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Portrait of a man in Nukulaelae Atoll.
Funafuti Atoll, December 2000. Traffic control: Tuvalu's only stop sign.
Vaitupu Island, June 1998. Parents disembark the Nivaga II for the Motufoua Secondary School Sports Day.
Fishing for bonito.
Nukulaelae Atoll, December 2000. Pulaka, a root vegetable, is mixed with toddy.
Nanumea Atoll, February 2001. Fish fly in all directions. It is not uncommon to be hit in the head by a fish missile.
People at cafe in Vulcan Lane.
Kioa Island, Fiji, January 2001. Kaisame Kirisome was born on Vaitupu. In 1946 fearing overcrowding the people of Vaitupu bought Kioa in Fiji, and Kaisame migrated. Kioa has a Tuvaluan society, but Kaisame wants to return to Vaitupu to die.
Funafuti Atoll, December 2000. Cadets from the Tuvalu Maritime Training Institute on Amatuku Islet help unload a workboat.
Victoria Street, Sky Tower in distance.
Entrance to Te Papa 'Museum of New Zealand'.
A full moon over the Funafuti Atoll lagoon.
Funafuti Atoll, April 2000. Meleane Pese was the meteorological observer at the time of Cyclone Bebe, in 1972. She saved the lives of a woman and her child by holding them to a coconut tree as a tidal wave washed over.
Antigua Boat Sheds, Avon River.
Bhana Bros Fruit and Vegetables, generations of proprietors, Ponsonby.
Samoan fisherman with net at Funafuti Atoll.
Niutao Atoll, February 2001. A large part of the school curriculum is dedicated to learning English, and stories pinned up on the wall of a classroom at the Uepele Primary School tell tales of everyday island life.
Funafuti Atoll, December 2000. The tiny islet of Tepuka Savilivili has been cited as possible evidence of climatic change, as its coconut trees and sandbanks have disappeared leaving it just a small stretch of rock.
America's Cup Yacht NZL 41, Waitamata Harbour.
Fresh produce for sale at Fremantle 'Freo' Market.
Wellington Lions fans at Westpac Stadium.
Narrows bridge with city skyline beyond.
Funafuti Atoll, July 1999. Land for housing is limited on Funafuti. This family from an outer island have built their house next to a borrow pit.
People at Polynesian 'Poly' Market, Porirua.
Tuvaluan crew of German cargo ship take coffee break.
'Sunday session' at Ocean Beach Hotel (OBH), Cottesloe.
West Coast Eagles mascot and children, Subiaco Oval.
Funafuti Atoll, April 2000. The reception for Pateni and Linosia's wedding is held in the falekaupule. An open invitation was made to the hotel's guests. As is the custom Pateni and Linosia endured many changes of clothes.
Nukufetau Atoll, February 2001. Tutasi Memorial School Day celebrates the opening of the school in 1947. The first primary school in Tuvalu, it was established and run at the local community's initiative and expense.
Three girls at Polynesian 'Poly' market, Porirua.
Tram on Worcester Street.
Cathedral Square.
City with Southern Alps in background, Estuary.
Nanumaga Atoll, February 2001. Atoa Kelemeni sits at the entrance to his traditional house. More and more of the new houses on the islands are 'palagi (European-style) houses': dull concrete-blocks roofed with corrugated iron.
Nui Atoll, May 2000. Apalosa Limon cooking a pig for feasting at the falekaupule.
America's Cup Yacht NZL 41, Waitamata Harbour.
Nanumea Atoll, February 2001. The fisherman skilfully catches a fish as it leaps from the water.
Nui Atoll, May 2000. Nui's elders dance in a fatele for members of the CRC.
Niutao Atoll, February 2001. Niutao's church.
Funafuti Atoll, July 1999. Tuvaluan women in the kitchen with an outboard engine.
Nanumea Atoll, February 2001. The WWII wreckage of a four-engined B24 Liberator bomber recycled for use as coconut storage.
Nanumea Atoll, February 2001. Akoakoga Kalala, one of the few policewomen in Tuvalu, aboard the catamaran for Lakena Islet.
Funafuti Atoll, July 1999. Boys with a captive turtle in a borrow pit. During WWII more than 400,000 cubic metres of coral was excavated (borrowed) to level the airfield.
Willowbank Wildlife Reserve, Kea (Nestor notabilis) New Zealand Mountain parrot.
