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We are our way to meet the delegation from Rapanui, they have travelled far to demand the return of their stolen relation the #Moai Hoa Hakananai’a from the @britishmuseum follow #QueVuelvaElMoai for updates
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Excited to be in the conference session 'The Gift of Youth: New Directions in Pacific History' with Ashalyna Noa, Talei Si'ilata, Miliani Ganivet, Daniel Evans and Nicholas Hoare. #PHA18 #PACHIST18
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Great to see these #manawahine presenting and smashing it in the q&a section 💅🏽🤙🏽✊🏽 #PACHIST18
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If historians don't understand that Pacific histories are connected and most relevant to our genealogies, they are naive. @DamonSalesa #pha18 #pachist18
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The fineness of the mats in the Royal Academy (Oceania exhibition), would tempt any aspiring Tongan or Samoan to a life of crime - LOL @DamonSalesa #pha2018 #PACHIST18
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Our first international trip to *cough cough* Cambridge for the #PACHIST18 and we find ourselves sitting in a Pacific curl gradient 🌺 we are tweeting on @interislanders instagram.com/p/Bq9l0qFlrnJ/…

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We are in the back row of the Auditorium at Robinson College in Cambridge for the Pacific History Association 23rd Biennial Conference, The Gift of the Pacific, listening to @DamonSalesa #pha18 #pachist18
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Opening Keynote is from Anne Hattori, University of Guam #PHA18 ‘A Take on Taking: Unwrapping the Complexities of Oceanic Gifting in the Chamoru Context’
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We are attending the #PHA18 for the next 3 days starting at the #RAOceania exhibition before moving to Cambridge, sharing from this account & @maorigirljojo @Ahilapalapa @DAILY_ALAEA
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interislandcollective retweeted
So over the next three days I’m at the Pacific History Association biennial conference here in London and at Cambridge University. #PHA18
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Aroha in Action happening now at #RAOceania @ Royal Academy of Arts instagram.com/p/Bq44yDGFgyg/…

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In*ter*is*land Collective stand in solidarity with the West Papuan people and their right to self-determination and freedom! @FreeWestPapua #GlobalFlagRaising #FreeWestPapua #LetWestPapuaVote
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25 Nov 2018
Highlight of the autumn: Fiji after their first-ever win over France. x.com/LinebreakRugby/status/…

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Read this thread!
Replying to @Telegraph
Dear Dr @DominicSelwood, pity you did not get your facts right: 1) The Moai was not a "gift" from islanders to the British. No historical evidence of that; 2) All historians agree about the grim conditions of the islanders: famine & illnesses had decimated the population.
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A delegation from the island of Rapa Nui met with representatives from the British Museum to discuss repatriating an important Moai sculpture. bit.ly/2TuDssk
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