Rapa Nui Journal: Journal of the Easter Island Foundation Volume 10 Article 5 Issue 2 June 1996 1996 News and Notes Follow this and additional works at: https://kahualike.manoa.hawaii.edu/rnj Part of the History of the Pacific slI ands Commons, and the Pacific slI ands Languages and Societies Commons Recommended Citation (1996) "News and Notes," Rapa Nui Journal: Journal of the Easter Island Foundation: Vol. 10 : Iss. 2 , Article 5. Available at: https://kahualike.manoa.hawaii.edu/rnj/vol10/iss2/5 This Commentary or Dialogue is brought to you for free and open access by the University of Hawai`i Press at Kahualike. It has been accepted for inclusion in Rapa Nui Journal: Journal of the Easter Island Foundation by an authorized editor of Kahualike. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. et al.: News and Notes INTERNATIONAL NEWS uncovered burials and traces of an ancient village. The adjacent beach is a traditional native fishing spot. The land now is fenced off from the local population and is under FRANCE police guard. The hotel project has been opposed by "A grand exposition of Easter Island and its enigmatic Tahitians since 1991. Protesters note that no independent civilization" was inaugurated on the 20th of April in the environmental study was done; the only survey was by the Musee Aquitane of Bordeaux and will continue until company doing tbe project. A number of legal actions are September 15. The exhibition, the most important one pending against th development, plans for which include an concerning Easter Island ever to be organized in France, is 8-story hotel with 350 rooms plus 12 over-water bungalows.