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Fiji is an archipelago of more than 300 islands and a popular holiday destination in the Pacific. You find here a range of items related to Fijian history, customs, economy, including the impacts of climate change and New Zealand’s bilateral relations with this island nation.

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Fiji Adventure - Part 1

Fiji Adventure - Part 1

Thrill seekers Curtis and Cameron venture beyond the resorts of Fiji and get to know its friendly faces. In a special episode, we find out just how much this tiny Pacific Island nation has to offer...

Tagata Pasifika - Hine Moana: A Journey Home

Tagata Pasifika - Hine Moana: A Journey Home

In this 2010 Tagata Pasifika story, reporter Adrian Stevanon follows efforts by a group of Pacific Island mariners to preserve the traditions and skills of the great Polynesian voyagers — as an arm...

Fijian art, craft and Dance.

A set of items reflecting Fijian art, craft and dance.

Fiji's first capital becomes a World Heritage Area

Residents of Fiji's first capital, Levuka, hope that the town being declared a world heritage area will help boost the economy and tourism. The announcement by UNESCO was made in...

Real Pasifik - Series Two, Episode One

Real Pasifik - Series Two, Episode One

This series sees Kiwi-born chef Robert Oliver roving the Pacific, exploring local food culture, and looking to inspire tourist resorts to include indigenous cuisine traditions in their offerings. T...

From Cannibal to Commando

From Cannibal to Commando

Pacific islands monthly : PIM. Vol. XV, No. 2 (18 Sept., 1944) rpHE Fijian Commandos, now fighting X in the South-west Pacific, have won a reputation for bravery, discipline, and contempt of death....

Fijian independence celebrations, 1970

Fijian independence celebrations, 1970

Fiji’s new flag is raised during independence celebrations on 10 October 1970. Unlike many other Pacific peoples who were eager to cut colonial ties, many in Fiji were reluctant. By the mid-1950s t...

Ethnic groups Fijians in New Zealand, as in Fiji, consist of different ethnic groups. Their ancestors come from places as diverse as Europe, China, India, Australia, New Zealand and other Pacific i...

The Fiji islands

The Fiji islands

Fiji consists of 332 islands that together cover over 18,000 sq km of the Pacific Ocean. This map shows the location of the main islands.

New Zealand visitors to Fiji

New Zealand visitors to Fiji

On this shop-lined street in Suva, Fiji, shipping supplies could be found, imports and exports organised, and cakes, sweets and other food bought. The photographer, Alfred Burton, was travelling on...

Raw footage: Cyclone Winston closes in on Fiji

Raw footage: Cyclone Winston closes in on Fiji

Even with Tropical Cyclone still a few hours away, the winds and waves are picking up at a beach an hour out of Suva. Video / Ariela Zibiah

Widen Bainimarama inquiry, says Fiji forum

The Citizens Constitutional Forum in Fiji is concerned the scope of an inquiry into allegations against the army commander may be too narrow. The CCF executive director, the Reverend Aquila...

Call for compensation for indentured labourers sent to Fiji

There's been a call for compensation in Fiji for the descendants of Indian indentured labourers brought to work the cane fields in the 19th century. The Daily Post reports call...

FIJI....THE THREE LEGGED STOOL

FIJI....THE THREE LEGGED STOOL

Documentary promoting harmonious race relations between Fijians, Indians and Europeans in Fiji. Images of different ethnicities working together in and around [Suva]. Village life, boy climbing pal...

Fiji tourism figures up for September

Tourism Fiji says visitor arrivals in September showed an increase of 4.5 percent over the same month last year.

Fijian and Gilbert Island Contingents - Pacific Islanders in the NZEF

Information on men from Fiji and the Gilbert Islands who enlisted for service in the NZEF.

Fiji to absorb customs in legislation

Moves are under way by Fiji's Great Council of Chiefs to incorporate indigenous Fijian customs and traditions into the country's legislation. Fiji TV reports the move is based on Section...

Presentation of the Tambua or whale's tooth to troops, Fiji

Presentation of the Tambua or whale's tooth to troops, Fiji

Presentation of the Tambua [Tabua (ceremonial whale tooth)] - whale's tooth signifying great honour by the Fijians - to NZ troops, during a mangiti, or the ceremonial presentation of food by the in...

