Ratu Mara was born on May 13, 1920, in the Lau islands of eastern Fiji, whose culture, like their geography, lies closest to the hierarchical Polynesian traditions of Tonga. He also inherited ...

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 coup turned Fiji into a republic, but that was not to Ratu Mara's taste. The islands had been independent since 1970, with himself as their first prime minister, but they remained happily ...

That promise was made to the EU and the Pacific Island Forum ... God Bless Fiji. Ratu Tevita Kapaiwai Lutunauga Uluilakeba Mara is a Fijian career soldier, with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel ...

Ratu Mara also wishes to draw to the attention of Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and the FLNKS, other breaches and infringements of the Agreement which demand that Fiji be ...

The 300 widely scattered islands of Fiji ... Mara assumed the role of Vice-President although, constitutionally, the post did not exist. On the death of the first President, Ratu Sir Penaia ...

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.

A three-day state funeral has begun in Suva for ... Solomon Islands and the foreign ministers of Australia and New Zealand, as well as representatives from the Tongan royal family. A state church ...

The match against Fiji was supposed ... Note: Rotuma is a Fijian island, while Gilbertese is a term used to refer to inhabitants of Kiribati. Mara, eldest of 16 children of Ratu Tevita Uluilakeba ...