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5 days ago · In this chapter, beginning with William Bligh, the infamous master of the Resolution who recorded the first words of the Fijian language, Dr. Schutz narrates how other explorers, traders and missionaries became the first philologists. It remained for one of Cook’s own officers, William Bligh, master of the Resolution on the third voyage, to ...
2 hours ago · Descendants of Girmitiyas seek forgiveness and receive blessings from chiefs of Ba in emotional ceremony
2 hours ago · Descendants of Girmitiyas seek forgiveness and receive blessings from chiefs of Ba in emotional ceremony It was an emotional day for the descendants of the Girmitiyas in the Western Division when ...
2 days ago · Former Fiji Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama has been sentenced to one year in prison. Bainimarama, alongside suspended Fiji Police commissioner Sitiveni Qiliho appeared in the High Court in Suva for their sentencing hearing for a case involving their roles in blocking a police investigation at the University of the South Pacific in 2021.
2 days ago · Fiji’s former Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama jailed for a year. ... Once armed forces chief, Bainimarama seized power in a 2006 coup and later won democratic elections in 2014 and 2018.
4 days ago · Polynesia [a] ( UK: / ˌpɒlɪˈniːziə / POL-in-EE-zee-ə, US: /- ˈniːʒə / -EE-zhə) is a subregion of Oceania, made up of more than 1,000 islands scattered over the central and southern Pacific Ocean. The indigenous people who inhabit the islands of Polynesia are called Polynesians.
6 days ago · Photo: Bruce Lim/AAP. Emoni Narawa scored a try last night to help his Chiefs side thrash the Western Force 56-7 in Hamilton in the Shop N Save Super Rugby Pacific. The Chiefs were impressive in ...
