend of Miocene reefs which produce oil in Irian Jaya, Indonesia and gas/condensate in offshore Papua New Guinea. Indeed Fiji's basins have many similarities with the oil and gas producing, arc-related basins of Southeast Asia. Source rocks of Oligocene, Miocene and Pliocene age are exposed onshore in Fiji and have been encountered by drilling in the offshore basins. An oil seep in Bligh Water Basin and oil and gas shows in wells provide evidence that hydrocarbons have been generated in the basins. Modelling studies indicate peak oil generation to be at about 2.6km below sea floor.

69. Tonga On The 'NET - Tongaislands Dr. Martin gives a detailed account of an important time in tongan history . Pencil drawing of Mr. Mariner in the costume of the tonga Islands from http://www.tongatapu.net.to/tonga/news/books/reviews/tongaislands.html

Books on the Kingdom of Tonga Tonga Islands: William Mariner's Account John Martin M.D. William Mariner's story is a classic true adventure of the South Seas. The boy Mariner was a clerk aboard the English private ship of war, the Port au Prince that ventured into the South Pacific nearly two centuries ago. He survived the massacre of the crew at Tonga's Ha'apai Islands in 1806 and became the adopted son of the warrior king Finau 'Ulukalala II, who gave Mariner a new name 'Toki 'Ukamea' or Iron Axe. Mariner spent four years in Tonga before his escape to England. His remarkable story as told to Dr. Martin gives a detailed account of an important time in Tongan history. The power of the divine representative of the gods, the Tu'i Tonga was declining, and the Pacific Island Kingdom was in the turmoil of a civil war to which Finau 'Ulukalala was about to introduce the terror of his newly-acquired canons. William Mariner, after John Martin 1818 Pencil drawing by George Bennet, Nuku'alofa, 1989. Pencil drawing of Mr. Mariner in the costume of the Tonga Islands from John Martin An Account of the Natives of the Tonga Islands ... compiled and arranged from the extensive communications of Mr. William Mariner ...

70. Global Volcanism Program | Volcanoes Of The World | Volcanoes Of New Zealand To Geology, petrology, and geochemistry of the volcanic islands of tonga. Eruptive processes during regional extension. J Volc Geotherm Res, 86 1944 http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/region.cfm?rnum=04&rpage=sources

71. Global Volcanism Program | Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai | Summary Volcano Photo National Museum of Natural history Home Page The small islandsof Hunga tonga and Hunga Ha apai cap a large seamount located about 30 km http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/volcano.cfm?vnum=0403-04=

72. Tahiti & French Polynesia Travel Information | Lonely Planet Destination Guide New Zealand, parts of the New Guinea island, tonga and the Cook Islands. The most famous event in the region s recent history was the mutiny on the http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/pacific/tahiti_and_french_polynesia/his

@import "/worldguide/css/dmStyle.css"; @import "/worldguide/css/dmStyle_structure.css"; @import "/worldguide/css/dmStyle_theme.css"; worldguide shop thorn tree forum travel services ... travel links Explore Lounge about like a Gauguin come to life. View Map Click here Feature Attraction Fare Potee On the water's edge on the Fare side of Maeva, the fare potee (chief's house or community... more > WORLDGUIDE Introduction See Image Gallery Events Transport Money Essential Info RELATED Thorn Tree Forum Postcards Travel Links At a Glance Fast Facts People come to French Polynesia to live it up in stylish resorts, scuba dive in lagoons teeming with tropical fish, gorge on the unique mix of French and Polynesian cuisine and, basically, experience a little French chic mixed with South Pacific charm. For more than 200 years, Tahiti has represented the tropical-paradise myth for Europeans. It's French Polynesia's biggest, most famous and historically interesting island, but the glossy pictures that you see in travel agents' windows are quite likely to be some other French Polynesian island. Factoid Very Late Arrival Norwegian Thor Heyerdahl and five fellow adventurers reconstructed a pre-historic balsa-wood aboriginal raft in 1947 and sailed from Callio in Peru to Raroia Atoll in Polynesia. He called the boat the

73. Zambia Travel Information | Lonely Planet Destination Guide Zambia s history goes back to the debut of Homo sapiens evidence of human regional troubles moved in a new direction in 1999, when the Angolan http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/africa/zambia/history.htm

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74. Untitled Document This demands comment on some aspect of the history and origins of the language . Other Bantu groups such as the Tumbuka, tonga, Yao, Lomwe, http://www.humnet.ucla.edu/humnet/aflang/chichewa/background.html

