Suva City…thadda way »»

Cape Reinga/ Te Rerenga Wairua, New Zealand, 1974.

Nabukalou Creek, Suva City, Fiji.

Market on the river, Suva, Fiji, 1929.1929. 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.8 x 14.5 cm. Photographer: Yonge, C. M. (Charles Maurice)

FIJIAN SKETCHES - SUVA HARBOR.
Date(s) of creation: March 20, 1878.
print : wood engraving.

General view of harbour with Fijians in the foreground, small community, boats in the harbour and mountains in the background.

#TeamFiji And the longest Fijian name goes to *drum roll please*….Senikaunikatonimatekeiratusalesikinikinilaukinamili!

Source: Pacific Islands Monthly. Vol. 20, No. 10. May, 1950. Page 107.

#TeamFiji Savusavu bus stand

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#TeamFiji Just another day in front of the ivi tree, watching the world go by.

Suva, Fiji. 6 June 1950. Photograph taken by Whites Aviation Ltd.

Vegetable market in Suva, Fiji.

6 June 1950. Photograph taken by Whites Aviation.

#TeamFiji I want my tevutevu to look like this!

Nuptial couch on the island of Lakeba, Fiji, photographed by Arthur Maurice Hocart between 1909-1914. Tapa cloths hang from the ceiling.

Maryann Talia Pau is an artist, designer, weaver and Chief who draws from her Samoan heritage. “It all began with a love for big bold jewellery. As a teenager, the pieces I began to make for myself and the materials I was drawn to reflected a love for Pacific design and style. This in turn led to a desire to learn more about my Pacific identity. I wanted to celebrate being Samoan and share it; to normalise it as well.” 

via Talanoa: Maryann Talia Pau « Urban Viti

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#TeamFiji

‘Fijian’

Photograph J.W. Waters, c. 1880s
P.45514.ACH2

J.W. Waters studio photograph of a young Fijian man dressed in a malo loincloth and dark liku overskirt, with a wasekaseka or waseisei collar of curved spikes cut from sperm whale teeth round his neck, and holding a kiakavo dance club.

Sydney Bowden & his Fiji boy Melbourne Oct 1875 [picture] / Johnstone, O’Shannessy & Co.

I can just image what Sydney Bowden’s “Fiji boy” must have been thinking when this studio portrait was taken…

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Flightless

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