The Contemporary Pacific

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2 The Contemporary Pacific A Journal of Island Affairs Volume 22 Number CENTER FOR PACIFIC ISLANDS STUDIES & UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI I PRESS

3 The Contemporary Paci c: A Journal of Island Affairs is abstracted or indexed in Abstracts on Rural Development in the Tropics, Anthropological Index, CAB International, Current Military and Political Literature, Hawaii Paci c Journal Index (UHCARL), International Bibliography of the Social Sciences, International Current Awareness Services, Sociological Abstracts, and UnCover (CARL). The Contemporary Paci c is available online through Project MUSE ( Back issues are now freely available via the University of Hawai i M noa Hamilton Library s digital repository, ScholarSpace ( / ). Cover: Details of three works by Michel Tuffery: Nui Lichen Moth (2009, color reduction woodblock on embossed cream pescia paper, 760 x 560 mm); Mt. Taranaki View from Whanganui River Head Tasi (2010, multi-wood block on embossed cream pescia paper, 560 x 760 mm); and Ula Tivaevae (2010, color reduction multi-woodblock embossed print, 650 x 500 mm). Cover design by Stacey Leong Design Journal design by Barbara Pope Cartography by Manoa Mapworks Inc, Honolulu, Hawai i by University of Hawai i Press. All rights reserved. Manufactured in the United States of America. issn x The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ansi z

4 Special Issue Flying Fox Excursions: Albert Wendt s Creative and Critical Legacy in Oceania Guest edited by Teresia K Teaiwa and Selina Tusitala Marsh

5 Contents the pacific islands about the artist: michel tuffery iv ix Albert Wendt s Critical and Creative Legacy in Oceania: An Introduction Teresia Teaiwa and Selina Tusitala Marsh 233 Sega 1 Dan Taulapapa McMullin 249 He Mele Aloha Brandy N lani McDougall 250 ing Albert Selina Tusitala Marsh 252 Not ing Albert: A Legacy of Collection, Connection, Community Alice Te Punga Somerville 253 Owed Monica A Ka imipono Kaiwi 271 Song of the Banyan Tree Sia Figiel 273 Tom Marisa Maepu 277 Inside Us the Dead (The NZ-born Version) Karlo Mila 281 V rua Tupu Robert Sullivan 283

6 He Aloha no N Kalo ku ualoha ho omanawanui 285 Tatz ku ualoha ho omanawanui 286 After Aoga Lily Laita 288 Letter to the Editor [a work in progress] Cresantia Frances Koya 289 Where it is all AT Tracey Tawhiao 291 Gifted Flows: Making Space for a Brand New Beat April K Henderson 293 Monsieur Cochon Dan Taulapapa McMullin 316 I dream of Nahnep and the blue-eyed sailor Emelihter Kihleng 320 Toru Keith L Camacho 321 Te Awaroa (The Valley of the Long River) Serie Barford 328 Cowboys in the House of Polynesia Damon Salesa 330 In the Shade of the Banyan Tree Susan Y Najita 349 Against Tradition Sean Mallon 362 A Search for the New Oceania Graeme Whimp 382 The New Oceania: A Selected Bibliography Graeme Whimp 389 Pouliuli 8 Doug Poole 394

7 Sione Tapili Ant Sang 396 political reviews The Region in Review: International Issues and Events, 2009 Nic Maclellan 400 Melanesia in Review: Issues and Events, 2009 David Chappell, Jon Fraenkel, Solomon Kantha, Gordon Leua Nanau, Howard Van Trease, Muridan S Widjojo 416 book and media reviews Hailans to Ailans: Contemporary Art of Papua New Guinea [exhibition] Reviewed by Jewel Castro 480 American Aloha: Cultural Tourism and the Negotiation of Tradition, by Heather A Diamond Reviewed by Alexis Celeste Bunten 483 Decolonizing Cultures in the Pacific: Reading History and Trauma in Contemporary Fiction, by Susan Y Najita Reviewed by Alice Te Punga Somerville 486 Tapa Talk, by Serie Barford A Well Written Body, by Karlo Mila, with paintings by Delicia Sampero Reviewed by Robert Sullivan 488 H : Breath of Life [performance at the Polynesian Cultural Center] Reviewed by Chai Blair-Stahn 492 Cheap Meat: Flap Food Nations in the Pacific Islands, by Deborah Gewertz and Frederick Errington Reviewed by Larry M Lake 495 Traditional Micronesian Societies: Adaptation, Integration, and Political Organization, by Glenn Petersen Reviewed by Lin Poyer 496 contributors 501