State funeral for Ratu Joni Madraiwiwi
7 October, 2016. About 3000 people in Fiji are expected to attend today's burial of the late Vice President, the Roko Tui Bau Ratu Joni Madraiwiwi.
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... 7 October, 2016. About 3000 people in Fiji are expected to attend today's burial of the late Vice President, the Roko Tui Bau Ratu Joni Madraiwiwi.
5 October, 2016. A new study of ancient DNA could upend our understanding of the seafaring people who travelled vast distances to make their home in the Pacific.
30 September, 2016. Ratu Joni Madraiwiwi known in Tonga as Lord Madraiwiwi Tangatatonga who is Nauru's Chief Justice and a former Fiji Vice President has passed away at the age of 59.
ABC reported he died in Suva's Colonial War Memorial Hospital after a brief illness.
Ratu Joni held the traditional title, Roko Tui Bau. He had been Fiji's Vice President for two years until December 2006 when he was removed in the military coup led by Frank Bainimarama.
He joined Tonga’s Law Lords becoming Lord Madraiwiwi Tangatatonga in January 2011 through a life peerage bestowed by Tonga’s King George Tupou V.
Ratu Joni also served on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in Solomon Islands set up in 2008 to deal with the aftermath of the ethnic tension.
He is considered by many to be probably the most widely esteemed Fijian chief in 21st century Fiji.
16 September, 2016. In a world first, Pacific Island Forum Leaders have endorsed an integrated regional framework to build resilience to climate change and disasters.
11 September, 2016. The leaders of Fiji's two opposition parties and a prominent trade unionist remained in police custody on Sunday morning, after they were arrested on Saturday over utterances at a meeting regarding the 2013 constitution in an incident that has alarmed human rights groups.
9 September, 2016. The Pacific Association of Supreme Audit Institutions (PASAI) held its regional communication workshop in Port Vila, Vanuatu from 5-9 September, 2016, the first of several communications programmes planned for Pacific SAIs in the Region.
9 September, 2016. New research has found scholarships and persistence are paying off in efforts to get more women in the Pacific into senior government jobs.
8 September, 2016. Leaders of the Smaller Islands States of the Pacific Islands Forum today welcomed the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) as their newest member.
