PACIFIC ISLANDS

(See also French Polynesia; Hawaii; Melanesia; Micronesia; Oceania; Pacific Ocean; Polynesia; islands and island groups by name)

(Note centered heading below: Jehovah’s Witnesses)

Christmas (Kiritimati) Island: g 8/07 16-18

Cocos Island: g97 9/22 25-27

custom of ‘green leafing’: w09 5/1 20-21

Easter Island: g00 6/22 22-25

exploration:

Cook, James: g95 3/22 12-15

Flood legends: w92 1/15 7

Fraser Island (Australia): g 3/06 14-17

Hiva Oa (Marquesas Islands):

centennial of Paul Gauguin: g05 10/8 22-25

isolated animals no proof against Deluge: it-1 111

Juan Fernández archipelago:

Robinson Crusoe Island: w00 6/15 8-9

maps: yb09 73; g05 1/8 20

Nan Madol (Pohnpei): g01 1/8 16-18

Norfolk Island: g92 1/8 14-17

religion:

cargo cults: yb11 97; g 9/07 16

concern over growth of “new religious groups”: g95 6/8 29

Jehovah’s name: w06 4/15 32; g04 8/8 30; g03 10/22 12-15; w88 7/1 14-15

slavery (blackbirding) (c. 1860-c. 1900): g 1/09 24-25

volcano creates a new island: g86 5/8 29

Jehovah’s Witnesses

annual report: yb99 63-64; yb97 54-55; yb95 45

branch offices: jv 398-401

clergy opposition: jv 474

construction volunteers: w00 8/15 8-11

defend Jehovah’s name: w88 7/1 15

early witnessing: jv 440-441

growth: w87 6/1 29

islands where work is restricted: yb93 63-64; yb87 61

service experiences: w97 2/1 8

modern history: jv 470-474

persons:

Dos Santos, Joseph: jv 440-441; yb91 78-82

Muller, Babette: w96 3/1 24-26

Muller, Michel: w96 3/1 24-26

Payne, Winston and Pamela: w19.04 27-29

Shepherd, Sydney: jv 440

Wegener, Fred and Shirley: yb09 109-110

Winton, George: jv 440

places:

Easter Island: w04 2/15 21-25

Niutao: yb94 13-14

Robinson Crusoe Island: w00 6/15 8-11

Polynesian-language publications: w15 8/15 6; yb95 28-29; w91 3/15 27-28

printing: jv 593

publications: g00 12/22 9

Do You Have an Immortal Spirit? (Tract No. 25): w02 1/15 28

languages: yb09 12; g00 12/22 6-7

service experiences: w89 1/1 31

Memorial on distant islands: yb12 83-85

serving where need is greater: w16.01 3-4; jv 441, 470-473

appreciation for experience: jv 472

traveling overseers: w19.04 27-29

visits by—

Henschel, M. G.: jv 98

Knorr, N. H.: jv 98