Monthly Archives: December 2018

Our last legend of the year comes from Kapingamarangi, which is the southernmost atoll in the Eastern Caroline Islands of Micronesia. The atoll consists of thirty-three flat islets forming a semicircle on an egg-shaped reef surrounding a central lagoon. According to … Continue reading →

A couple of weeks ago a French report was released and commissioned by French President Emmanuel Macron calling for the return of thousands of artworks stolen by France in the colonial era. The report also stated that African artworks in … Continue reading →

Last month a series of books designed to help Pacific children with literacy has won an award at the SunPix Pacific Peoples Awards in Auckland, New Zealand. The Pasifika Dual Language Resources are a set of print and online resources to help … Continue reading →

A couple of months ago the Cook Islands News ran an article written by Richard Moore about how gallery owner and business man, Ben Bergman, had become a champion of modern Pacific art and exhibited a new wave of artworks. … Continue reading →

Last week I shared a story about how the indigenous people of Easter Island have asked the British government to return one of the British Museum’s most viewed and treasured objects – the iconic stone moai statue called Hoa Hakananai’a. This week I came … Continue reading →

Recently the Rapa Nui, people indigenous to Easter Island, have asked the British government to return one of the British Museum’s most viewed and treasured objects – the iconic stone moai statue called Hoa Hakananai’a. The eight-foot high statue is one of hundreds carved … Continue reading →

Last week I attended the International Council on Archives (ICA) 2018 Conference at Palais des Congrès in Yaounde, Cameroon, and I would like to share some highlights… Before the conference, David Fricker who is President of ICA welcomed its members. … Continue reading →