Spanorama

Span Chairman, Peter Wilson, attended the Atom Conference in Suva, in April and found the Conference valuable in furthering the struggle against nuclear testing in the Pacific and against the US presence in Micronesia. Thanks to those members who contributed towards travel costs to the Conference.

Some Span Members attended a seminar on 'Understanding Tongans' run by the Wellington Tongan Association in May. Those attending found it a very informative seminar and helpful in increasing their understanding of another Pacific culture and people.

18 months ago the Shand Report on the Cook Islands—NZ Fruit Trade was published. Since little seemed to have happened, Span in conjunction with CARP met with David Shand on 28 May to discuss the Government's implementation of the recommendations made in his report. Although banana prices paid to the grower have been increased by 2c per lb. and shipping services have been improved, the structure of Fruit Distributors Ltd. remains unchanged. The Shand Report recommended that the FDL board should be reconstituted with at least an equal number of Government and shareholder directors. Span believes that until FDL has been changed, the fresh fruit trade in the Pacific will never be developed to the benefit of Pacific Islands growers.

Span Market

How Tonga Aids NZ	50c
Migrant Labour in the Pacific	$2.50c
NZ Investment in Fiji	2.50c
New Hebrides: A Doubly Oppressed Colony	10c
Co-operative Scheming in the Pacific	10c
Documents of Campaign for Pacific Peace Zone	2.00
The Bomb and You	60c

This issue is produced in conjunction with Salient (Victoria University Students Assn. newspaper) as a special Pacific Supplement.

Span is a network of people both in NZ and other Pacific countries who are working for change from the standpoint that all peoples in the Pacific have the right to determine their own futures, and that relationships between countries be based on equality, justice and mutual co-operation and respect. For more information, return the form below.

Spacific Vol 111 No.3 June 1975

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