The Solomon Islands General Workers Union (SIGWU), later known as the Solomon Islands National Union of Workers (SINUW), was founded by Bart Ulufa'alu and registered on 17 June 1975. Solomon Islands trade unions ran into immediate difficulties gaining recognition from employers and, following a large demonstration in Honiara in December 1975, a number of union leaders were fined and two, Bart Ulufa'ulu (SIGWU) and James Meafa'alu (GNEWU), were gaoled. Bart Ulufa'ulu won a seat in the June 1976 general elections, as a candidate for the union-organised Nationalists' Party. He consequently resigned as SIGWU General Secretary, staying on as an adviser to the Union. Joses Tuhanuku was elected as his replacement. Mr Tuhanuku went to Denmark for training from February 1977 till June 1978, however SIGUW's registration was suspended from October till December 1977 on the grounds of misappropriation of funds (later disproved). By the time Joses Tuhanuku returned to Honiara the Union's membership had dropped from 6,000 to 300. However strong organisation among plantation workers over the next few years produced collective agreements with Unilever's palm oil operation in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands Plantations Ltd, and two other Unilever subsidiaries, Levers Pacific Timbers Ltd and Levers Pacific Plantations Ltd. By 1980 the union had rebuilt its membership to 10,000, half the Solomon Islands workforce. The name of the union was altered to Solomon Islands National Union of Workers at the at the AGM in April 1980, reflecting the Union's national representation of workers in various categories in almost all industries in the Solomon Islands. (From Joses Taungenga Tuhanuku, 'Trade Unions and Politics', in Peter Lawrence and Sue Tarua (Eds.), <I>Solomon Islands Politics</I>, Suva, USP Institute of Pacific Studies, 1983.

Bart Ulufa'ulu's SIGUW correspondence, Apr-Dec 1975; National Council minutes, 1984-1999; annual returns, 1976-1980; financial returns, 1983-1988; press releases, 1982-1992; correspondence re collective agreements with Foxwood (SI) Timbers Ltd, Honiara Town Council, Levers Solomons Ltd, Lever pacific Timbers, Solomon Islands Plantations Ltd, Solomon Taiyo, Solomon Islands Ports Authority; Trades Disputes Panel Awards, 1984-2000. See Finding aids for details.

This peak council of trade unions in Fiji was formed on 29 Sep 1951 as the Fiji Industrial Workers' Congress. The present name was adopted in October 1966. The Congress has had a relatively stable administration: the first honorary Secretary was Tomasi Vunisina, 1951-1957, Mohammed Ramzan was honorary Secretary from 1960-1972, and James Raman followed him as National Secretary, with one short break, till the Biennial Conference in May 1994. The Congress was based at Nadi and Lautoka in the western districts of Viti Levu until 1962 when it shifted to Suva.<BR><BR>Following a wage freeze in November 1984, the FTUC withdrew from a Tripatite Forum (of government, employer and union representatives, established in 1977 to consider economic policy issues) and launched the Fiji Labour Party to challenge government policies. The Public Service Association President, Timoci Bavadra, became the Party's President. In late 1986 the Labour Party formed a coalition with the National Federation Party which defeated the Alliance Party in the elections of April 1987 thus precipitating the military coups of May and November 1987 during which the FTUC offices were firebombed and its executive imprisoned.

Conference papers, 1962-1994<BR>Executive Committee minutes and related papers, 1966, 1971-1991<BR> Management Board minutes and related papers, 1974-1991<BR>Womens Wing Executive Committee minutes, 1983-88, 1992-94<BR>circulars to affiliates, 1959-1978<BR>press releases, 1974-1996<BR>selected FTUC general and affiliate files (the international files of the Congress have not been filmed at this stage)<BR><I>FTUC Official Directory</I>, 1979-1991<BR>Other documents<P><B>See reel list for further details</B>

