Its closest neighbours to the north are the Pacific islands of New Caledonia, Fiji and Tonga.(其最接近的鄰國向北太平洋島嶼新喀里多尼亞、斐濟和湯加。)

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.(為了太平洋島嶼論壇年度峰會，8月4日和5日太平洋上的領導們齊聚瓦努阿圖維拉港，但是缺席了這一地區的一些重要人物。)

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.(在他做出讓步之前，除非斐濟問題由其他一些方法解決，否則太平洋島嶼論壇不大可能取得其他什么進展。)

The Pacific islands have changed a great deal since white men first landed on their shores.(太平洋島嶼有重大的改變，因為在他們的第一個白人海岸登陸。)

It is the oldest cemetery ever found in the Pacific islands, and it harbors the remains of an ancient people archaeologists call the Lapita.(這是太平洋島嶼上至今為止發現的最古老的墓地，埋葬著考古學家稱之為拉皮塔人的古代居民的遺骸。)

But on the Pacific islands of Melanesia, it's a symbol of beauty and speed.(但是在美拉尼西亞的太平洋群島上，黑色象征著美和速度。)

Anthropologists wondered where the remote ancestors of the Polynesian peoples now living in the Pacific Islands came from.(人類學家過去不清楚如今生活在太平洋諸島上的波利尼西亞人的祖先來自何方。)

It is why the Pacific islands are also so popular.(這也是太平洋島嶼如此受歡迎的原因。)

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.(在此次地震發生數小時前，另一場地震所引發的海嘯襲擊太平洋上的薩摩亞群島及美屬薩摩亞，造成至少100人死亡。)

The representative from Papua New Guinea spoke for the Pacific Islands Forum.(巴布亞新幾內亞代表在太平洋島國論壇發表了演講。)