These documents, reconstructed after Cyclone Heta flooded the Justice Archives in Niue, register applications to the High Court of Niue on land matters.

Register of Applications, case Nos.2560-4472, Nov 1985-Jan 1991, pp.18-49;
Register of Applications, case Nos.4473-7022, Jan 1991-Oct 1995;
Register of Applications, case Nos.7569-8600, Jan 1997-Feb 2002.
Applications to the Land Court published in the Niue Gazette, Nos.1-3, Jan, Jun & Nov 2003, and Nos.1-4, 2004.

Gilbertese catechists trained in Tahiti and established Catholicism on Nonouti in the early 1880s. In 1886 the Gilbert Islands were allocated to the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart (MSC) Vicariate of Melanesia and Micronesia, which also covered Papua and New Britain. The first MSCs (Fr Bontemps, Fr Joseph Leray and Br Conrad Weber) arrived in Nonouti in 1888, and succeeded in establishing the Catholic mission in a number of the Gilbert Islands in some cases against Protestant opposition. In 1897 a Vicariate Apostolic of the Gilbert Islands was established, comprised of the Gilberts, the Ellice Islands, Nauru and Ocean Island. In 1903 the Catholic headquarters moved from Nonouti to Butaritari.
The Vicars Apostolic were:
1890-1897 - Mgr. Couppé MSC, (Vicar Apostolic of New Britain)
1898-1927 - Mgr Joseph Leray, MSC
1927-1933 - Mgr. Joseph Bach, MSC
1938-1961 - Mgr Octave Terrienne, MSC
1961-1966 - Mgr Pierre Guichet MSC
1966 Diocese of Tarawa and Nauru was established.
1966-1979 - Mgr Guichet continued as Bishop of the Diocese
1979-to the present - Bishop Paul Mea MSC

The records are held in the Bishop’s House, Teaoraereke, Tarawa (2007). The papers were identified by Sister Margaret Sullivan FNDSC and the Bishop's assistant, Beitaake. They are arranged under the following categories, roughly following the system which Fr Amerigo Cools used for his arrangement and description of the archives of the Archdiocese of Papeete and the Dioceses of Rarotonga and Taihoe (Marquesas).

A. Church Authorities
B. Diocese of Tarawa and Nauru
C. Diocesan Personnel
D. Congregations
E. Education
F. Sacraments
G. Apostolate / Social Communications
H. Relations - Civil Authorities
J. Relations with other Religious Bodies
K. Donations (Mission Aid Societies; Overseas Aid)
L. Church Property. Lands, Ships, Seaplane, etc.
N. Finances
MS Manuscripts
PM Printed Material
See Finding aids for details.

In 1855, following the formation of the Australasian Connexion of the Methodist Church, general jurisdiction and administration of the Methodist missions in the Friendly Islands, Fiji and New Zealand was transferred to the Methodist Missionary Society of Australasia which subsequently also took control of Methodist activities in Samoa, New Guinea, Papua, the Solomon Islands and North Australia. New Zealand became a separate Conference in 1910 and in 1922 it took over responsibility for the Solomons Islands District. In 1926 Tonga was made an independent Conference in affiliation with the Australasian General Conference

Mission District minutes, 1915-1943 (29 vols) (MOM 182-202, 268-75) (29 reels)<P>
Mission Board minutes, 1898-1934 (7 vols) (MOM 203-9) (7 reels).<P>See Finding aids for details.

In 1855, following the formation of the Australasian Connexion of the Methodist Church, general jurisdiction and administration of the Methodist missions in the Friendly Islands, Fiji and New Zealand was transferred to the Methodist Missionary Society of Australasia which subsequently also took control of Methodist activities in Samoa, New Guinea, Papua, the Solomon Islands and North Australia. New Zealand became a separate Conference in 1910 and in 1922 it took over responsibility for the Solomons Islands District. In 1926 Tonga was made an independent Conference in affiliation with the Australasian General Conference.