The Constitution Act, which established the Federal Parliament, passed on 5 June 1891, provided for: 1. The local government of each island; 2. The constitution of the General Council for the Cook Islands which was styled “the Parliament” of the Cook Islands; 3. The appointment of an Executive Council to carry out the laws made by the Parliament and to look after the well-being of the islands when Parliament was not in session. This Council was styled “the Government” of the Cook Islands; 4. That all arikis (or kings and queens) of the islands should be ex officio members of the Government; 5. That Makea Takau be appointed to the office of Chief of the Government, that her administration be subject to the approval of the British Resident, and that all letters or other public documents issued by the Government are to be signed by her.
The British Resident, Frederick Moss was appointed in November 1890, taking over from his predecessors, C. E. Goodman, Honorary British Consul, 1881-1883, and Richard Exham, Acting British Vice-Consul, 1883-1891. On 12 September 1898 Moss handed over to Lt Col William E. Gudgeon who continued as the NZ Administration’s Resident Commissioner till 1909.
In 1900, when the sovereignty of Rarotonga and other Cook Islands was ceded to Britain, the Federal Parliament of the Cook Islands was abolished under the terms of the annexation. In accordance with Imperial Order in Council, 13 May 1901, the boundaries of New Zealand were extended to include Rarotonga and the other Cook Islands. The Cook and other Islands Government Act, passed by the NZ Parliament in 1901, replaced the Cook Islands Federal Parliament with a Federal Council of Arikis which had the right to make enactments known as “Federal Ordinances”. The British Resident was President of the Council, with Makea Ariki as Chief of the Government.
In December 1901 the members of the Federal Council were: Makea Ariki, Tinomana Ariki & Pa Ariki, Rarotonga; Ngamaru Ariki & Karika Ariki, Atiu, Mauke, Mitiaro; John Trego Ariki & Nohoroa Ariki, Mangaiia; Vaiuarangi Ariki & Te Urukura Ariki, Aitutaki; Papu Mahuta Ariki, Penrhyn; Iesi Ariki, Rakahanga; Aporo Ariki, Manahiki.

Cook Islands Federal Government minutes 1891-96; Federal Parliament minutes, 1897-1901, and papers, 1897-99; High Commissioner’s Court minutes, 1899-1901; Aitutaki Council minutes Oct 1893; Acting British Vice-Consul letters 1884-86; British Resident correspondence register 1894-95; British Resident letters-in, 1892-1901; British Resident/Resident Commissioner letters-out 1890-95, 1897-1910 (n.b. gaps: some of these press copy letter books are badly damaged.); Ambrose Morgan case file, 1896-98; Thos H Mallett inquest file, 1899; CI Federation Acts and Determinations, 1890-97; Rarotongan Ariki genealogies, 1909; Rarotonga Island Council minutes 1917-1941; Resident Commissioner’s office annual report files, 1913-28.
See Finding aids for details.

The YWCA of Fiji was established in Suva in 1961. Anne Walker and Ruth Lechte arrived in 1962 from Melbourne to set up a YWCA kindergarten and youth program. They moved to the upstairs section of the old Suva Town Hall in 1963. By 1966 the Y was operating clubs and classes, sports and recreations as well as three kindergartens. Amelia Rokotuivuna opened a Branch in Lautoka in 1968. In 1970 tenders were let for a new centre, financed by overseas funds. The five-storey building was constructed on land next to Sukuna Park. A new specialised kindergarten was opened in Des Voeux Road in 1972. Anne Walker became Youth Director and National Programme Coordinator. Ruth Lechte was Executive Director of the YWCA of Fiji till May 1973 when she was succeeded by Amelia Roktuivuna. Ms Rokotuivuna is now President of the YWCA of Fiji.