Two people kayaking in Days Bay, with city buildings in distance.
Nanumea Atoll, February 2001. Lakena Islet. The graves of Tuvaluans are decorated with WWII-vintage Coca-Cola bottles. Lakena is permanently populated by two families; they're joined most days by Nanumeans from the main populated islet who tend gardens o
A woman in the bow of a boat, heading for the Elekana Monument across Nukulaelae's Lagoon, Nukulaelae Atoll, December 2000.
Nui Atoll, May 2000. Unloading pigpen materials from the Nivanga II's workboat. A project to contain the island's pigs was initiated by Nui's island council to restore the islet's interior.
Te Henga (Bethells Beach).
Walker in Alber Park.
Funafuti Atoll, December 2000. Prime Minister Ionatana Ionatana addresses parliament in the falekaupule next to the airstrip. The sitting was later disrupted by an incoming flight.
Funafuti Atoll, December 2000. Family fishing on Funafala Islet. The girl is biting the fish's head to kill it.
Detail of Embassy Cafe interior, Kent Terrace.
Vaitupu Island, June 1998. Vaitupu viewed from the sea at sunrise while fishing for bonito. From the sea the low-lying islands are easily lost from sight, particularly if bad weather sets in. It is not uncommon for fisherman to be lost at sea.
Vaitupu Island, February 2001. Tuvalu's fishing boat, the Manaui, and its captain. As well as fishing the Manaui often carries passengers and general cargo.
Vaitupu Island, May 2000. Fatele for the members of the CRC in the island's falekaupule. The CRC, comprising government delegates, toured the islands canvassing local opinion on changes to Tuvalu's constitution.
Nanumea Atoll, February 2001. Flying fish simply fly into the boats.
Nukufetau Atoll, May 2000. Primary school, lagoonside. Tuvalu sees that its future lies in the education of its young people.
Two boys with faces painted to support Wellington Lions, Westpac Stadium.
Nukulaelae Atoll, December 2000. Tubwebwe Teoli. Tubwebwe, from Kiribati, married a Tuvaluan and moved to Nukulaelae. Expert in herbal medicine, she crushes nonu fruit for a traditional remedy.
People sitting outside The Occidental Cafe in Vulcan Lane.
Niulakita Atoll. Church interior. Niulakita's church bell was acquired from a ship and turned out to be too heavy to lift into the tiny tower, so it's housed in a nearby shelter.
Funafuti Atoll, May 2000. Tuvalu Maritime Training Institute passing out parade. These cadets have undertaken a rigorous education, graduating as motormen, deckhands and cooks. All graduates will be offered places on merchant ships.
Kioa, Fiji, January 2001. Trade store, stocked with the ubiquitous tinned corn beef. This store is well stocked compared with many on Tuvalu's outer islands.
Funafuti Atoll, February 2000. Exposure by the light of the full moon. This full moon coincides with the southern hemisphere's lunar perigee of 364,494kms. Only every 133 years does the moon come this close to the earth.
Children prepare to snorkel in the lagoon adjacent to the Funafuti Community Falekaupule.
Nui Atoll, May 2000. Fenua Tapu islet. Aloloima Sipane peels taro for feasting in the falekaupule.
QV1 building, designed by Harry Seidler.
Nui Atoll, May 2000. Everybody lends a hand to unload bags of rice and other supplies from Nivaga II's workboats.
Nanumaga Atoll, February 2001. Weaving a tapola (basket) out of coconut fronds.
Artists painting cityscape from King's Park.
Funafuti Atoll, April 2000. Elia Tavita, kaupule president. Bomb Day commemoration, Tausoa Lima Falekaupule
Nui Atoll, May 2000. On the left is senior staff nurse Terube Alinesi. 'In my family I have to do the cooking and look after the family and here at the hospital I have to look after the patients.'
Children playing on the shore.
Artists painting cityscape from King's Park.
People sitting inside and outside cafe with mosaic walls.
Clock at entrance to London Court shops.
Funafuti Atoll, July 1999. Ice cream is an import eagerly awaited, especially by children.
Sky Tower, Sky jump.
Market on Cathedral Square.
Lyttelton Harbour with sign below.
Colombo Street, City Mall entrance.
Funafuti Atoll, July 1999. Soccer training at night on the runway.
Exterior of Beehive and Parliament House.
Shoppers at Polynesian 'Poly' Market, Porirua.
