Tag: Girmit Day
New NZ theatre production highlights Fiji Girmityas’ struggles
By Blessen Tom, RNZ journalist
A new production called Coolie: The Story of the Girmityas is shedding light on the lesser-known history of the Indian...
Hipkins grants Fiji $11m in climate crisis aid as Rabuka renews...
By RNZ reporters and Rachael Nath of RNZ Pacific
Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka was welcomed to the New Zealand Parliament yesterday while on his...
Girmit Day – Shaping Fiji through hard work, blood, sweat and...
EDITORIAL: By The Fiji Times editor-in-chief Fred Wesley
Sunday -- May 14 -- was an important date for Fiji.
It is recorded in history as a...
Historic Girmit Day apology accepted as Fiji enters new era of...
By Arieta Vakasukawaqa in Suva
History unfolded live at the Vodafone Arena at Laucala Bay in Suva yesterday when the Methodist Church of Fiji and...
‘Time is right for reconciliation’ – Fiji’s Methodist Church seeks to...
By Rachael Nath, RNZ Pacific journalist
The Methodist Church of Fiji is seeking forgiveness from the descendants of Indian indentured labourers, or Girmitiyas, for the...
