Page 4 - Islands Business October 2022

October 2022 Vol 48 No 10

CONTENTS

10 14 22 40

5 Editor’s Note 14 EV chargers may spawn e-revolution
6 Briefs 15 Decarbonising transport
8 Whispers 20 Avoiding a WASHout
22 WOTA: a solution to water shortages?
COVER STORY 26 America’s catch-up summit
10 ‘Til death do us part: Village holds out 30 Blandness debilitates regionalism
against the waves 32 Qaqi Mai: Bike Share
12 A holy vow 33 Saved from the unknown: Cervical cancer
13 A cog in Fiji’s history 35 Funding agriculture for nutrition, inclusion,
survival
40 Deeper Sounds, Deeper Connections
42 Movers and Shakers

Cover photo: Vunisavisavi, Vanua Levu, Fiji.

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