[ISL] Five #islands links: Easter Island, New Zealand, Curaçao, Barbados, Toronto Islands

[rfmcdonald]

• Representatives of Easter Island, visiting London, plead for the return of a moai statue stolen away in the 1860s. The Guardian reports.


• Guardian Cities notes the problems facing Pacific Island migrants in the New Zealand city of Auckland.


• Daily Xtra takes a look at Pride on Curaçao.


• The Conversation notes how Barbados has demonstrated, and is continuing to demonstrate, remarkable resiliency versus threats both natural and human.


• Deb O'Rourke at NOW Toronto writes about how Toronto Islanders and the Mississauga of the New Credit First Nation are moving towards reconciliation.