Pacific Islands Trade and Investment Commission Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu. PTI is an agency of the Suva based Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat, and have offices in Australia, New Zealand, China and Japan. Pacific Islands Trade and Investment Commission Formerly known as the Pacific Islands Trade and Investment Commission (PITIC) Pacific Trade Invest is the leading trade and investment facilitation organisation in the Pacific Islands region with a specific focus on export facilitation, investment and tourism promotion. Pacific Trade Invest (PTI) contributes to the sustainable economic development of the Pacific Island Countries by
History of the Pacific Islands to today's modern interpretation of what their culture might have been. It should also be mentioned that the Chamorros on Guam view their culture & language differently than the Chamorros on the Northern Mariana Islands. Hawaiian history is inextricably tied into a larger Polynesian phenomenon. Hawaii is the apex of the Polynesian Triangle, a region of the Pacific Ocean anchored by three island groups: Hawaii, Rapa Nui (Easter Island), and Aotearoa (New Zealand). The many island cultures within the Polynesian Triangle share similar languages derived from a proto-Malayo-Polynesian language used in Southeast Asia 5,000 years ago. Polynesians also share cultural