Page 4 - IB April 2022

April 2022 Vol 48 No 4

CONTENTS

12 19 38

5 Editor’s Note 34 The U.S.-Indo-Pacific strategy
6 Briefs 38 Thompson Auri: Connecting communities to
8 Whispers opportunities
10 MPs seek regional dialogue on deep sea mining 41 Katerina Teaiwa: Navigating the Pacific studies

12 Tuvalu’s ‘Future Now’ canoe
14 COVID-19, climate change and NCDS 42 Movers and Shakers
44 All hail the vude queen, Laisa Vulakoro

KAVA
19 Commercial kava pilot off to a flying start

Geographical indicators to be developed for
kava

Coffee, cakes and kava
Cover: ZoomFiji

French Polynesia .............. CPF500
Australia ....................... AU$6.00
New Zealand .................NZ$10.00
Solomon Islands ............. SL$30.00
Australia ......................AU$10.00 Hawaii ........................US$10.00 New Caledonia ................ CPF500 Samoa ............................T10.00
Hawaii ......................... US$6.00
Cook Islands ..................NZ$10.00 Kiribati ........................AU$10.00 New Zealand .................. NZ$6.00 Solomon Islands ............. SL$20.00
Tonga .............................P10.00
Niue ...........................NZ$10.00
Cook Islands ................... NZ$6.00
Tuvalu .........................AU$10.00
Palau ..........................US$10.00
Kiribati ......................... AU$6.00
Federated States of Micronesia ......
FSM ............................US$10.00 Marshall Islands .............US$10.00 Niue ............................ NZ$6.00 Tonga .............................P10.00
US$6.00
Marshall Islands .............. US$6.00
Papua New Guinea .............K15.00
Fiji Islands.......................F$8.00 Nauru .........................AU$10.00 Palau ........................... US$6.00 Tuvalu .......................... AU$6.00 Vatu500
Vanuatu ........................
Fiji Islands.......................F$4.35
Nauru .......................... AU$6.00
French Polynesia .............. CPF500 New Caledonia ................ CPF500 Papua New Guinea .............K10.00 Vanuatu ........................ Vatu500
Samoa ............................T12.00
4 Islands Business, April 2022