Table of contents : CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS PLACE AND PERSON: AN INTRODUCTION 1. IMAGINING ISLANDS 2. TALES FROM SEVERAL COVES 3. PAPUA, O’AHU, VITI LEVU 4. THE OCEAN IN ME 5. TAUPO COUNTRY, NEW ZEALAND 6. CHUUK 7. BOUGAINVILLE, PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL 8. RAKWANE 9. RABAUL 10. MAIPA MADE ME DO IT 11. WONE SOHTE LOHDI 12. MĀNOA RAIN 13. LAUCALA BAY 14. ULELETIW 15. BLUE-LIGHT SPECIAL 16. PLAYING WITH CANOES 17. THE PLACE THAT IS A PART OF IT ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS INDEX