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Fiji’s Wairiki Parish celebrates 150 years

Tuesday, August 26th, 2014

Holy Cross Parish at Wairiki on the island of Taveuni in Fiji has just celebrated its 150th anniversary. While presenting a whale’s tooth during the celebration Ratu Atonio, the son of the Tui Cakau, Ratu Naiqama Lalabalavu, pleaded with the church never to forget the people of Lalagavesi. In 1863, before before going out to Read more