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Louise Curragh slyly sees herself as the Queen of Munda. Leader of the local police, the 32-year-old New Zealand constable can exercise great authority. As the only person who carries a pistol in this part of the New Georgia Islands, once known for its marauding head-hunters, in theory Curragh has power in the way Mao envisaged it. She is usually flanked by two handsome Tongan colleagues and is greeted as Luisa or Madam wherever she goes. But the reason for Curragh's secret contentment is this: 6,000 km from her home in the Bay of Plenty...
...trooper. Then she'll break into a hearty, long laugh. Here's an energetic cop, only seven years in the job, who craves action and responsibility but doesn't take herself too seriously. To the smiling, freckled Curragh, this outpost, and the surrounding islands, is an amazing place - "Magical Munda," she calls it now. "But you could easily be isolated and miserable out here," she says, recalling her first impressions last April, when she arrived knowing nothing about the sleepy coastal town that was to become her base for the next three months - and was greeted by rain clouds. Munda...
...Funded mainly by Australian taxpayers, the rescue mission has spread peace, order - and a good deal of money. But the further one goes from Honiara, the capital, the smaller its presence becomes. Here in Munda, ramsi is Louise, Sete and 'Isi. "We're part of a big jigsaw puzzle," says Curragh. "Every person that comes out here adds something to it. We all bring different experiences. Hopefully, by the time we leave, we'll have made the next person's job a little easier." During the short time they will spend among these people, the Kiwi and Tongans will play...
...police equipment in these parts. Before ramsi, there was no police boat or vehicle, and local officers often had to borrow canoes or walk long distances to bring in a suspect or respond to a call for help. On a cloudy, humid afternoon, in Roviana lagoon, south of Munda, RSIP officer Ege Saro skippers the inflatable around shallow-lying coral reefs. Reaching open water, he pushes it to a zippy, if bumpy, 27 knots. After a 50-min. journey, the boat arrives at Rendova Island, and Curragh and Sergeant Allenson Tiazy jump from the boat onto a small wharf...
...houses. Dani has ignored the warnings of Peter's committee and the village organizer, so the Solomons police have been called. Dani is questioned by Tiazy, whose disposition has now hardened by several degrees. The stocky suspect denies all allegations, so Tiazy decides to take him back to Munda for further questioning...