Constitution, regulations, bye-laws and other administrative and policy papers, 1978; National Council minutes, Jan 1979-Mar 1993; National Executive Committee minutes, Dec 1978-Jun 1994; Programme Committee, Aug 1963-May 1984 (gaps); Public Affairs Committee minutes, 1974-1984; Pre-School Committee minutes, 1975-1981; Youth Club minutes, 1965; annual report 1973; Convention reports, 1976 & 1990; press cuttings, 1965-2000; displat book, “Role of Women in Fiji”, 1968-1970; printed material on construction of headquarters in Suva. <b>See Finding aids for details.</b>

The Solomon Islands YWCA was established in 1975 and became operational in 1978. It is one of the oldest indigenous controlled non-government organisations in the Solomon Islands. The Solomon Islands YWCA is affiliated with the World YWCA. The purpose of the Solomon Islands YWCA is to develop the leadership and collective power of young women and girls around the Solomon Islands to achieve justice, peace, health, human dignity, freedom and sustainable environment for all people. The Solomon Islands YWCA has provided a wide range of services and programs for Solomon Islands women including the YWCA hostel, the YWCA kindy and programs for young people.
The Solomon Islands YWCA currently has a national office in Honiara and a branch in Munda, Western Province.
The Solomon Islands YWCA archive includes correspondence, the Constitution, Board and Executive meeting agendas, papers and minutes, funding and grant applications and reports, financial statements, reports and addresses by the President, annual reports and press releases.

Reel 1: 1975-1984
Reel 2: 1985-1986
Reel 3: 1987-1996
Reel 4: 1997-2009
See Finding aids for details.

The Union is the oldest and most successful of the blue collar unions in PNG. The union had its origins in the ethnically based welfare societies formed in Port Moresby in the late 1950s. Waterside workers were also active in the PNG Workers’ Association and its successor the Port Moresby Workers’ Association in the 1960s. The Central District Waterside Workers’ Union was established at a public meeting in Port Moresby on 24 July 1968 and registered under the PNG Industrial Organisations Ordinance on 28 January 1969. Between 1977 and 1980 the CDWWU embarked on a series of amalgamations with the Overseas Seamen’s Union, the Rabaul Workers’ Association, the Madang Waterside Workers’ Union and the Lae Stevedoring Union. The amalagamated union, the PNG Waterside Workers’ and Seamen’s Union, the first national private sector union in Papua New Guinea, was registered on 8 January 1980. The name of the organisation was changed to the Papua New Guinea Maritime Workers Industrial Union on 18 October 1993. (See Michael Hess, <I>Unions Under Economic Development: private sector unions in PNG</I>, Oxford University Press, 1992.)

<LI>Port Moresby Council of Trade Unions, Submission to the Urban Minimum Wages Board. Ts., roneo, 228pp., Aug 1974;</LI>
<LI>PNG Maritime Workers Industrial Union, Circulars to National Executive Council Members and Branch Presidents, Jun 1991-Jul 1997;</LI>
<LI>Press cuttings on industrial matters in Papua New Guinea, 1970-1990;</LI>
<LI>Further press cuttings on industrial matters in PNG, n.d.;</LI>
<LI>Rough list of non-current files held in the PNG Maritime Workers Industrial Union’s Port Moresby office in May 1994 and since destroyed, May 1994</LI><P><b>See reel list for further details</b>

