The Contemporary Pacific

Director of the Center for Pacific Islands Studies

Terence Wesley-Smith, University of Hawai‘i

Editorial Board

Editor

Terence Wesley-Smith, Center for Pacific Islands Studies, University of Hawai‘i

Political Reviews Editors

David W Kupferman, Division of Education, University of Hawai‘i, West O‘ahu

Book and Media Reviews Editor

Alexander Mawyer, Center for Pacific Islands Studies, University of Hawai‘i

Arts Editor

Katherine Higgins, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Resources Editor

Stuart Dawrs, Pacific Collection, Hamilton Library, University of Hawai‘i

Managing Editor

Jan Rensel, Center for Pacific Islands Studies, University of Hawai‘i

Members

Maenette Kapeahi‘okalani Padekin Ah-Nee Benham, Hawai‘inuiākea School of Hawaiian Knowledge, University of Hawai‘i

Mary Boyce, Department of Indo-Pacific Languages and Literatures, University of Hawai‘i

Suzanne Falgout, Department of Anthropology, University of Hawai‘i, West O‘ahu

Gerard Finin, Pacific Islands Development Program, East-West Center

Ben Finney, Department of Anthropology, University of Hawai‘i

David Hanlon, Department of History, University of Hawai‘i

Vilsoni Hereniko, Academy for Creative Media, University of Hawai‘i

Tarcisius Kabutaulaka, Center for Pacific Islands Studies, University of Hawai‘i

Robert C Kiste, Pacific Islands Development Program, East-West Center

Scott Kroeker, Pacific Islands Development Program, East-West Center

Davianna McGregor, Department of Ethnic Studies, University of Hawai‘i

Moana Nepia, Center for Pacific Islands Studies, University of Hawai‘i

Lola Quan Bautista, Center for Pacific Islands Studies, University of Hawai‘i

Noenoe Silva, Department of Political Science, University of Hawai‘i

Alice Te Punga Somerville, Department of English, University of Hawai‘i

Julianne Walsh, Center for Pacific Islands Studies, University of Hawai‘i

Correspondents

Keith Camacho, University of California, Los Angeles, United States

Vicente M Diaz, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, United States

Stewart Firth, The Australian National University

Sitiveni Halapua, Pacific Islands Development Program, East-West Center

Hilda Heine, Pacific Resources for Education and Learning, Majuro, Marshall Islands

Edvard Hviding, University of Bergen, Norway

Brij V Lal, The Australian National University

Nic Maclellan, Independent Researcher, Brunswick, Australia

Cluny Macpherson, Massey University at Albany, New Zealand

Selina Tusitala Marsh, University of Auckland, New Zealand

Mac Marshall, University of Iowa, United States

Mālama Meleiseā, National University of Samoa

Margaret Mutu, University of Auckland, New Zealand

Margaret Critchlow Rodman, University of York, Canada

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