| Toa Fraser’s No.2 in competition for Sundance Film Festival |
| 4 January 2006 |
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Toa Fraser’s debut feature No.2 has been selected in competition for the USA’s most famous film event, the top ranking Sundance Film Festival founded by Hollywood star, Robert Redford. The film is one of only 16 films from around the world selected for Sundance’s international dramatic competition.
‘Capacity, movie stars’, and ‘sold out’ are the watchwords for Sundance, which is a mecca for the US independent film industry. Sundance was founded by Robert Redford in 1981, and selects films f...
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| Auckland Netball Players Make Fiji National Training Squad |
| 27 September 2005 |
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Fiji Netball has announced a squad of 27 members for the national training squad.
Over 60 players turned out for the recent trials, and 23 Fiji-based members were selected along with 4 overseas-based players.
Of the 27 members who were selected, 3 are from Auckland.
They are Myra Makitalena Rogers, Susan Tagicakibau and Marcellina Berwick.
Congratulations to our girls on this achievement.
The next major tournament for the Fiji Team is the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Aust...
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| The Land Has Eyes - Coming to Auckland soon |
| 12 September 2005 |
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The feature Film THE LAND HAS EYES will be opening in Auckland on the Big Screen in mid November.
'The Land Has Eyes' is directed by Vilsoni Hereniko and produced by Jeannette Paulson Hereniko. The film will be distributed in Auckland by Ronin Films.
Set in the lush tropical island of Rotuma, the movie is about a girl's struggle with poverty and prejudice and her finding strength in mythology.
The 'Land Has Eyes' was played to a full house at the Village Cinema 6 in Suva starting on Th...
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| Toso na vuli vosa Vakaviti |
| 7 September 2005 |
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Sa mai toso vinaka sara na vuli vosa vakaviti tiko e Okeladi.
Sa rua na vanua e vakayacori tiko kina na vuli vinaka oqo.
Ai matai e Otahuhu, ena 733 ena gaunisala na Great South Rd, ena taba ni vale e ra, ena vale levu ni Pacific Business Trust.
Ai karua ni vuli sa vakayacori tiko mai Henderson Unitec. Oqo na vuli ka solia tiko na Matanitu na kenai lavo vei keda na veiyanuyanu vaka Pasifika.
Eda a sa mai tekivu tiko ena yabaki rua veimama sa oti nai taukei mai Viti, ka sa cici tiko ...
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| Alisi-Jean Damu features in local Australian news |
| 28 July 2004 |
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Alisi-Jean Damu has featured in a local newspaper publication in Melbourne, Victoria.
The article published on Tuesday 20th July in the Moreland Leader and highlighted Alisi-Jeans achievements in netball.
Alisi-Jean is originally from Auckland, along with mother Silika Damu and has been involved in netball from an early age.
Alisi-Jean is the granddaughter of the founder of our Auckland Fiji Community Association, the late Mr Ilaitia Damu Snr.
Fantastic achievement Alisi-Jean, we look fo...
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| Fiji Youth Worker Visits NZ for Youth Conference |
| 30 July 2004 |
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Fiji Youth worker Epeli Vakalalabure was recently here in Auckland to attend the "Get Smarth Youth Conference".
He was in Auckland from July 10 - 24th.
He spent his first week attending the conference and the second week meeting new friends within the Auckland Fiji community.
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| The Reverend Dr Jione Langi passes away |
| 29 July 2005 |
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The President of the Methodist Church in Fiji, Reverend Dr Jione Langi, has died at his home in Suva.
The Fiji Communities in Wellington and Auckland were privileged to have Rev Langi here with us from 1986 to 1997 where he served the Fijian and Rotuman Methodist Church in New Zealand before taking up post in Fiji. Reverend Langi became President of the Church last year, after serving six years as General Secretary. He holds a doctorate in theology and has served as divisional superintendent ...
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| Immigration Informs Community |
| 8 November 2004 |
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‘Information on Immigration is free… You do not need to pay thousands if dollars to consultants for that information,’ was the message from New Zealand Immigration Service officials at the Auckland Fiji Community general meeting held at Leicester Hall in Ellerslie on Saturday 6 November 2004.
Immigration officials Nancy Wright-Sandey, Tania Williams and Gerald Butler were present at the Fiji Community Association of Auckland’s General Meeting to inform and answer questions from its members.
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| Fiji Community loses a beloved lady |
| 22 November 2004 |
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The Fiji Community Association of Auckland bids farewell to one its influential ladies, Mrs Makitalena Berwick, who passed away at her residence on Saturday the 20th of November 2004. A community leader and an educator, Mrs Berwick was the chairperson of the Association’s Education Sub-Committee 2003, the secretary of the Kubuna Confederacy Trust NZ, the Ra representative on the Kubuna Women's committee, the Fiji Community representative on the Pacific Tertiary Education Reference Group commissi...
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| New Bar in Auckand for Fiji Crowd |
| 10 December 2004 |
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![[L-R] Marcellina Berwick, Myra Makitalena Rogers, Susan Tagicakibau.](page_files/news/images/page69/auckland_netball_girls.jpg)
