Historical clue formulations

• Island country west of Tonga — 2023-06-19
• Former British colony whose national flag includes the Union Jack — 2022-08-19
• Many-time "Survivor" locale — 2022-01-20
• Major exporter of mineral water — 2021-05-27
• Country whose name is a brand of bottled water — 2021-05-17
• Island group whose name is a brand of water — 2020-11-16
• Part of Oceania [9] — 2017-09-20
• Country whose name is one letter different from a mountain — 2016-03-27
• Its flag includes an image of a cocoa pod — 2014-05-30
• Former British colony in the South Pacific — 2013-04-08
• Island neighbor of Tonga and Tuvalu — 2009-06-30
• Island that Truman wants to go to in "The Truman Show" — 2008-05-16
• The Yasawa Islands are part of it — 2008-01-26
• Land of 300+ islands — 2007-12-30
• Part of Captain Cook's explorations — 2007-12-23
• Pacific retreat — 2007-09-12
• Country with coups d'état in 2000 and 2006 — 2007-09-01
• Vanuatu neighbor — 2007-01-03
• Golfer Vijay Singh's homeland — 2006-10-10
• Pacific island nation — 2005-09-18
• Where Suva is — 2004-03-10
• Suva's land — 2002-05-09
• So-called "crossroads of the South Pacific" — 1999-11-09
• Pacific island getaway — 1999-11-08
• Suva's country — 1999-08-19
• Land in which men wear skirts called sulus — 1999-03-20
• South Pacific republic — 1998-09-23
• Big sugar exporter — 1998-08-05
• British colony until 1970 — 1998-06-26
• South Seas getaway — 1998-02-17
• Big coconut exporter — 1997-07-30
• Suva is its capital — 1997-06-26
• Pacific nation — 1995-07-07
• Oceania republic — 1994-01-04