Recorded in 1983 during a ten-day gathering in Vanuatu, a newly independent island nation in the south Pacific that had recently declared itself a nuclear-free zone, this program takes a look at the Pacific-wide movement towards independence and de-nuclearization.

Testimony is presented by Pacific islanders and Pacific Rim representatives who experience various aspects of the nuclear cycle, from uranium mining in Australia and Canada to nuclear testing in the Marshall Islands and Tahiti. Health, social, economic, military and political effects of the nuclear presence in the Pacific are the subject of the conference and the focus of a march through downtown Port Vila to the French consulate on Bastille Day.


Music by the Huarere String Band.
 


Appearing
 


Hawai‘i

Harry Kunihi Mitchell, Anum Kealamakia, Davianna McGregor, Emmett Aluli, Moanikeala Akaka, Kuumealoha Gomes, Collette Machado, Nelson Foster
 


Vanuatu

Hilda Lini, Barak Sope, Sethy Regenvanu
 


Papua New Guinea

Ted Diro
 


Belau

Roman Bedor, Tina Rehuher

 
Aotearoa (New Zealand)

Ripeka Evans, Owen Wilkes
 


Kanaky (New Caledonia)

Jann Uregei, Octava Togna
 


Tahiti

Charlie Ching, Myron Mataoa
 


Samoa

Tavita Amosa, Bernadette Pereira
 


Philippines

Jaime Guererro, Sr. Aida Velasquez
 


Marshall Islands

Biram Stege
 


Japan

Gus Yokoyama
 


Australia

Shorty O'Neill
 


Fiji

Suliana Siwatibau, William Sutherland
 


East Timor

Abilio Arauji
 


Niue

Rev. Afele Paea
 


Canada

Ron Lameman, Sr. Rosalie Bertel
 


Guam

Hope Cristobal, Marilyn Manibusan
 

Produced by Joan Lander and Puhipau of Nā Maka o ka ʻĀina.


1983