Charles Karius and Ivan Champion crossed from the Sepik to the Fly River in 1928 stimulating students of the non-denominational Melbourne Bible Institute (MBI) to become interested in missionary work in the upper reaches of the Fly River and its tributaries. Their mission was planned under the auspices of the Worldwide Evangelization Crusade (WEC)and received support from Norman Lumsden who was Men’s Superintendent at the MBI and Australasian Secretary of the WEC. In 1931 the WEC Home Committee in London split, forming the Unevangelised Fields Mission. Almost all of the Australian Home Council and missionaries transferred to the UFM.
In early 1932 the directors of Papuan Industries gave the UFM their exhausted plantation at Madiri among the Kiwai people on the Fly River. Three UFM missionaries, Albert Drysdale, Theo Berger and Gordon Rodgers, attempted to establish a mission at Madiri and to resurrect the plantation, but failed due to lack of resources. The plantation was then leased to Mrs Janet Cowling while the UFM retained the bungalow and some other buildings as the Mission HQ. Drysdale extended the mission among Gogodala people, establishing a Mission station in the village of Balimo in February 1934. By 1935 there were four UFM missionaries at the head station of Madiri, three at Balimo, two at Awaba on the Arimia River, and by November another station at Wasua on the Fly River was being prepared.
In the late 1930s the Mission lost personnel and suffered other setbacks, but recovered after 1939 following the appointment of J.T. Storey as General Secretary of the Home Council in Melbourne, L.E. Buck as Chairman, and George Sexton as Field Leader. These three men retained their positions for 30 years, giving stability and direction to the Mission which in 1940 expanded into Gogodala territory and shifted its HQ to Wasua.
The Australian missionaries were evacuated in December 1941, leaving the mission stations in charge of evangelistic converts who consolidated Christianity among the Gogodala people. After the War the UFM established a Bible School and an indigenous pastorate. In 1954 a Gogodala district church council, consisting of senior pastors, was constituted, parallel to the missionaries’ own field council.
In 1947 the Mission purchased a diesel ketch, Marino II, to help establish new mission stations in the upper Fly, Alice and Strickland River areas. In 1949 the UFM established a mission station at Lake Kutubu and from there opened other stations in the Southern Highlands, including Tari which became the HQ of the Church and the Mission. The UFM churches officially constituted a national church, the Evangelical Church of Papua, in July 1966.
The UFM had three autonomous Home Councils. The UFM Governing Council for Australia and New Zealand, based in Melbourne, was responsible for the administration of the work in the fields of Papua and West New Guinea. The Governing Councils of North America and the United Kingdom were jointly responsible for the field work in Africa and Brazil. North America was solely responsible for the fields of Haiti, Dominica and British Guiana, and also assisted in the work in West New Guinea. (UFM, Principles and Practice of the Unevangelized Fields Mission, Australia and New Zealand, Melbourne, UFM, 1962.)

In 1969 UFM, Australia and New Zealand Branch, independently changed its name to the Asia Pacific Christian Mission in order to facilitate extension of its activities in the Asia-Pacific region and went on to establish missions in West Papua (Irian Jaya), Indonesia, and the Philippines.
In 1998 the APCM and Pioneers USA formally merged, to form Pioneers International. APCM's former Director, Doug McConnell became the Pioneers International Director.
Notes above from Ross Weymouth, “The Unevangelised Fields Mission in Papua, 1931-1981”, Journal of Pacific History, 23:2, 1998, pp.175-190.

