The Contemporary Pacific

Director of the Center for Pacific Islands Studies, University of Hawai'i

Tarcisius Kabutaulaka

Editorial Board

Editor

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

Associate Editor

Monica C LaBriola, Department of History, University of Hawai‘i

Political Reviews Editors

Lorenz Gonschor, ‘Atenisi University, Nuku‘alofa, Tonga

Book and Media Reviews Editor

James Perez Viernes, Center for Pacific Islands Studies, University of Hawai‘i

Arts Editor

Katerina Teaiwa, College of Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National University

Resources Editor

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

Managing Editor

Candice Elanna Steiner, Center for Pacific Islands Studies, University of Hawai‘i

Editorial Assistant

Zakea Boeger, Center for Pacific Islands Studies, University of Hawai‘i

Members

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

Mary Hattori, Center for Teaching and Learning, Chaminade University

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

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

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

Craig Santos Perez, Department of English, 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

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

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

Correspondents

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

Vicente M Diaz, University of Minnesota–Twin Cities, United States

Gerard Finin, Cornell University, United States

Stewart Firth, The Australian National University

Hilda Heine, President, Republic of the 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

Konai Helu Thaman, University of the South Pacific, Fiji

Eric Waddell, Université Laval, Québec, Canada