Mission Board minutes, 1865-97 (3 vols) (MOM 1-3) (1 reel)
Mission District minutes, 1855-1914 (30 vols) (MOM 5-26, 174-81) (17 reels)
Executive Committee minutes, 1898-1939 (4 vols) (MOM 210-12,276) (3 reels)
Sydney Synod minutes, 1906 (1 vol) (MOM 4);
Port Darwin Circuit quarterly minutes, 1873-99 (1 vol) (MOM 27) (1 reel)
Minutes of the Victorian Section of the General Conference, Tonga Committee, 1888-92 (1 vol) (MOM 28)<B><P>See reel list for further details</B>

In the Fiji Independent News Service (FINS) was established in Australia in June 1987 under the wing of the Movement for Democracy in Fiji following the first coup in Fiji. It ran an effective media campaign aimed at persuading key Australian and New Zealand trade unions to maintain trade bans on Fiji. FINS press releases and its newsletter, Fiji Situation Report (PMB Doc 419), gave details of arrests, human rights violations and political news, providing an alternative perspective to the established international press. The FINS Chairperson was Don Dunstan; the Directors were Krishna Datt, Dr Tupeni Baba, Senator Bruce Childs and Professor Ted Wheelwright

Reel 1 Instructions and correspondence, May 1987-Sep 1988
Reel 2 Correspondence, Aug 1988-Jul 1990
Reel 3 Correspondence, Jun 1990-Jul 1992

Pacific Conference No.4 of the ICFTU/APRO held in Port Moresby in 1987 resolved that the ICFTU consider establishing a structure within the ICFTU that would provide a forum for the South Pacific and have an Oceanic identity. The conference also resolved that the ICFTU/APRO education program in the region should be expanded so that there was greater ability to plan and implement activities at the local level. As a result of those decisions the ICFTU/APRO education project was established in June 1988 with the appointment of a full-time educator. The project operated from a Brisbane office, located in the Queensland ACTU building. ICFTU/APRO Regional Conference No.14 held in Bangkok in 1988 endorsed the formation of specific structure for the South Pacific, including the appointment of a full-time executive officer to work alongside the project educator. It was resolved that an inaugural conference would be convened to formalise the establishment of the new body which replaced the Pacific Trade Union Forum and became known as the South Pacific and Oceanic Council of Trade Unions (SPOCTU).
SPOCTU operated as the peak council of the trade union movement in the Pacific Islands, representing affiliated organisations in Fiji, PNG, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Cook Islands, Samoa, Tonga, New Caledonia, New Zealand and Australia. Conferences were held every two years and an intensive program of training workshops was undertaken, often in conjunction with the Pacific office of the Commonwealth Trade Union Council.

• Minutes of SPOCTU Conferences and Steering Committees meetings (ACTU copies), 1989-1999.
• ICFTU/APRO, Pacific Trade Union Forum and SPOCTU steering Committees, Conferences and Projects files, 1987-1998.
• Commonwealth Trade Union Council, Pacific Trade Union Education Liaison Committee: meetings, 1992-1996.
• SPOCTU Country files: Vanuatu, Samoa, Tonga, Solomon islands, Papua New Guinea, Fiji and Cook Islands, 1992-1998.
• SPOCTU Circulars to affiliates, 1990-1998.
See Finding aids for details.
See also Pacific Unionist, 1989-1998, at PMB Doc 553.

See PMB 664 for full entry.

The documents are inventoried on pp.372-4 of the Journal de la Societe des Oceanistes, vol.25, December 1969. The inventory is reproduced on the film. The documents comprise letters, reports, mission statistics, correspondence, a list of cultural objects for the 1925 Missionary Exhibition in Rome and records of the S.C. Propaganda.<BR>NOTE: Dates at the beginning of the film are incorrectly given as 1922 - 1950.
See Finding aids for details.

See PMB 664 for full entry.

The documents are inventoried on pp.375-6 of the Journal de la Societe des Oceanistes, vol.25, December 1969. The inventory, with annotations, is reproduced on the film. The documents comprise mission statistics and reports, letters relating to teaching brothers and records of the S.C. Propaganda.
See Finding aids for details.

See PMB 664 for full entry.

The documents are inventoried on pp.380-82 (X/A/6) of the Journal de la Societe des Oceanistes, vol.25, December 1969. The inventory, with annotations, is reproduced on the film. The documents comprise letters, financial statements, statistics, reports and records of the S.C. Propaganda.<BR>NOTE: dates at the beginning of the film are incorrectly given as 1891 - 1923.
See Finding aids for details.