The UFM archives were arranged by J.R. Story in 1965. Mr Storey notes that, “No minute book dealing with the years 1923 to 1930 is in possession of the U.F.M. As the Mission was then the Worldwide Evangelization Crusade, presumably the minute book was delivered to the W.E.C. at the time of the formation of the U.F.M. The earliest correspondence in the U.F.M. files dates back to 1925 when Messrs Sharpe, Roberts & Symes proceeded to Brazil. The first U.F.M. Minutes are dated 5/9/31.” (1965)
The files were re-arranged for microfilming purposes by the PMB in 2007-2009 and item numbered using prefix ‘APCM’. Cross references to the earlier item numbers are given in the listing.
Reel 1-5: APCM 1-36. U.F.M. Australian Branch Council Minutes, 1931-1965 & APCM Minutes and Agendas.
Reel 6-7: APCM 37-48. UFM P.N.G. Field Council, agenda, minutes and meeting papers, Evangelical Church of Papua, Missionary Affairs Committee, minutes, APCM Irian Jaya Field committee minutes and reports, APCM Philippines Annual Field Conference and Field Committee minutes.
Reel 7-8: APCM 49-55. UFM NSW Council minutes, 1953-1999.
Reel 9: APCM 56-63. UFM/APCM Victorian and Queensland Council minutes and agenda, 1965-1999.
Reel 10: APCM 64-74. APCM Queensland, Western Australia and South Australia Council minutes, 1961-1999.
Reel 11: APCM 75-81. UFM/APCM New Zealand Council minutes, 1950-1997; copies of UFM London & Nth American minutes, 1952-1960.
Reel 12-13: APCM 83-95. UFM histories, 1946-1980.
Reel 13-16: APCM 96-124. UFM correspondence, 1930-1990.
Reel 17-19: APCM 125-138. UFM PNG and NSW circulars, 1958-1992.
Reel 20-24: APCM 139-140. APCM Missionary Prayer Letters, A-Z, 1978-1995.
Reel 24: APCM 141-145. UFM/APCM Annual Reports, 1953-1979, Diaries and reports, 1953-1990.
Reel 24-25: APCM 146-153. UFM /APCM Papua field and station reports, 1945-1988.
Reel 25-27: APCM 154-187. UFM/APCM West New Guinea (Irian Jaya) reports, minutes, press cuttings, prayer letters, etc., 1948-1999.
Reel 28: APCM 188-191. UFM/APCM Missions in Indonesia, minutes, reports and correspondence, 1951-1982.
Reel 28: APCM 192-198. UFM/APCM Ladies’ Auxillary, Victoria and South Australia, minute books, 1961-1988.
Reel 28-29: APCM 202-210. UFM International, copies of minutes, reports and other papers, 1931-1982.
Reel 29-30: APCM 211-212. Evangelical Church of Papua, constitution, minutes, reports and other papers, 1965-1989.
Reel 30: APCM 213-216. Other organisations – Evangelical Alliance of the South Pacific, Christian Broadcasting Service, Melanesian Council of Churches, Sudanese Missionary Fellowship, Woodlands Family Home 1959-1990.
Reel 30: APCM 217-224. Personnel, candidate material, statistics, 1964-1993
Reel 30-31: APCM 225-232. Education – Bokondini School, Awaba High School, Dauli Teachers College, Goroka High School, Tari “A” School, 1972-1989.
Reel 31-32: APCM 233-244. Subject files and sundry papers 1936-1989.
Reel 32-34: APCM 245-254. Documents microfilmed out of sequence and press cuttings.
See Finding aids for details.

The judicial power of the Kingdom of Tonga is vested in the Supreme Court, the Magistrate's Court and the Land Court. The Supreme Court consists of the Chief Justice and such other judges as the King may appoint. The Chief Justice was a member of Privy Council until 1942. There is a right of appeal to the Privy Council from decisions of the Supreme Court in its civil jurisdication. Under the 1903 Statutes the Minister of Lands, subject to appeal to the Privy Council, was given power to hear all disputes affecting land. In 1917 a Land Commission was set up to deal with disputes and calims affecting land. This Commission was vested with the power and status of the Supreme Court. In 1921 this Commission was abolished and the Land Court was formally constituted with power to hear and determine all disputes and claims and questions of title affecting land or any interest in land. The Land Court consists of the Land Court Judge, at present the Chief Justice, who sits with an assessor. The duty of the Assesssor is to advise the Judge on Tongan custom. He has no voice in the decisions of the court.

Supreme Court of Tonga: civil and divorce registers, 1905-1992; adoption registers, 1987-1992; criminal registers, Tongatapu, 1969-1992; Civil action registers, 1985-1992; miscellaneous judgements, 1975-1992; miscellaneous appeal judgements, 1986-1995; photographs of Mr Justice George Scott CJ, Mr Justice Henry Stead, Roberts CJ and Mr Justice D. B. Hunter. Land Court of Tonga: minute books, 1923-1940; registers, 1923-1991; land case files (selected documents from available files), 1947-1992. Court of Appeal: miscellaneous judgements, 1990-1995; Privy Council Court of Appeal judgements, 1924, 1954-1988.<P><B>See reel list for further details</B>