The commanding officers and crew of the Tuvaluan fisheries patrol boat HTMSS Te Mataili (circa 2000).
Funafuti Atoll, December 2000. People often sleep on the runway to avoid overcrowded and hot modern houses.
City buildings around Wakefield Street from Mt Victoria lookout.
P and O Nedlloyd Fos, Haumili Haleti, AB, keeps watch over stevedoring operations at West Swanson Dock.
Te Papa 'Museum of New Zealand' illuminated at night.
Portrait of Wellington Lions fan, Westpac Stadium.
America's Cup Yacht NZL 41, waitamata Harbour.
Vaitupu Island, June 1998. Toaripi House, Motufoua Secondary School Sports Day. The Nivaga II collects relatives of the students from all of Tuvalu's islands and takes them home again at the end of the two-day event.
Niutao Atoll, February 2001. Motorcycles are the main form of transport in Tuvaluan villages.
Nukufetau Atoll, May 2000. This family have moved into one of two wards at the medical centre. They're enjoying a meal of coconut crab. Nukufetau is renown for its abundant coconut crabs.
People participating in 'City to Surf' fun run, City Beach.
Nukufetau Atoll, May 2000. Lagoon-side, watching sunrise as Tuvalu's cargo and passenger ship the Nivaga II rests at anchor. The Nivaga II also serves as a training vessel for the Tuvalu Maritime Training Institute.
Nukufetau Atoll, February 2001. Interior of a modern house. With no TV broadcast to the outer islands, videos are popular. On Nukufetau everyone's favourite video was Braveheart.
Funafuti Atoll, July 1999. Students work with a cargo handling simulator provided under an Australian aid program, Tuvalu Maritime Training Institute.
Agnes Curran Cafe, Ponsonby.
Funafuti Atoll, April 2000. Roasted pig decorated with cigarettes and chewing gum is served at Pateni Vakalasi and Linosia Unitelo's wedding.
Nui Atoll, May 2000. Remains of a US B24 Liberator that survived a forced landing in the lagoon intact. All 11 crew survived. It was subsequently blown up by the US to mislead any Japanese reconnaissance of the atoll.
Vaitupu Island, May 2000. Watching the sun go down from Vaitupu's town wharf. On Kioa, a Fijian island settled by Tuvaluans from Vaitupu, the village is divided into sunset and sunrise communities.
Nukulaelae Atoll, December 2000. Malaki Mauga, ulu aliki (chief), carving a canoe for pule o kaupule (president) Aifou Tafie. Malaki has been working the breadfruit tree log for two weeks.
Vaitupu Island, May 2000. Tepoutoa Epati, birdcaller, with his wife and grandchild at the entrance to their house.
Funafuti Atoll, February 2000. Spring tides flood Funafuti's borrow pits. The pits are used as rubbish dumps and pigsties, and are an unhealthy eyesore.
Vaitupu Island, May 2000. Fatele for the CRC in Vaitupu's falekaupule. No effort was spared by the island communities in preparing for the CRC's visits.
Nukufetau Atoll, February 2001. Choir practice in a traditional sleeping house.
Auckland Museum, School group on stairs.
Children from Christ's College prep in rugby jumpers, Hagley Park.
Kioa, Fiji, January 2001. Tuvaluans playing kilikiti, a Polynesian version of cricket.
Funafuti Atoll, July 1999. The late Honourable Ionatana Ionatana, former prime minister of Tuvalu, and his son.
Maori Performer in traditional costume.
People outside Bar in Vulcan Lane.
Christchurch Art Gallery.
Canoe at sunset in Funafuti Lagoon.
Nui Atoll, May 2000. Traditional housing. Open-sided to let the breeze flow through, these houses are cool despite the oppressive tropical heat and humidity.
Nukulaelae Atoll, December 2000. Malaki Mauga sailing his canoe. With a sail made from rice bags and a sheet, and a halyard salvaged from washed-up ropes, the outrigger is surprisingly quick and fun.
A young girl looks out to sea from Galiga's Mataili rock on Nuitao Atoll (population 750, area 2.6 sq km) in the Pacific Ocean.
Funafuti Atoll, April 2000. Pateni Vakalasi and Linosia Unitelo's wedding. After a few words from Linosia's father the newlyweds depart for the reception in a van decorated with balloons and snack foods.
Funafuti Atoll, December 2000. Children at the airport terminal. Watching to see who is arriving by plane is a favourite pastime in Funafuti.
