Features
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Fiji blends indigenous yam signals with science to forecast cyclones
Yam vines and other age-old weather cues are moving from folklore into formal forecasts in Fiji, as scientists test how traditional indicators can extend lead time… Read more
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Fiji Embraces Modern Pressure Cookers for Faster Meals and Lower Bills
Fijian kitchens are embracing a modern pressure cooker revival—safer designs, faster meals, and real energy savings. A single‑pot solution is reshaping everyday cooking as families navigate… Read more
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Fiji Water Powers Nationwide Student Designers Show at Fiji Fashion Week
Fiji’s student designers are taking classroom ideas to the runway with a major new sponsor backing their journey. Dozens of schools, four-garment collections, and hands-on mentoring… Read more
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Hibiscus Festival returns to Albert Park for 70th anniversary in Suva, Aug 29–Sept 5, 2024
The Hibiscus Festival is returning to its Albert Park roots for a landmark 70th edition, with a bigger, better‑sheltered setup meant to welcome larger crowds and… Read more
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Levuka’s Social Ties and a 1903 Marriage That Shaped Leslie Norman Anderson’s Fiji Path
Fresh details from a family biography cast new light on how a chance meeting in Levuka in the early 1900s grew into a lifelong partnership and… Read more
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Veniana Leba Vulaono Akafa Keeps the Akafa Gospel Legacy Alive in Fiji Through Loss, Prayer and Song
Veniana Leba Vulaono Akafa carries a family gospel legacy through loss, prayer, and steadfast faith. From a childhood moment with a single hymn to guiding a… Read more
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Cook Islands minister starts PhD in Fiji to revive Avaiki Nui language and culture
From Avaiki Nui to Fiji, a Cook Islands minister threads faith, language and community in a bold bid to revive an endangered tongue. Now pursuing a… Read more
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Fiji chiefs push to reserve Fijian for indigenous iTaukei as constitution review kicks off
Fiji is wrestling with who gets to wear the national label. Senior chiefs challenge the idea that “Fijian” should apply to everyone, insisting it reflect iTaukei… Read more
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New Biography Chronicles Fiji’s Early Photographer Leslie Norman Anderson and His Levuka Years (1901–1911)
A fresh family biography uncovers the decade that shaped Fiji’s earliest photographer, tracing a young Australian’s leap to Levuka and his ten years of belonging, work,… Read more
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Healthy Compartmentalisation: A Fiji Family’s Route to Emotional Resilience
From a Fiji family talanoa comes a quiet, powerful idea for handling pressure: compartmentalising emotions. By naming what you feel, pausing, and “parking” problems for later,… Read more