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Pitcairn

Pitcairn 166 the contemporary pacific • 29:1 (2017) low single figures. Once young people move abroad—usually to New Zea- land—to advance their education, they The islands of Pitcairn, Henderson, rarely return. In addition, with only Ducie, and Oeno (commonly known a handful of women being of child- as Pitcairn) make up a single terri- bearing age, the birthrate is not high tory, the last remaining United King- enough to sustain population levels dom Overseas Territory (ukot) in (UK Department for International the Pacific Ocean. Pitcairn, the only Development 2015). So apart from a inhabited island of the group, had a rising number of births, there are two total resident population of thirty- other options for increasing the popu- nine—a historically low figure—at the lation: the return of former residents start of 2016. The entire population and their families, and new immi- lives in the lone settlement, Adams- grants coming to the island. In order town. The only way of accessing the to help facilitate these, the Pitcairn island is by sea, but because of the Island Council (pic) in 2013 agreed difficult terrain, ships must moor to a repopulation plan to stabilize the offshore, with longboats operating population at around http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The Contemporary Pacific University of Hawai'I Press

Pitcairn

Clegg, Peter
The Contemporary Pacific , Volume 29 (1) – Jan 21, 2017
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166 the contemporary pacific • 29:1 (2017) low single figures. Once young people move abroad—usually to New Zea- land—to advance their education, they The islands of Pitcairn, Henderson, rarely return. In addition, with only Ducie, and Oeno (commonly known a handful of women being of child- as Pitcairn) make up a single terri- bearing age, the birthrate is not high tory, the last remaining United King- enough to sustain population levels dom Overseas Territory (ukot) in (UK Department for International the Pacific Ocean. Pitcairn, the only Development 2015). So apart from a inhabited island of the group, had a rising number of births, there are two total resident population of thirty- other options for increasing the popu- nine—a historically low figure—at the lation: the return of former residents start of 2016. The entire population and their families, and new immi- lives in the lone settlement, Adams- grants coming to the island. In order town. The only way of accessing the to help facilitate these, the Pitcairn island is by sea, but because of the Island Council (pic) in 2013 agreed difficult terrain, ships must moor to a repopulation plan to stabilize the offshore, with longboats operating population at around

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Published: Jan 21, 2017

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