ONE, TWO, THREE, JUMP! (The Global Warming Play)

Ian Gaskell

(A Fijian man, Apete, saunters in SL and stands C staring vaguely out at the view.  After a short pause an Indo-Fijian, Shailesh, enters SR.  He, too, is in no particular hurry. He joins Apete, looks at the same

Torn Between Two Worlds

Taina Hazleman

        Growing up on a Pacific island paradise could be everyone’s dream of an ideal life with all the luxuries of fresh air, tropical sunshine, breathtaking landscapes, luscious forests, chirping birds and friendly people.

My Grandmother’s Tale
 
Tereeao Teingiia-Ratite  

That night, my mind was busy thinking about the separation, which was coming soon and hard to believe. My eyes stared at the thatches of the house, which were brushing slightly to the tune of the soft breeze from the sea.

It

Ignorance Is Not Bliss
Manarth Prasad

Naresh Prasad lived on a farm just outside Lautoka. He lived in relative peace with his wife (Priya), son (Raj-13), daughter (Lata-5), mother (Premila) and elder brother Salesh.  His eldest son, Vijay (21) was in Australia. He had received a

The Emigrants

Seona Smiles

“So, they’ve invited us to their lovely new home in Beachcliff for dinner.  Is that Fiji dinner, or Australian dinner?  Yes, there is a difference.  Australian dinner is lunch.  Then they have tea.  But tea is not tea, it is meat with two veg,