Fiji Day Event South Island NZ

10/09/2024

How's your week going? A special S/O to our local Te Waipounamu South Island communities preparing for : we are looking forward it!

We would've all at some point this last week checked in on the 2024 Hibiscus Festival - Congratulations & Bravo to all the contestants and to the organisers for bringing it back. For now, thanks to the National Archives of Fiji, we are to have an idea here of Hibiscus looked like back in 1971, 1972 and 1976!

Have a great rest-of-the-week!

Film of the '71, '72 and '76 Hibiscus Festivals. Footage covers some activities, float processions and the crowning night.

05/09/2024

A walk down memory lane for us this morning vuvale, palwar. The Momi Bay Gun Battery lane to be exact, nestled in one of the most gorgeous part of Fiji ... 👀. With Fijian Language Week coming up, here’s a chance to hear some Fiji Hindustani, iTaukei dialect and little bit of English …

https://youtu.be/exc9yK96KhQ?si=ZRq4kiW32LCAtWzc

p.s Also. What if you could give your feedback to the producer (of the doco) in person at our event? 🤫 Ma!

The Momi Gun Battery in Fiji has a lot of history, especially for the community that grew up around the area. Here are some of the memories shared by the loc...

04/09/2024

Yadra vina, Namaskar everyone!
Final day for ordering some confederacy colours today with these 👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾 tee shirts.

Please click on this link: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=Jxd43A5xVUi8TGkCZqG1UUOZKWd-KypGoRpgg99qPzZUN0JaNzdXRlQxWDVKSDMxQlVRSlRTMEVDUC4u to place your order.

Each community may have its own tees and that’s cool. These are specific to confederacy colours organised by our host community, Selwyn. As we will have some confederacy-based friendly competitions, and if you’re not “feeling” the tees, come in your confederacy colours anyway!

*Adding a map shared earlier to remind us of which areas belong to which confederacy …. don’t forget we will have quizzes (maybe study the map 👀😃)

02/09/2024

Oratory contests, quiz and poetry will all be part of our celebration - and there will be prizes! Apart from updates, we will be sharing information which may (or may not) make it to the quiz .. starting with this fantastic gem: that Fijians had their own traditional nature-based calendar? Let's start with the Gregorian month of September ... 👇🏽👇🏾👇🏿👇👇🏼👇🏻

02/09/2024

Truly grateful to all those who have confirmed having a stall on Fiji Day ... soooo excited just imagining your faces when you realise the options!

01/09/2024

Vinaka Ashburton Community for hosting us last night for our final monthly meeting. Shifting to weekly meeting mode now as we firm up on plans for a memorable Te Waipounamu South Island Fiji Day. We even managed a Father’s Day cake and some tea in. Community reps will be updating their respective members this week, if not already.

Food stalls and sport slots have all been filled. Don’t forget that Fijian Language Week will precede our Fiji Day weekend: oratory, poetry and beginners Fijians will all be part of the day: to end Fijian Language Week proper.

Please keep checking in on here for updates! Have a fantabulous week and plenty bright sun sunny days ahead!

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30/08/2024

Wondering what children’s activities might look like on Fiji Day? will be just one of the many activities and games for children & young adults … see you there? !

28/08/2024

Namaskar Palwar,
👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾just four (4) left👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾

27/08/2024

Toso mai ! Bring your gang and compete in some friendly games on Fiji Day! Prizes galore!

26/08/2024

YADRA Vuvale,
Message if you’re interested re: 👇🏾👇🏾

25/08/2024

Form the National Archives of Fiji vault: A garland of gold thread from India presented to H.R.H. Prince Charles. during the welcoming ceremony on Independence Day. The young woman garlanding H.M King Charles III is Doreen Rahiman of Dudley High School.

24/08/2024

Bula eveyone, Kia Ora.
Sharing a brief video from the National Archives of Fiji on our Independence Day, October 10, 1970, as we look forward to in Otautahi Christchurch.

"Today is a proud day for us all for today we assume the control of our own destiny and take on full adult responsibilities after a long period of tutelage. But we do not only take the responsibilities of ourselves, we take it on for each other. We are a community of races with different cultures, customs and languages but the things that unite us far outnumber those in which we differ. Above all there is our fixed, joint determination to build a strong united Fiji, rich in its diversity and tempered with tolerance, goodwill and understanding. Given a happy continuance of these conditions, and we must all contribute positively to them, I am confident that Fiji can show the world an example of harmony and progress out of all proportions to it's size." - the late Prime Minister, Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara after accepting the instruments of independence from the Prince of Wales now HM King Charles III who represented his late mother, HM Queen Elizabeth II.

[Please note that we will be running online competitions. Prizes will be given on October 12th at the Fiji Day celebration in Rolleston. Q&A will test your general knowledge questions; some will be based on the historical and current content we will be sharing from this page!]

21/08/2024

Bula vinaka/Kia Ora - Greetings from your Te Waipounamu Fiji Day Organising Committee!

We are organising tee-shirts for the day; just fill out this form to place your order please, it will take just 4 minutes. Tees will be in confederacy colours (please refer to the map shared earlier to confirm which confederacy you're in). Order placement period will end on September 5 so get those orders in as soon as you're able to!

Vinakwa.

18/08/2024

Bula Vinaka || Namaste || Noa'ia
Sharing a map of Fiji’s three confederacies.
Tee-shirts with confederacy colours will be available (at a small price) on the day; we will share details soon but for now: are you a Tovata, Burebas or Kubuna? 🇫🇯

Watch.This.Space!

13/08/2024

Work in progress for the big day. Get in touch and register your team. We are preparing for an exciting full Fiji 🇫🇯 Day event, for the whole South Island. If you’re keen to be part of the event please feel free to send us a message. We are looking for potential sponsors, volunteers and resources. Your support can either be in cash 💰 or kind. Let’s all come together and celebrate Fiji 🇫🇯 Day in style. VINAKA.

06/08/2024

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06/08/2024

Exciting news for the South Island