People having cheap eats at Wellington Market.
Bell Tower, downtown.
New Pier and Sea mist at New Brighton Beach.
Barista in Vulcan Lane.
Funafuti Atoll, February 2000. View east over Funafuti's lagoon at night.
Vaitupu Island, May 2000. Talofa (hello or welcome) sign for the Constitutional Review Committee's (CRC) visit. Vaitupu's church is in the background.
Funafuti Atoll, July 1999. Across the lagoon from the capital, Fualopa is an uninhabited islet in Funafuti Conservation Area. The area is a great success. People visit the islet to picnic.
Ice sculpture and patrons at Minus 5 Degrees Bar at Princes Wharf.
West Coast Eagles supporters filing in to Subiaco Oval.
Nukufetau Atoll, February 2001. Sliding down the boat ramp.
Funafuti Atoll, December 2000. Tepuka Islet is an uninhabited islet north of the Funafuti Conservation Area. Landowners visit regularly to fish, harvest coconuts and catch birds.
Exterior of Auckland Museum.
Passengers inside cable car.
Auckland Museum, Manaia Maori perfomer in traditional costume.
Nukufetau Atoll, May 2000. Temotuloto Islet. Fish drying in the sun.
Niutao Atoll, February 2001. A traditional house. Beams made of lightweight pandanus trunks are tied together and support beautifully thatched roofs. Germinating nuts and a bird-catching net are stored on the beams and rafters.
Victorian weatherboard houses at Oriental Bay.
Nanumaga Atoll, February 2001. Women from the Mouhala clan put on an impromptu performance.
Nanumea Atoll, February 2001. Boys playing on the ocean side of the island.
Nukulaelae Atoll, December 2000. Taking a break in the shade of a coconut palm near the Elekana monument.
Niulakita Atoll, December 2000. Cards at the pastor's house. Social activities take place here as Niulakita has no falekaupule. The falekaupule and most of the village were destroyed by a cyclone.
Niulakita Atoll, December 2000. Lunch for the community is held at the pastor's house. Most of Niulakita's 39 residents were present at the lunch.
Funafuti Atoll, December 2000. Crabs, pawpaw, bananas and breadfruit. Island food prepared for a communal meal at the pastor's house.
Funafuti Atoll, February 2000. A tuna is carried down the atoll's main street.
People on walking path next to river, with city skyline beyond, South Perth.
Funafuti Atoll, July 1999. Late in the day Funafutians head for the lagoon. Next to the Vaiaku Lagi Hotel this group of children hold an impromptu swimming carnival.
Nui Atoll, May 2000. Passengers head ashore in the workboat from Nivaga II, Tuvalu's cargo and passenger ship.
Niutao Atoll, February 2001. Seona Paneva, martial arts expert, with the spear his ancestor used to kill the palagi (Europeans) caught bathing in the island's well. Water is still a precious commodity in Tuvalu.
People running around Oriental Bay.
Children outside Te Papa 'Museum of New Zealand'.
Wellington Lions fans at Westpac Stadium.
Funafuti Atoll, July 1999. The US Navy 'Seabees' Construction Battalion built Funafuti's airfield in 1942. The airfield occupies the largest part of the capital islet's land area.
Exterior of Expressoholic cafe on Wakefield Street.
Surfer with his dog on Piha Beach.
People dining alfresco at Gino's Cafe, South Terrace, Fremantle.
Nanumea Atoll, February 2001. Fish are caught below the surface as well as in midair.
City with southern Alps in background seen from Sumner, Estuary.
Funafuti Atoll, December 2000. Asiva Motorcycle Hire. Funafuti's potholed roads are tough on vehicles and keep speeds down to a fast walk. A new road system for Funafuti will be completed by the end of 2001.
Auckland City from Waitamata Harbour.
Australian flag flying next to Bell Tower, downtown.
Vaitupu Island, May 2000. Maaia Moupa harvests toddy from a dwarf coconut palm. Originating in Sri Lanka, dwarf palms save Tuvaluans from the twice-a-day 20m climb it would take to shimmy a regular coconut palm.
Christchurch Art Gallery.
Funafuti Atoll, July 1999. Mother and son, Princess Margaret Hospital. The hospital was opened in 1978 as part of Princess Margaret's royal visit as the official British presence when Tuvalu became independent.
