American Samoa / Tonga / Wallis and Futuna / Kiribati / French Polynesia / Solomon Islands / Nauru / New Zealand / Fiji / Guinea / Niue / Cook Islands / Vanuatu / Australia / Tuvalu / New Caledonia / Papua New Guinea / Norfolk Island / Tokelau / / /
Event
Natural Disaster / Environmental Issue / /
Facility
New Caledonia Cairns Airport / Vanuatu Whangarei Airport / Port Vila / Faleolo Airport / Townsville Airport / Fua’motu Airport / Auckland Airport / Rarotonga Airport / Brisbane Airport / Airport Ouanaham / Mata’aho Airport / International Research Institute / Salote Airport / /
IndustryTerm
Island / /
NaturalFeature
Nui Island / Tuamotu Islands / Islands Australian / Tasman Sea / Pacific Islands / PaciÞc Island / Marquesas Islands / Moderate Northern Cook Islands / Raoul Island / Pacific Island / Society Islands / Pitcairn Island / Howe Island / Moderate Society Islands / Fiji Laucala Bay / Southern Cook Islands / Northern Cook Islands / Mean sea / Viwa Island / Low Tuamotu Islands / /
Organization
Federal Aviation Administration / PaciÞc Islands Applied Geosciences Commission / Meteorology Meteo France NOAA National Weather Service NOAA Climate Prediction Centre / Marquesas Islands Australian Bureau / Meteorological Service / Secretariat for the PaciÞc Regional Environmental Programme / New Zealand Agency / International Research Institute for Climate / Climate and Society European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasts UK Met office World Meteorological Organization MetService of New Zealand / /
Person
Jim Renwick / Stuart Burgess / Jim Salinger / Is Caroline / Wendy St George / / /
Position
Director / Marshall / /
Region
South Pacific / central French Polynesia / Western Kiribati / northern Cook Islands / Eastern Kiribati / Southern Cook Islands / /
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