New research from Monash University has, for the first time, investigated how children living in urban informal settlements ...

A new study is investigating why Fijian New Zealanders are at a higher risk of having heart attacks or developing angina at a ...

"There should not be these deaths occurring so young in these families; there must be a genetic driver," says Otago ...

Researchers at the University of Otago, Wellington, are looking to genetics to understand why Fijian New Zealanders are at higher risk of having heart attacks or developing angina at a young age. The ...

The research is led by Heart Foundation Research Fellow Dr Pritika Narayan from the Department of Surgery and Anaesthesia who says people from Fiji make up almost two per cent of Aotearoa’s population ...

We’re all sad to be leaving Fiji, but this is extreme. “Buddy, what’s wrong?” I ask gently. “I WANT MY SIMI,” he wails. Suddenly, it makes sense. After spending three days with his ...

Don’t put it all at risk. That’s likely to be the take-home message for New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon in his meetings with Li Qiang, the Chinese Premier. Li’s visit to Wellington this ...

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance, Professor Biman Prasad, has called on the Indian film industry to collaborate with Fijian writers and creative talent to develop both commercial and ...

He says the time for an International Day on Girmit has arrived and is encouraging countries to collectively work on this proposal within the United Nations framework. Professor Prasad says that Fiji ...

While addressing the Government that incubated, expanded and sustained this inhumanity for well over a century, Professor Prasad says ‘girmit ... a start somewhere. Fiji’s much awaited ...

He adds that the preservation of Girmit history is a key priority ... meaning no future government can abolish it. The Fiji Women’s Rights Movement urges the government to place greater emphasis ...

The liquidators of Kiwi businessman Andrew Griffiths’ investment vehicle, Satori Holdings, have sold its 32% stake in a joint venture to develop land in Fiji to a creditor for $6.8m. The figure was ...