Funafuti Atoll, July 1999. Nukufetau islanders playing ano on the airfield. Ano is a uniquely Tuvaluan game, the ball is a rock encased in pandanus leaves.
Nukulaelae Atoll, December 2000. Isako Teoli is a 13-year old schoolboy sailing a model of a big outrigger canoe.
The Gondola with city in distance, Mt Cavendish.
Nukufetau Atoll, May 2000. Children at the Siona Fou Church entrance.
Vaitapu Island, May 2000. On Nivaga II, seamen prepare to unload cargo before sunrise.
Funafuti Atoll, December 2000. Fualopa Islet, part of the Funafuti Conservation Area, which is 33 sq km of protected lagoon, reef, channels, ocean and islets. The zone was established in 1999.
Kangaroo sculpture and Council House.
Nui Atoll, May 2000. Nui's elders hold an impromptu meeting in the town centre.
Nukufetau Atoll, May 2000. Propelled by rubber bands, the boys' spears are made from concrete reinforcing rods. These small fish will supplement a pig's diet of coconut.
Exterior of Beehive and Parliament House.
Nanumea Atoll, February 2001. Flying fishing. Palagi lights lure the fish to the surface and illuminate them. A moonless night is required to give the light maximum effect.
Funafuti Atoll, February 2000. Children playing soccer in a flooded area during spring tides. The 3.2m high tides sparked the world's concern as they threatened to inundate the country.
Nukufetau Atoll, May 2000. Coconut crabs at a falekaupule feast. Coconut crabs are a much prized food source, often appearing for special occasions. They can be 40 years old by the time they reach their maximum size of about 4kg.
Dingo Flour warehouse, North Fremantle.
Tepuka Islet.
Funafuti Atoll, December 2000. Adjacent to the Funafuti Community Falekaupule, children prepare to snorkel in the lagoon. Funafuti suffers from a burgeoning population, due in part to migration from the outer islands.
Funafuti Atoll, December 2000. Sleeping platform by the airstrip.
Children rest on woven mats at the Nukufetau Maneapa (traditional community meeting house) at the Island Day Celebrations.
Exterior of Maritime Museum, Fremantle.
Children swimming in Funafuti Lagoon.
Vulcan Lane.
Vaitupu Island, May 2000. Passengers disembark Nivaga II.
Nukufetau Atoll, February 2001. Siona Fou Church.
Funafuti Atoll, February 2000. Grandmother and grandchildren in a modern house, oceanside. While hotter than the open-sided traditional dwellings these houses are popular for their tin roofs, used to collect rainwater.
Funafuti Atoll, December 2000. Children at play.
High-rises lining beach at Oriental Bay.
'Sunday session' at Little Creatures, Fremantle.
Niutao Atoll, February 2001. Primary school children.
Funafuti Atoll, July 1999. Frigates and terns fly above Fualopa, one of several uninhabited islets set aside for conservation.
Nukufetau Atoll, May 2000. Women dance on pandanus mats. Fatele involves harmonious singing to an ever-increasing drumbeat.
Funafuti Atoll, July 1999. A shortage of land on Funafuti has led to housing being built around and on the rubbish-filled borrow pits, from which coral was excavated to build the airfield.
People dining at Cicerello's, Fisherman's Wharf, Fremantle.
Children looking out window of cable car.
Nukufetau Atoll, February 2001. Children play in the rain.
Surf club training at Cottesloe Beach.
Change rooms and kiosk detail at Leighton Beach.
Nukufetau Atoll, February 2001. Fish in an outrigger canoe. This outrigger, propelled by a small, four-horsepower outboard, is fast enough to troll from.
People walking along Wakefield Street.
Auckland Museum, Manaia Maori perfomer in traditional costume.
Nui Atoll, May 2000. Islanders arrive in the workboat for departure to Nukufetau aboard Nivaga II.
Chess game in Cathedral Square.
Exterior of Christchurch Art Gallery.
Vaitupu Island, May 2000. Tepoutoa Epati, 63 years old, preparing to call taketake birds from his puka tree. The tree is about 30m high.
Te Henga (Bethells Beach).
Christian singers standing next to painting of Christ on cross, Polynesian 'Poly' market, Porirua.
Auckland Museum, School group sitting on stairs.
Funafuti Atoll, December 2000. Vaiaku Lagi Hotel. Twenty-minute exposure taken by the light of the full moon from a 2nd-floor room in the hotel.

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