Pacific Talk

11/03/2021

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14/12/2020

Refugees arrive in the United States with barely the clothes on their back and many say they feel abandoned

21/10/2020

“Hard work puts you where good luck can find you!”
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Wishing these guys from Malekula all the very best in their final exams at the University of the South Pacific, Laucala Campus in Suva.
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feature with many thanks to xx
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10/10/2020

10 October - FIJI Day 🇫🇯
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To celebrate this special day, 50 years of independence, 1970 - 2020, I thought it would be lovely to share with you this beautiful capture from to celebrate his brother Daniel’s achievements ...
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“Always a hard worker … with a passion for rugby and a strong work ethic, Dan is one of the smartest, most kindest humans that I know … I want to be just like him.
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Congratulations to Daniel and congratulations to Fiji on these amazing milestones … achieved with hardwork, dedication, grace and that famous Fiji smile xx
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03/10/2020

As the sun sets tonight in New Caledonia, I am thinking about the future …
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Tomorrow, New Caledonia will choose whether they want independence from France in a referendum that marks a milestone in a three-decade decolonisation effort.
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More than 180,000 registered voters will answer the question ... “Do you want New Caledonia to gain full sovereignty and become independent?”
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If voters choose independence on Sunday, an unspecified transition period will open so that the archipelago can get ready for its future status. Otherwise, New Caledonia will remain a French territory.
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feature, with photo credit to xx
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31/08/2020

31/07/2020

🇹🇴 Today I’m absolutely thrilled to honor one of my dearest friends on my IG page!
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Many of you may not know that I spent many wonderful years living in Nuku’alofa in the Kingdom of Tonga. My very first job after I left university was with the Bank of Tonga where I met and had the pleasure of working with Alvina … what fun we had! They say truly great friends are hard to find, difficult to leave and impossible to forget and this is so true!
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Vina embarks today on a career change after 36 years working in the Bank and I couldn’t be prouder of the role model she has been not only for young women in Tonga but throughout the Pacific working in the finance arena at the Bank of Tonga / Westpac Banking Corporation / Bank of South Pacific.
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Vina, ‘ofa lahi atu xx
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30/07/2020

🇻🇺 Children of Independence
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Four sisters remember Vanuatu’s first Independence ... reunited for the first time in 24 years, Mary-Estelle Mahuk and her 3 sisters took time to remember the very first Independence day, 30 July 1980.
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Those who didn’t live through it may forget that 1980 was a turbulent time + it wasn’t yet clear whether the new born nation of Vanuatu would emerge intact from decolonisation. The Kapalu sisters, as they were then, were spread between city + town.
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For Mary-Estelle, a Malapoa college student at the time, it was an exciting + confusing time. “On Independence day, I was up at the park, in my Girl Guides uniform, watching everything that was going on.” “I didn’t really know what was happening, what it meant to be independent. But then when it came— all the armies coming in from PNG, from Fiji, from France … then I’m thinking, ‘OK, this is really something happening.’”
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Malapoa’s student population were given brand new uniforms + proudly joined the victory march that kicked off their country’s independence celebration. How did it feel to march? Even now, forty years later, the excitement still glows in her eyes. “Wow, it was awesome. I had that feeling that I was really somebody + I was really proud of who I am. “I was really proud of my school + at the same time of my country, going through the process of independence.”
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Forty years on, she feels that independence has achieved a great many things. Positions that used to be occupied only by French or English people are now held by Ni Vanuatu. “It’s a long process, but it’s really good to see all this change.”
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“It took some time, but now we’re seeing real independence, and I’m really proud to be Ni Vanuatu.”
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feature with many thanks to the lovely and Dan McGarry xx
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@ Vanuatu 40 Years Independence Anniversary

30/07/2020

🇻🇺 Four sisters remember Vanuatu’s first Independence ... reunited for the first time in 24 years, Mary-Estelle Mahuk and her 3 sisters took time to remember the very first Independence day, 30 July 1980.
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Those who didn’t live through it may forget that 1980 was a turbulent time + it wasn’t yet clear whether the new born nation of Vanuatu would emerge intact from decolonisation. The Kapalu sisters, as they were then, were spread between city + town.
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For Mary-Estelle, a Malapoa college student at the time, it was an exciting + confusing time. “On Independence day, I was up at the park, in my Girl Guides uniform, watching everything that was going on.” “I didn’t really know what was happening, what it meant to be independent. But then when it came— all the armies coming in from PNG, from Fiji, from France … then I’m thinking, ‘OK, this is really something happening.’”
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Malapoa’s student population were given brand new uniforms + proudly joined the victory march that kicked off their country’s independence celebration. How did it feel to march? Even now, forty years later, the excitement still glows in her eyes. “Wow, it was awesome. I had that feeling that I was really somebody + I was really proud of who I am. “I was really proud of my school + at the same time of my country, going through the process of independence.”
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Forty years on, she feels that independence has achieved a great many things. Positions that used to be occupied only by French or English people are now held by Ni Vanuatu. “It’s a long process, but it’s really good to see all this change.”
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“It took some time, but now we’re seeing real independence, and I’m really proud to be Ni Vanuatu.”
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feature with many thanks to the lovely and Dan McGarry xx
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17/07/2020

🟣 “Whether it is to go to church on Sunday or to a family function, or go to a Ura fitness class or simply to the reef to collect seafood … every opportunity is a wonderful time to proudly wear a beautiful flower Ei!”
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feature, with many thanks to xx
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