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The Pacific on the web

— With the possible demise of Radio Australia on the horizon perhaps you better store some of these sites in your bookmarks file so you can keep up with what's happening in the region. Pactok home page at http://www.pactok.net/. Papua Niugini Nius (http://www.pactok.net.au/docs/nius/) summarises PNG and Bougainville developments. CocoNET Wireless (www.uq.oz.au/jrn/coco.html) provides one of the most thorough sources of Pacific news and excellent links throughout the region. The University of PNG's South Pacific Centre for Communication and Information in Development can be found at http://acij.uts.edu.au/UniTavur/UniT_SPCenCIID.html. Respected campaigning journalist David Robie, who works out of UPNG's journalism department, has an always rewarding site known as David Robie's Cafe Pacific (http://acij.uts.edu.au/cafepacific/) which connects you with the region's news media, environmental and progressive movements and research resources. Robie also has a major input into the Pacific Media Watch (http://acij.uts.edu.au/pmw/) which examines media issues in the region. Jinn (http://www.pacificnews.org/jinn/) magazine is the US-based Pacific News Service's on-line bi-weekly.

Bougainville Freedom Movement (http://www.magna.com.au/~sashab/BFM.htm) — The long struggle of the Bougainville people can also be accessed on the net. The Bougainville Freedom Movement's site provides a comprehensive news service of developments on Bougainville, contacts for the Bougainville Freedom Movement in Australia and the representatives of the Bougainville Interim Government.

Hiti Tau is a coalition of French Polynesia's NGOs. It played an important role in the struggle against French nuclear testing and the defence of the rights of Tahiti's indigenous people. Hiti Tau can be found at http://hookele.com/hititau.

Hawaiians go surfing! — It's a little known struggle, but the indigenous people of Hawaii are struggling for their rights against the world's largest super-power. The best home page for news and background of the Hawaiian rights movement, and lots of links to other Hawaiian sites, can be found at http://www.aloha.net/nation/hawaii-nation.org/. The Hawaii Resource Library (http://hawaii-shopping.com./~sammonet/hrlhome.html) contains a wealth of information about Hawaiian history and culture.

Global Climate Change Digest (http://www.globalchange.org/— The greatest environmental threat to the people of the Pacific is global warming. It is estimated that within a century several Pacific countries could be permanently flooded if something is not done to halt the warming. Global Climate Change Digest offers a comprehensive guide to published material on global climate change and ozone depletion. Over two years' worth of issues are available for browsing and key word searches. GCCD is a project of the Centre for Environmental Information and the Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment, and Security.

Left On-line welcomes information on new and interesting left and progressive Web sites. Send a short description to glw@greenleft.org.au or visit http://www.greenleft.org.au/. Don't forget to recommend the GLW home page on your travels through the Web!