the Pacific Islands

Its closest neighbours to the north are the Pacific islands of New Caledonia, Fiji and Tonga.(其最接近的邻国向北太平洋岛屿新喀里多尼亚、斐济和汤加。)

Pacific leaders gathered in Port Vila, Vanuatu, August 4th and 5th for their annual summit of the Pacific Islands forum-but missing some of the region's key players.(为了太平洋岛屿论坛年度峰会，8月4日和5日太平洋上的领导们齐聚瓦努阿图维拉港，但是缺席了这一地区的一些重要人物。)

Until he does, and unless the Fiji problem is resolved some other way, it is unlikely that the Pacific Islands Forum will be able to achieve much else.(在他做出让步之前，除非斐济问题由其他一些方法解决，否则太平洋岛屿论坛不大可能取得其他什么进展。)

The Pacific islands have changed a great deal since white men first landed on their shores.(太平洋岛屿有重大的改变，因为在他们的第一个白人海岸登陆。)

It is the oldest cemetery ever found in the Pacific islands, and it harbors the remains of an ancient people archaeologists call the Lapita.(这是太平洋岛屿上至今为止发现的最古老的墓地，埋葬着考古学家称之为拉皮塔人的古代居民的遗骸。)

But on the Pacific islands of Melanesia, it's a symbol of beauty and speed.(但是在美拉尼西亚的太平洋群岛上，黑色象征着美和速度。)

Anthropologists wondered where the remote ancestors of the Polynesian peoples now living in the Pacific Islands came from.(人类学家过去不清楚如今生活在太平洋诸岛上的波利尼西亚人的祖先来自何方。)

It is why the Pacific islands are also so popular.(这也是太平洋岛屿如此受欢迎的原因。)

The earthquake came hours after another quake triggered a tsunami that left at least 100 people dead on the Pacific islands of Samoa and American Samoa.(在此次地震发生数小时前，另一场地震所引发的海啸袭击太平洋上的萨摩亚群岛及美属萨摩亚，造成至少100人死亡。)

The representative from Papua New Guinea spoke for the Pacific Islands Forum.(巴布亚新几内亚代表在太平洋岛国论坛发表了演讲。)