Oceania and South Pacific Islands Calendar of Events 2005

FEBRUARY Cultural Festival Week, featuring tivaevae quilt competitions and arts and crafts displays - Cook Islands Jon Frum Festival at Sulphur Bay- Vanuatu MARCH Pasifika Festival - Auckland, New Zealand APRIL Taemoemo Canoe Races - Cook Islands Rarotonga International Triathlon - Cook Islands Kone's Rodeo - New Caledonia Traditional Maohi Sports Festival - Tahiti MAY Vava'u Festival-Tonga JUNE Heilala Festival - Tonga Maire Maiva Nui Festival - Cook Islands Canoe Regatta - Cook Islands Coconut Festival, displays and competitions - Cook Islands International Bula Marathon(Suva) - Fiji Heiva i Tahiti Festival - Tahiti Ha'apai Festival -Tonga JULY Festival of Pacific Arts - July 22-31 2005, Palau, Micronesia - www.festival-pacific-arts.org Tourism Week, American Samoa South Pacific Games - Samoa 2007 Bula Festival - Fiji Constitution Festival - This is the Cook Islands major festival of the year, which celebrates its independence with sports, dances, music, historical and cultural displays and other events. Te Aito Individual Outrigger Canoe Race - Tahiti Nukualofa's Heilala Festival -Tonga AUGUST Tivaevae Festival: quilt weaving displays - Cook Islands Hibiscus Festival - Fiji Fiji Ocean Swim (Mana Island) Jazz Festival in Noumea - New Caledonia Agricultural Fair at Bourail - New Caledonia SEPTEMBER Canoe Regatta: Oe Vaka Singles - Cook Islands Sugar Festival (Lautoka) - Fiji Tuila Festival - Samoa OCTOBER Tivaevae Exhibition: Traditional, Modern, Local Quilting - Cook Islands Back To Levuka Festival - Fiji Rising of Balolo - all South Pacific Islands NOVEMBER Tiare Week Festival: Flower and Floral Competitions, Miss Tiare Pageant - Cook Islands Cook Islands Food Festival Hawaiki Nui Va'a Outrigger Canoe Race - Tahiti DECEMBER Tiare Week Festival - Cook Islands