| [00:00.21] | Perhaps the fate of Easter Island |
| [00:02.74] | was not sealed by the human who felled that last tree, |
| [00:06.35] | but by the rat that ate the last palm nut |
| [00:10.14] | Other South Pacific islands |
| [00:11.38] | have also seen civilisations rise and fall, |
| [00:14.85] | though none have left such dramatic reminders of their passing |
| [00:18.51] | as the giant statues of the Rapa Nui |
| [00:22.38] | Now re-erected, |
| [00:23.54] | they've come to symbolise |
| [00:25.11] | how precarious life can be on an isolated island |
| [00:29.48] | For this island has not been abandoned |
| [00:31.93] | A few Rapa Nui survived, |
| [00:34.2] | and now they're thriving once more, |
| [00:36.3] | entertaining visitors from the outside world |
| [00:39.14] | Trees have been planted, |
| [00:40.93] | though it's too late for the unique creatures that once lived here |
| [00:44.59] | Elsewhere, on islands throughout the Pacific, |
| [00:47.23] | there is still time |
| [00:48.77] | People are working hard |
| [00:50.0] | to remove the creatures that don't belong here |
| [00:52.60] | and make space once again for the curiosities, |
| [00:55.76] | from kagus to kakapo, |
| [00:57.69] | that make the South Pacific such a uniquely wonderful world |
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