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How do political coups disrupt Fiji's tourism? Impact assessment on ecotourism at Koroyanitu National Heritage Park (KNHP), Abaca [PDF]

Heliyon, 2021
The nexus between mass tourism and politics has been widely validated in tourism literature; nonetheless, the impacts of political putsches on ecotourism are understudied in the context of the Pacific Islands, i.e., Fiji.
Sakul Kundra, Mumtaz Alam, Mohammad Afsar Alam   +2 more
exaly   +4 more sources

OBITUARY: Vale Robbie Robertson, a 'son of Fiji and the Pacific'

Pacific Journalism Review, 2022
While most University of the South Pacific academics were united in their opposition to the 1987 and 2000 coups in Fiji – and many of them suffered in various ways from the 1987 coup, the 2006 coup was divisive in that quite a few senior USP academics ...
Wadan Narsey
doaj   +2 more sources

The 2006 Military Takeover in Fiji : A Coup to End All Coups? [PDF]

, 2009
This book explores the factors behind – and the implications of – the 2006 coup. It brings together contributions from leading scholars, local personalities, civil society activists, union leaders, journalists, lawyers, soldiers and politicians – including deposed Prime Ministers Laisenia Qarase and Mahendra Chaudhry. The 2006 Military Takeover in Fiji:
Fraenkel, Jon, Stewart Firth, Firth, Brij, V.Lal   +2 more
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Prevalence of Dementia in European, Chinese and Indian/Fijian-Indian Populations in Aotearoa New Zealand: A Protocol. [PDF]

Int J Geriatr Psychiatry
ABSTRACT Objectives Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) is a bicultural nation (Māori and European) with a growing population of Asian and Pacific peoples. Recent analysis of national routinely collected data suggests dementia prevalence is higher in Māori and Pacific peoples when compared with European and Asian, and that inequities in dementia care for Māori ...
Cullum S, Wu X, Rivera-Rodriguez C, Krishnamurthi R, Broadbent J, Yates S, Martinez-Ruiz A, Tippett L, Garrett N, Menzies O, Ao BT, Hikaka J, Fa'alau F, Ma'u E, Chacko E, Chan A, Dudley M, Faull R, Croucher M, Kerse N, Cheung G.   +20 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

'When it floods, we work on our own': Exploring factors influencing collective efficacy appraisals for community-level flood measures among urban informal settlements in Suva, Fiji. [PDF]

J Community Appl Soc Psychol
Abstract More than one billion people worldwide are living in urban informal settlements where flood risks are high. Positive collective efficacy beliefs can facilitate community‐level adaptive action. This sub‐study of the Revitalizing Informal Settlements and their Environments (RISE) trial, aimed to identify social and contextual factors influencing
Salinger AP, D'Eramo T, Turner H, Tela A, Meo-Sewabu L, Delea MG, Sawailau MJ, Vakarewa I, Sinharoy SS, RISE Consortium.   +9 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Global, regional and national burden of epilepsy in adolescents aged 10-19 years from 1990 to 2021: An analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. [PDF]

Epilepsia Open
Abstract Objective Epilepsy, a neurological disorder characterized by recurrent seizures, imposes multidimensional burdens on adolescents aged 10–19 years, including disrupted education, restricted social participation, and diminished socioeconomic prospects.
Zhou Z, Chen S, Gao Y, Li G.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Failure of political governance in Fiji: Dysfunctional policy and the media

Pacific Journalism Review, 2023
Failure of political governance in Fiji is a common place where lack of democratic bargaining, political transparency, and accountability has led to political dysfunction and often political strife in the Pacific Island countries such as Fiji due to ...
Sanjay Ramesh
doaj   +3 more sources

Restoring Democracy: Australian Responses to Military Coups in Fiji

Journal of International Studies, 2015
This article examines Australian responses to successive military coups in Fiji as well as the 2014 Fijian election. In each of Fiji’s three military coups, Australia failed to strike an appropriate balance between simultaneously condemning these ...
Andrew Kelly
doaj   +5 more sources

REVIEW: Coups, globalisation and Fiji’s reset ‘democracy’ paradigm

Pacific Journalism Review, 2018
The General’s Goose: Fiji’s Tale of Contemporary Misadventure, by Robbie Robertson. Canberra: Australian National University. 2017. 366 pages. ISBN 9781760461270 When Commodore (now rear admiral retired and an elected prime minister) Voreqe ...
David Robie
exaly   +3 more sources

Rabuka and the reporter

Pacific Journalism Review, 1994
A controversy over a sexual liaison between Fiji prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka and a Fiji Times journalist led to threats to deregister The Review -- the news magazine that broke the story. In Fiji, during March and April 1994, there was mixed reception
The Review
doaj   +4 more sources