<div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Dear PI members,<br><br>The 4th Australian National Maori Kapa Haka Festival is on this Saturday in Canberra.<br>Many other upcoming Pacific related events are listed at:&nbsp;<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://pacificinstitute.anu.edu.au/events" target="1">http://pacificinstitute.anu.edu.au/events</a><br><br>New posts to&nbsp;<i><b>Outrigger</b>&nbsp;</i>(the Pacific Institute's blog) include:<br><p></p>-&nbsp;<a href="http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/blogs/pacificinstitute/2012/03/22/2012-odn-biennial-conference-urbanisation-in-the-pacific-trends-characteristics-and-challenges/" title="2012 ODN Biennial Conference – ‘Urbanisation in the Pacific: Trends, Characteristics and Challenges’" style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 102, 204); text-decoration: none; ">2012 ODN Biennial Conference – ‘Urbanisation in the Pacific: Trends, Characteristics and Challenges’</a><br>-&nbsp;<a href="http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/blogs/pacificinstitute/2012/03/22/ssgm-appointment/" title="SSGM academic appointment" style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 102, 204); text-decoration: none; ">SSGM academic appointment</a><br>-&nbsp;<a href="http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/blogs/pacificinstitute/2012/03/21/forum-post-coup-democratisation-and-military-consolidation-in-southeast-asia-and-the-pacific/" title="Forum: Post-coup Democratisation and Military Consolidation in Southeast Asia and the Pacific" style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 102, 204); text-decoration: none; ">Forum: Post-coup Democratisation and Military Consolidation in Southeast Asia and the Pacific</a><br>-&nbsp;<a href="http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/blogs/pacificinstitute/2012/03/21/king-george-tupou-v-campbell/" title="King George Tupou V (1948-2012)" style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 102, 204); text-decoration: none; ">King George Tupou V (1948-2012)</a><br>-&nbsp;<a href="http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/blogs/pacificinstitute/2012/03/20/king-george-tupou-v/" title="Obituary: King George Tupou V" style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 102, 204); text-decoration: none; ">Obituary: King George Tupou V</a><br>-&nbsp;<a href="http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/blogs/pacificinstitute/2012/03/20/student-scholarships-for-anu-asia-pacific-week-2012/" title="Student Scholarships for Asia Pacific Week 2012" style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bott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