Calls for Fijian to be the official language of Fiji

Several indigenous Fijian chiefs have called for Fijian to be made the official language of the country. The Fiji Times reports that the minister for lands, Ratu Naiqama Lalabalavu, has...

New Zealand and Fiji relations

New Zealand and Fiji relations

Reflections of Fiji and New Zealand relationships.

TEAL poster

This poster, dating from before 1960, enjoins New Zealanders to 'fly TEAL to Fiji'. Many accepted the invitation. Initially TEAL (Tasman Empire Airways Ltd) used flying boats (like the one depicted...

Poster, 'Fiji By Air By Teal'

Poster, 'Fiji By Air By Teal'

In the mid-1950s, competition for tourist traffic to Fiji became fierce as other airlines began flying the route. TEAL made the most of Arthur Thompson’s graphic design talent to spearhead a campai...

Artist unknown :Friendly Fiji welcomes you [1950s?]

Artist unknown :Friendly Fiji welcomes you [1950s?]

Poster shows a man in traditional Fijian costume, kneeling and performing a kava ceremony. He holds a small bowl in outstretched arms, and there is a large kava bowl in front of him on the ground. ...

A website that focuses on the indentured labourers transported to work on the sugar plantations in Fiji.

History of Fiji

The history of Fiji from its discovery to its current status as a multicultural society.

Nine legends from Fiji

Legends about snakes, turtles, fish, prawns and flowers from Fiji’s past.

Rest and recuperation for the WW2 American Division

Soldiers of the American Division sent to Fiji to defend the island while recuperating from their stay in Guadalcanal during World war II.

Mama Pam’s life of public service recognised

Pasimaca Osment was awarded a Lifetime Award posthumously at the 2019 Spirit of Service Awards at Te Papa, in Wellington.

Historical timeline from 1643 to 2016.

Eight years under Frank Bainimarama

From the 2006, eight years under interim PM Frank Bainimarama.

Cooking Fijian Food with Lance Seeto

Chef Lance Seeto prepares a dish with some kids.

The Fijian economy

The big shift from a sugar and textile economy, to tourism as a major economic activity in the island.

The culture of Fiji

Culture, social stratification, etiquette and religion in Fiji.

Fiji language week

Fiji language week offers language lessons, classroom activities and supporting resources to understand and appreciate and Fijian culture.

Fiji - empire outpost

Promoting Fiji as a tourist attraction in the 1940s.

Firewalking festival

Firewalk, a cultural custom to test bravery and faith, is important for both the indigenous Fijian and Hindu populations.

RNZAF in Fiji during WW2

Regular exercises carried out by the RNZAF aircrews in Fiji in 1948.

The Fiji national anthem

The Flying Fijians sing their national anthem.

Find more information on this topic on EPIC. Databases recommended: Britannica School, New Zealand Geographic. A school login maybe required. Cyclone Winston brought gusts over 300km/h to Fiji, ca...

New Zealand and Fiji on development cooperation

New Zealand and Fiji strengthen partnership to strengthen bilateral relations and develop outcomes for Fiji’s economic growth.

Fijian independence

Fiji becomes an independent sovereign state on 10th October 1970.

The regulation of indentured labour to Fiji, 1864-1888

How indentured labourers came to work on the plantations in Fiji.

Forestry certificate training in Fiji

Forestry in Fiji since 1969 and its contribution to the Fijian economy.

Fiji etiquette 101

Fijian customs to observe when entering a Fijian setting.

Find more information on this topic on EPIC. Databases recommended: Britannica School, New Zealand Geographic. A school login maybe required.

Fish drive. School Journal: Year 4 Part 02 No 03: 2006

Visitors describe the procedure of a Fijian fish drive. A school login is required.

This page from Many Answers will guide you to reviewed websites and databases on Fiji.

Don’t worry 'bout it

The video for the highest-selling Kiwi song of both 2016 and 2017 was shot on a mobile phone in Fiji.

Fijian language activity book

Learn Fijian words, numbers, and phrases through simple activities.

Fiji and climate change

Cyclones and flooding prove Fiji is no stranger to climate change.

Sinking countries fighting climate change

Vunidogoloa has been abandoned due to climate change.

Fiji: the challenges and opportunities of diversity

This report is part of a programme to improve inter-ethnic relations and reduce discrimination in Fiji.

