Fijian Language Week - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Mon, 09 Oct 2023 08:32:14 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Fijian Language Week - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Fijian Language Week: Celebrating culture, language and national pride https://cathnews.co.nz/2023/10/09/fijian-language-week-celebrating-culture-language-and-national-pride/ Mon, 09 Oct 2023 04:55:45 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=164740 Fijians have a lot to celebrate this week - with the national rugby team advancing through to the Rugby World Cup quarter-finals and a special week dedicated to preserving language and culture. Fijians in New Zealand have celebrated their culture and language during Fijian Language Week - Macawa ni Vosa Vakaviti - for 10 years. Read more

Fijian Language Week: Celebrating culture, language and national pride... Read more]]> Fijians have a lot to celebrate this week - with the national rugby team advancing through to the Rugby World Cup quarter-finals and a special week dedicated to preserving language and culture.

Fijians in New Zealand have celebrated their culture and language during Fijian Language Week - Macawa ni Vosa Vakaviti - for 10 years.

This morning there were more celebrations after the flying Fijians qualified for the quarter-finals stage at the RWC in France despite a 24-23 loss to Portugal. Fiji is set to take on England in the early hours of Monday morning (NZT).

This year's language celebrations officially kicked off over the weekend and included several church services around the country, including one at First Light Church, in Frankton, Hamilton. Read more

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