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Cultural Etiquette in the Pacific Guidelines for Staff Working in Pacific Communities Tropic of Cancer Tropique Du Cancer HAWAII NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS Cultural Etiquette in the Pacific Guidelines for staff working in Pacific communities Tropic of Cancer Tropique du Cancer HAWAII NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS GUAM MARSHALL PALAU ISLANDS BELAU Pacic Ocean FEDERATED STATES Océan Pacifique OF MICRONESIA PAPUA NEW GUINEA KIRIBATI NAURU KIRIBATI KIRIBATI TUVALU SOLOMON TOKELAU ISLANDS COOK WALLIS & SAMOA ISLANDS FUTUNA AMERICA SAMOA VANUATU NEW FRENCH CALEDONIA FIJI NIUE POLYNESIA TONGA PITCAIRN ISLANDS AUSTRALIA RAPA NUI/ NORFOLK EASTER ISLAND ISLAND Tasman Sea Mer De Tasman AOTEAROA/ NEW ZEALAND Tropic of Cancer Tropique du Cancer HAWAII NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS GUAM MARSHALL PALAU ISLANDS BELAU Pacic Ocean FEDERATED STATES Océan Pacifique OF MICRONESIA PAPUA NEW GUINEA KIRIBATI NAURU KIRIBATI KIRIBATI TUVALU SOLOMON TOKELAU ISLANDS COOK WALLIS & SAMOA ISLANDS FUTUNA AMERICA SAMOA VANUATU NEW FRENCH CALEDONIA FIJI NIUE POLYNESIA TONGA PITCAIRN ISLANDS AUSTRALIA RAPA NUI/ NORFOLK EASTER ISLAND ISLAND Tasman Sea Mer De Tasman AOTEAROA/ NEW ZEALAND Cultural Etiquette in the Pacific Guidelines for staff working in Pacific communities Noumea, New Caledonia, 2020 Look out for these symbols for quick identification of areas of interest. Leadership and Protocol Daily Life Background Religion Protocol Gender Ceremonies Dress Welcoming ceremonies In the home Farewell ceremonies Out and about Kava ceremonies Greetings Other ceremonies Meals © Pacific Community (SPC) 2020 All rights for commercial/for profit reproduction or translation, in any form, reserved. SPC authorises the partial reproduction or translation of this material for scientific, educational or research purposes, provided that SPC and the source document are properly acknowledged. Permission to reproduce the document and/or translate in whole, in any form, whether for commercial/for profit or non-profit purposes, must be requested in writing. Original SPC artwork may not be altered or separately published without permission. Original text: English Pacific Community Cataloguing-in-publication data Original text: English Pacific Community Cataloguing-in-publication data Cultural Etiquette in the Pacific Guidelines for staff working in Pacific communities 1. Culture — Oceania. 2. Cultural policy — Oceania. 3. Culture diffusion — Oceania. 4. Multiculturalism — Oceania. 5. Cultural pluralism — Oceania. I. Title II. Pacific Community 344.0995 AACR2 ISBN: 978-982-00-1355-1 Cover: Tuvalu couple (Photo: SPC) Inside cover: Dance group from New Caledonia, 10th Festival of Pacific Arts, Pago Pago, American Samoa, 2008. (Photo: Carla Appel) CONTENTS Foreword 7 Preface 8 General General Guidelines 9 Information Commonly Used Terms 14 American Samoa 15 Australia 19 Country Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands 24 Guidelines Cook Islands 28 Federated States of Micronesia 32 Fiji 36 French Polynesia 41 Guam 45 Hawai’i 48 Kiribati 53 Marshall Islands 58 Nauru 62 New Caledonia 65 Aotearoa / New Zealand 70 Niue 75 Norfolk Island 78 Palau 83 Papua New Guinea 88 Pitcairn Islands 92 Rapa Nui / Easter Island 96 Samoa 99 Solomon Islands 103 Tokelau 107 Tonga 111 Tuvalu 115 Vanuatu 119 Wallis and Futuna 123 1 4 5 2 3 2 1 Photo of woman fishing, Northern Province in New Caledonia (Photo: WhatTookYouSoLong) 2 10th Festival of Pacific Arts American Samoa, 2008 Playing a traditional game in American Samoa (Photo: Carla Appel) 3 Preparing food, Pacific Islands, 2002 4 10th Festival of Pacific Arts American Samoa, 2008 Dance group from Guam (Photo: Carla Appel) 5 Fijian tapa 6 Dancer from Federated States of Micronesia, 2006 (Photo: SPC) 7 Creating tapa, Samoa (Photo: Ron Castro) 6 7 3 1 5 6 2 3 4 7 4 8 10 1 Latinta cooking a meal in Nooto village, North Tarawa 2 Kava bowl 3 Arts Village, Pacific Harbour, Fiji 4 10th Festival of Pacific Arts, American Samoa, 2008 Papua New Guinean dance group (Photo: Carla Appel) 5 10th Festival of Pacific Arts, American Samoa, 2008 Papua New Guinean dance group (Photo: Carla Appel) 6 10th Festival of Pacific Arts, American Samoa, 2008 Women from Fiji (Photo: Carla Appel) 7 Polynesian carving 8 Paddling competitors, Cook Islands, 2007 9 10th Festival of Pacific Arts, American Samoa, 2008 Opening ceremony (Photo: Carla Appel) 10 Gathering ngali nuts in the forest, Solomon Islands, 2016 (Photo: POETCom) 9 5 3 4 1 2 1 Navigation map, Marshall Islands 2 Fishing (Photo: Francisco Blaha) 5 3 10th Festival of Pacific Arts, American Samoa, 2008 New Caledonian dance group (Photo: Carla Appel) 4 10th Festival of Pacific Arts, American Samoa, 2008 Indigenous Australian dance group (Photo: Carla Appel) 5 Meeting house, Palau. (Photo: SPC) 6 GENERAL INFORMATION FOREWORD It gives me great pleasure