Answer: Amadea - super-yacht A few weeks ago, the 106-metre Amadea sailed into Lautoka, Fiji at the end of an 18-day voyage from Mexico....

Just how many movies, television shows and film shoots of all kinds happen in Fiji?

I lost my cat Tigger last week. When I say lost, I mean he died. The vet diagnosed a...

While I'd been working on my post, the undersea Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai volcano in Tonga erupted with tremendous force...

From time to time, I've posted video clips of Fijian music performances often by choirs. Does this music have anything in common with...

On 1st December, Fiji welcomed the first holidaymakers for almost two years. Fiji will initially offer quarantine-free travel to fully...

To honour all Fijians who served loyally in war this Remembrance Day and especially those who lost their lives, I'll bring you a story...

The festival of light It's just two weeks to Diwali, the festival of light celebrated by Fiji's Hindus and Sikhs. Although the religious...

After high hopes Fiji would escape Covid-19 last March, in April the Delta variant arrived on a flight from India.

Not long after arriving in Suva, I was waiting at a crowded bus stop, idly watching chattering school kids in their colourful uniforms....

I regret I've only recently discovered Semisi Maya. When researching my fifth Fiji Islands Mystery, I came across St Elizabeth's Home in...

What prompted your interest in Fiji or the South Pacific islands in general? A friend from the University of the South Pacific (USP) in...

The art of patterned cloth-making Cook so admired 250 years ago is still practised widely and highly prized.

Many of you will want to know what Covid-19 is up to now in these beautiful islands.

Cyclone Yasa Four years ago, I reported here about Fiji's recovery from 2016's Cyclone Winston, the most devastating cyclone in Fiji's...

I was thrilled and a bit awed when Sisters in Crime Australia (SICA) invited me to write a blog post about the setting for my...

An easy recipe and a glorious Christmas chorus... I'm a sentimental traditionalist when it comes to Christmas food, particularly...

Today I don't intend to analyse or discuss the current challenges facing Fiji. I simply want to congratulate...

Many visitors to Fiji are curious about the origin of the current large population of ethnic Indians (around 37 percent) in the middle...

Three months ago I reported Fiji had 16 confirmed Covid-19 cases, all traced to two sources. There had been no deaths. Three months later, a