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Last edited: April 14, 2007
 
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  Laws in the South Pacific
    
  White = Legal       
  Red
  = Illegal 
    
  
    
      | Country | 
      Lesbian | 
      Gay Male | 
      Maximum Penalty | 
     
    
      | Australia | 
      Legal | 
      Legal | 
       | 
     
    
      | Cook Islands (New Zealand Associated State) | 
      Legal | 
      Illegal | 
      14 years | 
     
    
      | Fiji Islands | 
      Legal | 
      Legal | 
       | 
     
    
      | French
        Polynesia/Tahiti | 
      Legal | 
      Legal | 
       | 
     
    
      | Guam (USA) | 
      Legal | 
      Legal | 
       | 
     
    
      | Kiribati | 
      Legal | 
      Illegal | 
      14 years | 
     
    
      | Maldives | 
      Legal | 
      Illegal | 
      Life | 
     
    
      | Marshall Islands | 
      Legal | 
      Illegal | 
      10 years | 
     
    
      | Micronesia | 
      Legal | 
      Legal | 
       | 
     
    
      | Nauru | 
      Not available | 
      Not available | 
       | 
     
    
      | New Caledonia | 
      Legal | 
      Legal | 
       | 
     
    
      | New Zealand  | 
      Legal | 
      Legal | 
       | 
     
    
      | Niue (New Zealand Associated State) | 
      Legal | 
      Illegal | 
      10 years | 
     
    
      | Papua New Guinea | 
      Legal | 
      Illegal | 
      14
        years | 
     
    
      | Solomon Islands | 
      Legal | 
      Illegal | 
      14 years | 
     
    
      | Tokelau (New Zealand Associated State) | 
      Legal | 
      Illegal | 
      10 years | 
     
    
      | Tonga | 
      Legal | 
      Illegal | 
      10 years | 
     
    
      | Tuvalu | 
      Legal | 
      Illegal | 
      14 years | 
     
    
      | Vanuatu/New Hebrides | 
      Legal | 
      Legal | 
       | 
     
    
      | Western Samoa | 
      Illegal | 
      Illegal | 
      7 years | 
     
    
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