Fiji, statistics and graphs

Facts and figures relating to New Zealand and Fiji’s domestic and labour markets.

Endangered Fijian crested iguana

The Fijian iguanas on the list of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).

Fiji’s style of government

Fiji’s system of government has 3 separate arms of the State – the Legislature (or Parliament), the Executive, and Judiciary.

Fiji remembers the Great War

President Ratu Epeli Nailatikau pays tribute to Fijian servicemen of WW1.

Fiji’s culture and history

Fiji's rich culture and history in images.

Kato'aga: Rotuman ceremonies

Kato'aga: Rotuman Ceremonies published with permission from the Institute of Pacific Studies, University of the South Pacific, Suva.

New Zealand 2013 Census

Pacific ethnic groups in New Zealand.

Fijian petrel – rare but not extinct

After 129 years the search for the Fiji petrel continues.

Fiji’s treasured culture

Themed groups of artefacts provide glimpses of Fiji’s fascinating past.

Rotuma language

The Rotuma language struggles for survival.

Virtual Museum of Fiji

A gallery of images featuring Fiji’s past.

Island legacy: A history of the Rotuman people

The history of Rotuma, a unique indigenous ethnic group, and a recognised minority within the population of Fiji.

Levuka, Fiji

Levuka is the old capital of Fiji. It was built on the Ovalu Islands as a trading port by the early Colonial Government around 1820. In 1871 Chief Seru Epenisa Cakobau crowned himself King. He mad...

Fijian Indian farmers and boys, Fiji

Fijian Indian farmers and boys

This photograph of Fijian and Fijian Indian farmers reflects the demography of Fiji. Indians were brought to Fiji by the British between 1879 to 1916 to work on sugarcane, coconut and cotton planta...

Nandi Airport

Nandi, the main international airport of Fiji, is located on the west side of the main island of Viti Levu. The airstrip, built in 1939 by New Zealand, was financed by Fiji’s British colonial rule...

HURRICANE AT FIJI. (Clutha Leader 26-1-1904)

Hurricane at Fiji

Tropical cyclones are known to wreak havoc in Fiji during December, January and February. This report of a hurricane that hit Fiji in January 1904, was one of the worst experienced then. Today, ...

LOYAL FIJI (Otago Daily Times 24-9-1915)

When Britain declared war on Germany in 1914, it called on all its colonies to support its war efforts. To do their bit, British settlers in Fiji promoted a huge carnival and hoped that tourists fr...

Frank Bainimarama. 24 August, 2008

Frank Bainimarama

Frank Bainimarama staged a military coup in 2006 and took control of Fiji. In 2008 he announced that the promised elections for 2009 were being postponed because electoral reforms he wanted were no...

Vegetable market in Suva, Fiji

Vegetable market in Suva

These Fijian women queue patiently, baskets in hand, waiting for the vegetable market to open its doors. Suva’s vegetable market, now Suva’s Municipal Market was established in 1950. It is Suva’s m...

Fijian kava- the ceremony and significance

Fijian kava- the ceremony and significance

A set of images and articles on the popular cultural kava drinking ceremony in Fiji.

Niue

Experience Niuean culture, festivals, language, food, dance and ceremonies like hair cutting and the blessing of yams. Find out about their community in New Zealand and how this island is dealing w...

Cook Islands

Kia Orana! The Cook Islands is made up of 15 islands in the South Pacific Ocean the largest being Rarotonga. This topic covers the tropical island’s Polynesian history, geology, culture, people, ...

The Pacific Islands in The 21st Century

The Pacific Islands in The 21st Century

Climate change and global warming are biggest issues facing the Pacific nations. Other issues and initiatives these resources cover include aid, sustainability, cultural and economic progress, sel...

Tonga

The Kingdom of Tonga, also called Friendly Islands is a constitutional monarchy. Explore the history, culture, myths and celebrations of this island nation, including how the nation copes with clim...

Samoa

Discover the rich culture, and traditions like White Sunday, fables (fāgogo), songs, dance (Siva Samoa), games (kilikiti), history and handicrafts of this island nation in the Pacific and also why ...

Tuvalu

Tuvalu, one of the smallest countries of the world is made up of eight coral atolls. This set covers the history, government, culture and traditions of Tuvalu, including the devastation of climate ...

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