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The Fijian Election

"Maybe her Pacific desk has not advised her of the legal parameters within this country. She jumped the gun. I hope that her High Commission here is a bit more wise and helps her make wise statements."

Fiji election: New Zealand Government holds back congratulations, top Fijian politician says Nanaia Mahuta tweet 'jumped the gun' Mahuta sent congratulations - the Prime Minister has not.

Fijian Election Deadlock

Election deadlock in Fiji after all votes counted: Vote monitor Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama and political rival Sitiveni Rabuka are projected to win 26 seats each in parliament.

Suva Archery Club, Fij, in 1970's

My uncle Motil Lal

Gita Gears Up

Cyclone Gita: Fiji braces for 295km winds; coastal communities prepare to evacuate Fiji prepares for the imminent arrival of Cyclone Gita.

Sparking Fiji Water to the Rescue

Donald Trump, The Water Bottle, And Marco Rubio's Revenge US President Donald Trump awkwardly reached for a water bottle during a televised speech Wednesday -- in a scene that surely handed sweet satisfaction to Marco Rubio, the Republican senator and Trump's one-time rival for the White House.

Calling All Fijians

Our Fijian Government has declared a national holiday tomorrow in honor of our fellow Fijian Rugby Seven Heroes.

Our beloved Fijian Prime Minister Frank Banimarama provided the mana at the Rio Olympics, and set the scene for our fellow Fijian Rugby Sevens to perform the magic.

Rio Olympics 2016: Fijian sevens stars receive heroes' welcome - Sport - NZ Herald News Fiji's gold-medal-winning men's sevens rugby team have arrived home to a heroes' welcome. - New Zealand Herald

Our Flying Fijians Win Olympic Gold Medal

Fiji wins first ever Olympic gold medal As the final whistle sounded Fiji's rugby sevens captain Osea Kolinisau sank to his knees, struggling to take in what he and his team had achieved.

The Mountain Comes To Frank

Fiji Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama greets John Key in Fiji - National - NZ Herald News Prime Minister John Key has been greeted warmly by Fiji's PM Voreqe Bainimarama after landing in Suva on his first visit to Fiji. - New Zealand Herald

Cyclone Winston's Fury

Government calls for assistance for cyclone victims - Fiji Times Online This is what remains of some homes near Qelekuro in Tailevu. The houses were badly damaged yesterday afternoon as Severe Tropical Cyclone Winston passed the area. Picture: SOLOMONE RABULU.

Fijians On the Move


"We need to replace the symbols on our existing flag that are out of date and no longer relevant, including some anchored to our colonial past," the Fijian Prime Minister The Right Honorable Frank Banimarama said.

Fiji to remove Union Jack from flag Fiji will remove the Union Jack from its flag and replace it with a design that symbolises the Pacific nation, not former colonial power Britain, Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama said this morning.

Reason to Change

"The silver fern will do for us what the maple leaf did for Canada. It is distinctively New Zealand, no one else can claim it." ~ Comrade Jake du Toit

The Time Has Cometh

The All Blacks' jersey had a silver fern on it, and around me were more of them. In a sense, the people have already spoken.

John Key: Why my vote will go to flag with the silver fern - National - NZ Herald News Last Saturday night I had the privilege, with more than 40,000 others, of watching the Bledisloe Cup decider at Eden Park. - New Zealand Herald

Police Kills Fijian

Death In San Francisco Police Custody: Handcuffed Victim Stopped Breathing Filimoni Raiyawa stopped breathing after his arrest following a car crash. At the time he was wanted for fatally beating an elderly man who had been in his care.

A Christchurch Fijian rugby player was racially abused so badly from the sidelines he asked the coach if he could leave the field.

Canterbury Rugby investigates racist taunts A formal investigation has been launched after a Fijian player was racially abused in a Christchurch club rugby match

And also the attorneys, the justice legal system and the monopolistic NZ Law Society and other law societies internationally.

Time that the legal industry should be deregulated and the monopoly enjoyed by the NZ Law Society and other law societies internationally be abolished.

Economist Milton Friedman said that "professional licensing artificially restricts the supply of services and raises prices."

Fijian Shooting Mystery

Interpol asked to help solve shooting-at-sea mystery Fiji police have asked Interpol to help them unravel the mystery surrounding what appears to be the brutal murder of four men at sea. A video was posted on YouTube yesterday, purporting to show four Fijians being shot dead in the water while clinging to debris.

All Equal Citizens

“NO distinction between one community and another, no discrimination between one caste or creed and another. We are starting with this fundamental principle that we are all citizens and Equal citizens of One State.”

[Mohammad Ali Jinnah, Presidential Address to the first Constituent Assembly of Pakistan, 11 August 1947]

"Mr. Banks, I find you guilty of the charge," the High Court Judge His Honor Justice Edwin Wylie declared.

John Banks guilty John Banks had been found guilty of knowingly transmitting a false electoral return.

Bring Our Daughters Back

Nothing to see here. Just 234 girls that were abducted from school 2 weeks ago that nobody is talking about.

It's not the Malaysian Flight 370 or Sandy Hook Elementary, so the media hasn't deemed this must-see TV. But parents who can't sleep have taken machetes to cut through the country side to look for their daughters with no luck, diminishing hope, and no voice to be heard by the rest of the world.

More here-> http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/apr/25/nigeria-schoolgirls-families-hopes-fade

Caring President Obama

Be sure to visit www.usaid.gov/haiyan

Happy Fijian Independence Day.

Loloma, Peace and Progress to all fellow Fijians, well-wishers and supporters.

God bless Fiji.

Permanent Secretary For Information, National Archives and Library Services of Fiji; Ms. Sharon Smith-Johns celebrating Fiji Day with kids of Gospel School for the Deaf, Samabula

Welcome To Our World

Not Yet Arrived

"Fijian guerrilla-commandos fought behind Japanese enemy lines on Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands.

"It is said they were so adept at guerrilla warfare that, rather than Missing in Action (MIA), Fijian soldiers who were unaccounted for were labeled NYA - Not Yet Arrived." ~ Richard Brenner & Carrie Miller

French in Fiji

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http://fiijiclubnewzealand.wordpress.com/2013/02/03/dancing-in-timbuktu/

Dancing in Timbuktu Oh what a feeling dancing in Timbuktu under a clear desert sky with thousands of sparkling stars gazing at the warm firesipping French Cognac.Sisters and brothers relaxing on white satinnever r...

Fiji and Perry Mason

In 1965, Raymond Burr the famous American actor who played the leading role of Perry Mason and Irongside purchased an idyllic Naitauba, a 4,000 acres (16 km) island in Fiji, rich in seashells.

Prime Minister's New Year's Message

Prime Minister's New Year's Message 2013.mp4 Prime Minister Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama delivers his New Year's Message for 2013.