Background and History Chichewa home page Background on Chichewa and related languages History of the aChewa Ascendancy of Chinyanja as an object of study and language of literacy ... The politics of language choice BACKGROUND ON CHICHEWA AND RELATED LANGUAGES Chichewa is a language of the Bantu language family, spoken in parts of East, Central, and Southern Africa. It is spoken in Malawi where, from 1968 until recently, it has served as the national language. It is also spoken in Mozambique, especially in the provinces of Tete and Niassa, in Zambia (especially in the Eastern Province), as well as in Zimbabwe where, according to some estimates, it ranks as the third most widely used local language, after Shona and Ndebele. The countries of Malawi, Zambia, and Mozambique constitute the central location of Chichewa. Because of the national language policy adopted by the Malawi government, which promoted Chichewa through active educational programs, media usage and, other research activities carried out under the auspices of the Chichewa Board, out of a population of around 9 million, upwards of 65% have functional literacy or active command of this language. In Mozambique , the language goes by the name of Chinyanja, and it is native to 3.3% of a population numbering approximately 11.5 million . In Tete province it is spoken by 41.7% of a population of 777,426 and, it is the first language of 7.2% of the population of Niassa province, whose population totals 506,974 (see Firmino, 1995).

75. Download Interdisciplinary, Cross-regional And Standard-specific Units, Outreach Outreach World Download interdisciplinary, crossregional and standard-specificunits A lesson on the largest country in Africa for history, geography, http://www.outreachworld.org/searchresources.asp?globalregionid=47

76. SOPAC : SOPAC Overview And History Overview and history, Constitution As a regional organisation, SOPAC aims tobe proactive in responding to the development needs of its member countries http://www.sopac.org/tiki/tiki-index.php?page=SOPAC Overview and History

77. Wfn.org | Tonga Hosts First Regional Gathering Of Church Partners United Methodists met recently in tonga with church partners from eight Pacific The consultation was the first of six regional gatherings planned by the http://www.wfn.org/2001/05/msg00224.html

From the Worldwide Faith News archives www.wfn.org Tonga hosts first regional gathering of church partners From NewsDesk@UMCOM.UMC.ORG Date Thu, 31 May 2001 15:58:08 -0500 http://umns.umc.org Browse month Browse month (sort by Source) WFN Home

78. ZUJI Destination Guides Australia/Pacific tonga. tonga. history. The tonganarchipelago is thought to have been colonised around 3000 BC, but the earliest http://www.zuji.com/dest/guide/0,1277,LNPLAU|5092|3164|1,00.html

Feedback My ZUJI About ZUJI Help ... Log-in Regional Guide Introduction Fast Facts Best Time to Visit Money ... Australia/Pacific : Tonga Tonga History The Tongan archipelago is thought to have been colonised around 3000 BC, but the earliest date verified by radiocarbon dating is about 1100 BC. The Lapita people arrived in Tonga between 3500 and 3300 years ago, and their first capital was near present-day Fua'amotu Airport on Tongatapu. The Tongans' oral history tells of a girl shellfishing who was caught and raped by the sun god Tangaloa, and she gave birth nine months later. The date for this event (determined by oral history) has been placed at 950 AD. Significantly, the Incas also believed their king was descended from the sun, and Thor Heyerdahl put forward the unconventional theory that Polynesians migrated from the Americas, not Asia, given the presence of sweet potato on many Pacific islands. Most of the scientific community has never swallowed this theory. Tongan warriors were the Vikings of the Pacific, wreaking havoc in their wake. They subscribed to the view that war was pursued by noble and worthy men and peace was strictly for pansies. They extended the Tongan Empire to include parts of Fiji, the Samoas, Tokelau and Niue. The royal title Tu'i Tonga was passed from father to son, and during the mid-17th century the most powerful royal title to emerge was the

79. History Of The Fairmont San Francisco Once again, history was being made in a big way. Not satisfied with that,the SS tonga went into drydock, replaced by the tonga Room, with its musical http://www.fairmont.com/FA/en/CDA/Home/Hotels/AboutHotel/CDHotelHistory/0,1142,n

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80. Untitled Document A Short history of Laos The Land in Between , by Grant Evans ASEAN Beyondthe regional Crisis Challenges and Initiatives edited by Mya Than http://www.vuw.ac.nz/nziia/NZIR2003.htm

C/- Victoria University of Wellington Lvl 6, Rutherford House 23 Lambton Quay PO Box 600 Wellington nziia@vuw.ac.nz ph. 04 463 5356 fax. 04 463 6568 November/December 2003 Focus on the Pacific Islands Understanding our Pacific neighbourhood Michael Powles outlines the objects and plans of the new Pacific Cooperation Foundation. The Solomon Islands: the limits of intervention Binoy Kampmark criticises the basis of Australia's new strategic thinking in the Pacific region. The quality of democracy in the Pacific Roland Rich assesses the state of elections and Parliaments among the Pacific Island states. Click here to download Kofi Annan's call to arms Kennedy Graham discusses the problem of UN reform and long-term legitimacy in light of the recent war in Iraq. From Mount Everest to Kunde Hospital Susan Heydon looks at the work of Sir Edmund Hillary in Nepal. Comment - Analysing New Zealand's foreign policy David McCraw replies to a critique by Micheal Bassett.

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