A three-day state funeral has begun in Suva for Fiji's former leader Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara. The capital of the South Pacific nation was brought to a standstill by thousands of well-wishers who turned ...

Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, Fiji’s first prime minister and the dominant statesman in Pacific Island regional affairs for nearly 30 years, has died. He was 83. Mara, a former Rhodes scholar who led ...

The passing of Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara , for two decades the giant of ... highlights how the region has changed since his vision of a Pacific Way was shattered by ethnic collisions and economic ...

Kamisese Kapaiwai Tuimacilai Mara ... way from qualifying, and already an overseas student of more than ordinary promise, he was called back to Fiji on the instruction of the Fijian leader, Ratu ...

Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, Fiji’s first prime minister and a dominant statesman in Pacific Island regional affairs for nearly 30 years, has died, New Zealand media reported Monday. He was 83.

So the South Pacific has often seemed to Europeans ... This dual world was the province of Kamisese Mara. For the 30 years in which he dominated Fijian politics, as prime minister and then ...

Prime Minister Helen Clark today expressed New Zealand's deep sympathy to the people of Fiji at the loss of former president Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara ... as one of the Pacific region's most ...

Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, considered to be founding ... it won independence from Britain in 1970, Ratu Mara was a key player in South Pacific politics for decades. After serving as prime minister ...

Ratu Sir Kamisese ... wide area of Fiji. Mara received honorary doctorates from Guam, Delhi and Otago Universities, and was also Chancellor of the University of the South Pacific at Suva, a ...