WEB RESOURCES

Resources are divided by:

News

• Pacific Islands Report
  Issued five times per week, the Report features news items from around the Pacific islands region. Presented by the Pacific Islands Development Program (PIDP).

• Pacific Newspapers and News Services
  Compiled by Pacific Island Travel

• News of the Pacific Islands from the Washington Post
  

General Information

• Australia and Oceania in the About.com Library
  

  Background info and maps about the islands of this region (including Tonga, the Marshall Islands, Samoa, Fiji, Palau, Papua New Guinea, etc.)

  Micronesia,
  Melanesia, or
  Polynesia

• Country Reports.org
  Select the island nation of interest from the pull-down menu.

• Pacific Island Travel
  Although designed primarily as a travel site, a wealth of information about Pacific islands is offered. Choose from the menu of islands. Also check the links to Pacific newspapers and news services.

• Pacific Islands Related Links
  Compiled by the East-West Center

• Hawaii and the Pacific Islands
  An overview of Hawaii, Polynesia, Micronesia, and Melanesia, with photographs and maps, by Lloyd L. Loope at the Haleakala National Park Field Station. Part of Status and Trends of the Nation's Biological Resources by the U.S. Geological Survey.

• Hawaii School Reports
  Information and links about Hawaii's culture and history. ( Tip:   Choose from links in the text and from the menu on the left side of the screen.) A project of OhanaNet, Hawaii's Online Community.

• Maps of the Pacific Islands
  

• Overview of the Pacific Islands Region
  From the Center for Pacific Islands Studies at the University of Hawaii at Manoa

Of Special Interest

• Asian Pacific American History and Culture
  Presented by the Smithsonian Institution.
  The feature Lu'au: a Hawaiian Feast is an online celebration of Hawaiian culture.

• The Centre for Asians and Pacific Islanders
  Links to Asian and Pacific Asian countries and cultures compiled by Daniel Krotz

• East-West Center
  The mission of the EWC is to build understanding, relations, and a sense of community among the nations of Asia and the Pacific. The Research section is especially helpful.

• Kupuna.com
  Living Treasures of Hawaiian Culture describes Hawaiian arts, such as hula, chants, kapa making, healing, and more.

• Law of the Sea Treaty
  This United Nations treaty has major impacts on all Pacific Islands.

• Pacific Peoples
  Population and demographics of New Zealand peoples. A project of Statistics New Zealand (Te Tari Tatau), New Zealand's official statistical agency.

• Pacific Resources for Education and Learning (PREL)
  See their lists of resources for arts and humanities, health, culture, etc.

Directories and Search Tools

• Pacific Islands Internet Resources
  Comprehensive collection of links and resources, compiled by Dr. Michael R. Ogden at the University of Hawaii at Manoa

• Coombsweb
  Hosted at the Australian National University and edited by Dr T. Matthew Ciolek

• NativeWeb
  Resources by, for, and about indigenous peoples

• Oceanic Bibliograpy
  A searchable database of books and articles for Pacific historians, anthropologists, Melanesians, and Polynesians. By Michael Gunn and the Centre for Cross-Cultural Research at the Australian National University.

• Search CWIS
  The Archives of the Center for World Indigenous Studies (CWIS)

• Te Puna Web Directory
  A directory of New Zealand and Pacific Island Web sites
  Browse by country or territory or through an alphabetical list of topics.

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Web sites for SSCI Special Projects