to present this second Communication is a key element of these edition of Cultural Etiquette in the Pacific. relationships. This booklet will assist us to communicate in ways that are culturally As a member of the Council of Regional appropriate, including the sharing of ideas Organisations in the Pacific (CROP), SPC has and experience, and facilitate a deeper proudly served the region for over seven understanding of how Pacific societies decades, using science and innovation, operate. Our responsiveness as a service and respect for Pacific contexts and cultures, provider is dependent on that understanding as a basis for interventions that respond because it must inform our approaches to our members’ own needs and priorities. and ways of working with our 26 member The diversity of this region requires that our countries. That said, we do not claim to be staff are equipped with relevant competencies experts on Pacific cultures – this resource is and knowledge, including of Pacific aimed at educating us on what we consider peoples and their cultures. This, in my view, to be a fundamental part of providing can take us a long way towards building effective service to Pacific communities. reciprocal relationships and strengthening our engagement with our members. I thank our team in the Social Development Programme for producing this second edition of Cultural Etiquette in the Pacific and trust that as regional public servants, we will make good use of it. Dr Stuart Minchin Pacific Community Director-General 7 GENERAL INFORMATION PREFACE Culture is a key area of work for SPC, and This revised edition has been made possible the Social Development Programme (SDP) through the engagement and contributions has lead responsibility for the portfolio. Part of ministries and departments responsible of this work is to develop organisational for culture across our membership, and capabilities that include knowledge of technical support from SPC’s Information Pacific cultures and their critical relevance Services. We hope you find the guide useful to our work with our members. in your work and we welcome your feedback on how we can improve it in future. This guide is not all encompassing, but rather aims to equip us with some basic cultural Soifua ma ia manuia, knowledge of the Pacific countries and Leituala Kuiniselani Toelupe Tago-Elisara communities we serve. The first edition of Director, Social Development Programme Cultural Etiquette in the Pacific was launched in 2005 and the production of this second edition is timely as we navigate our way into the new decade. We acknowledge the leadership of our Director-General, Dr Stuart Minchin, in supporting this undertaking and recognising the value of this resource in our role as a CROP agency. 8 GENERAL INFORMATION GENERAL GUIDELINES Pacific Island countries and territories (PICTs) have distinct cultural protocols and practices, but also many similarities in terms of appropriate behaviour, dress and speech. These shared aspects are described in the following general guidelines, while specific information for each PICT can be found in the Country Guidelines section. Language SPC contacts within PICTs go beyond Foreign In addition to their own language, PICTs Affairs, extending to all the sectors in which use either English or French as an official SPC engages, including agriculture, education, language, and communications between climate change, culture, energy, fisheries, SPC and member governments are most gender, geoscience, human rights, maritime often in English or French. Learning some issues, public health, statistics and youth. commonly used terms in the language(s) of Most member countries and territories also the countries in which you work shows respect have traditional governance and leadership for the culture and helps to create rapport systems at local, provincial and national levels. with country representatives. Terms that are A wide range of issues may be addressed frequently used during both social and formal by traditional processes including land use, occasions are listed in the Country Guidelines. legal affairs, cultural practices and language. Communications regarding in-country work Leadership and Protocol should always be directed to SPC’s official All Pacific Community members have a formal contact or focal point, who can provide advice government structure, including ministries, on correct procedures and will typically facilitate departments or divisions with authority for interaction with relevant areas of government, specific issues or resources. SPC’s official including traditional leaders where needed. contact and focal point is the Ministry of Although not all contacts with countries, or Foreign Affairs or its equivalent. However, visits, will involve the traditional leadership, 9 GENERAL INFORMATION SPC staff should be aware of and respect is a place in which kava is consumed
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