Length2h 7m
About this audiobook
Vaitupu is a sleepy island in the Pacific, part of the tiny country of Tuvalu.
In the days after the end of World War II, their leaders decide to buy a remote island in Fiji, sight unseen, after a meeting with the former headmaster of their school, who was passing by the island in a ship.
The British Colonial authorities in Fiji let them buy it and populate it with their own natives.
This true story documents how this came about, traces the varied career of the headmaster and one of his headstrong pupils, and looks at the challenges faced by those pioneers who went to live on the island.
How did they fare? Their descendants are thriving on the island, and play an interesting convening role in the climate change debate that dominates the politics of Tuvalu.
Audiobook details
GenreHistory, Politics and Government
Length2 hrs 7 mins
Narrated byRecorded Track
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateJun 9, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
10CHAPTER 9. SA DUI COGI NI TOBA
2CHAPTER 1. TUVALUANS AND MIGRATION…
11CHAPTER 10. SCOUTING AND PLANNING
3CHAPTER 2. INTRODUCTION TO VAITUPU
12CHAPTER 11. PIONEER DAYS ON KIOA
4CHAPTER 3. VAITUPU, TRADERS, THE CHURCH, AND THE CO-OP
13CHAPTER 12. RELIGION
5CHAPTER 4. EDUCATION ON VAITUPU
14CHAPTER 13. RELATIONS WITH NEIGHBOURS AND THE GOVERNMENT
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6CHAPTER 5. DONALD KENNEDY…
15CHAPTER 14. TOKU FENUA SE TIFA SAMASAMA KAE KO SE ILE NEI NE TE TUIGALA. FAKALAGA AKE LA
7CHAPTER 6. NELI LIFUKA
16CHAPTER 15. KIOA - THE CONVENER
8CHAPTER 7. LET’S BUY AN ISLAND
17End matters
9CHAPTER 8. WHO OWNS KIOA?
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