Editing Maʼalpiku Island National Park (section)

==David Glasheen==
Today Restoration Island is not just a National Park: one third of the island is leased to David Glasheen, a former mining tycoon, who, after losing his fortune during the [[Black Monday (1987)|1987 stock market crash]], decided to live a solitary existence on the island.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Russell |first1=Kent |title=Dave Glasheen: The Lost Boy of Restoration Island |url=https://newrepublic.com/article/114549/dave-glasheen-lost-boy-restoration-island |access-date=24 October 2020 |magazine=The New Republic |date=5 September 2013}}</ref>

Glasheen lives in a renovated World War II outpost on Ma'alpiku Island with solar-powered internet access and a mobile phone. He also has a small boat for reaching the mainland whenever necessary and several times a year he makes a trip to the mainland for groceries. He gathers bananas and coconuts from the island, catches crabs, fish, and oysters and has a fruit and vegetable garden.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Crockett |first=Zachary |date=17 December 2022 |title=The millionaire who lost it all and became a castaway |url=https://thehustle.co/the-millionaire-who-lost-it-all-and-became-a-castaway/ |website=The Hustle}}</ref> 

In July 2019 Glasheen and Neil Bramwell released ''The Millionaire Castaway'', published by Affirm Press, detailing Glasheen's experiences of being a castaway on Restoration Island for the past 22 years.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://affirmpress.com.au/publishing/the-millionaire-castaway/|title=The Millionaire Castaway|last=Em|date=2019-06-04|website=Affirm Press|language=en-AU|access-date=2019-07-24}}</ref>