Fiji Traveller

A poetry reading with Peter Sipeli Friday April 22 from 6pm The Copra Shed, Savusavu Royal Suva Yacht Club Sail Past April 23 from 10am Royal Suva Yacht Club A tribute to Lata Mangeshkar 24 April 6pm onwards at the Jai Narayan College Hall, Suva. ROC Market April 24, 9-3pm Suva Arbour Week 2022 23-30 […]

9-year-old Jack Oakley is set to become the first Fiji national to appear on the international stage of motorcycle racing.

Global Recycling Day March 18 at the Vodafone Arena Carpark, Suva Red Wave Retrospective art exhibition Gallery of Oceania Arts, Laucala Campus, USP, Suva. Until March 25 (extended for one week) Royal Suva Yacht Club – live with Four Quarters March 18 Holi March 19 Come-n-Try program by World Archery Fiji March 19, St Joseph’s […]

The first VegFest dinner of 2022 prepared by Niu Grillz was a sold out event. Dish of the night for us; the generous chunk of pumpkin topped with creamy palusami. The Niu Grillz team soldiered on in difficult conditions (a blackout, dramatic thunderstorm) but managed to get the meals out in the end. Next time […]

Fiji Fashion Week 2022 (FJFW22) promises to be a year of fashion with a purpose, as it celebrates its 15th anniversary.

Three years ago Vatili Tora was drummer n the Suva Travelodge band, He has just been appointed manager of the Savusavu TraveLodge on Vanua Levu island in a big reshuffle of TraveLodge personnel in Fiji. “Mr Tora is a fine example of how someone can get to the top with hard work and an aptitude […]

By Debbie Singh The Maria Daulato kei Jisu Na Gone Sau mai Nasareci (Immaculate Maria and Jesus the Child King of Nazareth) is a masterpiece in mosaic depicting Mother Mary and the child Jesus. The magnificent mural is the first of its kind in Fiji and the Pacific, and was created by Fijian artist George […]

By Rowena Singh “Fiji is a strong part of my existence,” says ghazal and Bollywood singer Kavita Kalyan. Kalyan is Australian born, but with strong family ties that take her back to Fiji, and her extended family in Suva regularly. “Despite living in Australia, I have always identified as being Fijian. Furthermore,  my parents’ heavy […]

By Jason Jett “…You don’t know where you’re going, and where this adventure will lead you.” “There is no racism in hash,” said David Jamieson, owner of Yacht Help Fiji, while welcoming into the fold this new hasher in Nadi, Fiji last March. “In hash, everyone is equal.” An African-American writer stranded by the pandemic […]

Colin Philp was a founder and co-Chair of The Duavata Collective, which champions the interconnection between experiences within local communities, the environment & culture.​ Here, members of the Collective pay tribute to Colin. Colin meant so much to so many different people and as the many reflections and stories of his life and legacy pour […]