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 |
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Cook Islands (New Zealand Associated State) |
Legal |
Illegal |
14 years |
Fiji Islands |
Legal |
Legal |
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French
Polynesia/Tahiti |
Legal |
Legal |
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Guam (USA) |
Legal |
Legal |
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Kiribati |
Legal |
Illegal |
14 years |
Maldives |
Legal |
Illegal |
Life |
Marshall Islands |
Legal |
Illegal |
10 years |
Micronesia |
Legal |
Legal |
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Nauru |
Not available |
Not available |
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New Caledonia |
Legal |
Legal |
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New Zealand |
Legal |
Legal |
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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 |
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Western Samoa |
Illegal |
Illegal |
7 years |
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