Author: Alex Elbourne
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$5. That is how much the young George Veikoso earned from the audience the very first time he sang for more than just fun. Decades later, numerous albums later, the legendary George FIJI Veikoso has achieved yet another amazing milestone as noted by Precise Digital, a media agency that monitors artist performances. A truly […]
Every now and again, amidst the usual Facebook posts you come across something that makes you sit back and think “heroes aren’t just for the movies”. We certainly feel that Viva Dakua’s story is one such. We’ll let her tell it in her own words. WARNING LONG READ. Contrary to what most people think, I […]
It’s a story we still love talking about. After coming 3rd in years Coca-Cola Games, Tavua lad Rusiate Matai hunkered down and committed to his training with intensity and passion. Walking to the jump pit at this years Pacific Games he noticed that he was the shortest high jumper in the competition. However, he was […]
This young lady’s level of talent is even more exceptional when you consider her age and the fact she most likely has had no voice training.
Here is an interesting statistic: of the 5 gold medals Fiji won in Athletics at the recently concluded Pacific Games, 4 or 80% were from Tavua. We had one in the high jump from Balata College student who, despite being the shortest athlete competing grabbed gold with a jump of 2.04m. His accomplishment is especially […]
Caught in a taxi drama! Two taxis stopped for me this morning. Taxi 1 had passengers and said that he was going to drop his passengers off and had asked me to wait for him. I didn’t know Taxi 2, parked right behind taxi 1 was empty and had also stopped for me. I politely […]
Considering she was placed second last at the Coca-Cola Games to go from there to a bronze medal at the Pacific Games is certainly a massive step up. Video: Gmo Loma Her dad Akariva who is also one of her coaches posted a reel before the Pacifci Games showing just how hard she was working […]
We can’t tell if the person who invented this is a genius, or something else.
16 year old Mika from Fiji who recently arrived in Edinburgh, Scotland to play with the Wolves Rugby Club was unaware that Edinburgh Rugby has what they call “Club Appreciation Night” where they take time to show appreciation to other clubs and players. Someone from Mika’s club reached out to Edinburgh to see if they […]
