JoeliF

Tweets are my own. Citizen of the #BluePacific and Former Comms at @ForumSec @GIZPasifika now @SprepChannel

[IKI Germany @iki_germany]

Happy to announce: the winning shots of the IKI photo contest!

From 170+ submissions, the jury selected the 3 top images, and the IKI-community chose the IKI Public Choice Award winner.

👉 Discover the photos, their stories, and the artists behind them https://t.co/50Gwfw6CO2

[SPREP @SprepChannel]

Communities in New Ireland Province, #PapuaNewGuinea 🇵🇬, take ownership in protecting #BlueCarbon ecosystems.

Read more 🔗https://t.co/KuMnrCIk8e

#ResilientPacific #MACBLUE

[aWoman😏 @lucy1811t]

State funeral ni waci... I personally think that wud be the last thing Fiji himself would even want considering he was more about people and family and music and peace

[Mai TV Fiji @maitvfiji]

Lifted high upon the shoulders of his Bati Leka from Drekeivuci, the Turaga na Tui Nayau, Tui Lau, and Sau ni Vanua ko Lau, Ratu Tevita Uluilakeba Mara, was carried home to Vatuwaqalevu, while warrior cries broke through the stillness, chants rising like thunder across the Vanua, marking the sacred end of his cleansing and the triumphant return of Lau’s high chief.

‘Sau ni Vanua sa buli rawa
Lewei Lau era dua vata
Toso mai me da sarava
Drekeivuci e mai yadrava

Me da mai reki ka marau
Ni sa buli rawa na Tui Nayau
Nai wau, nai vua me kua ni biuta
Me yacova ni oti ko vuravura’

English Translation:

The Sau ni Vanua is crowned today,
All of Lau in one voice say:
“Come one, come all — behold the son,
We, Drekeivuci, guard the one.”

Rejoice! Rejoice! Let praises ring,
For the Tui Nayau is now our king.
Club in hand, our vow we keep,
Till death shall call us to our sleep.

#Fiji #FijiNews #TuiNayauInstallation 🇫🇯

[Mai TV Fiji @maitvfiji]

The first to greet the newly installed Tui Nayau, Sau ni Vanua ko Lau, na Tui Lau, Ratu Tevita Uluilakeba Mara, were their Majesties, King Tupou VI and Queen Nanasipau'u and the Māori Queen, Te Arikinui Kuini, Ngā Wai Hono i te Pō. In solemn honour, they bowed to one another, a quiet gesture echoing generations of chiefly kinship across Lau, Tonga, and Aotearoa. 🇫🇯🇹🇴🇳🇿

#Fiji #FijiNews #TuiNayauInstallation

[Mai TV Fiji @maitvfiji]

The Tribe of Drekeivuci has once again taken up the sacred duty of escorting the Turaga Bale na Tui Nayau Ratu Tevita Lutunauga Kapaiwai Uluilakeba Mara on his journey to the island of Lakeba where he will be installed as the Tui Lau and Sau ni Vanua Ko Lau.

- Ratou sa yadrava lesu na Yavusa o Drekeivuci na Gone Turaga na Tui Nayau ena nodra i golegole kina yanuyanu Sau.

#Fiji #FijiNews #TuiNayauInstallation 🇫🇯

[Frederica @FredericaTuita]

I can't keep up with the updates from Fiji but I'm so grateful for them 🙏🏾 And thank you Adi @NailatikauLitia for watching out for Lord Tuita 🙏🏾💖

[Cagi ni Pasifika @ShadyIslander]

This isn’t just an installation — chiefs are speaking, veisiko is happening, and protocols are alive. This is not just tradition observed but identity reclaimed — it’s the Vanua breathing.

#LearningFijian #veiwekani #FijiLovin

[Pacific Community @spc_cps]

Join us for a post- #UNOC3 regional webinar titled "Coastal Ecosystem Management in the Pacific: Lessons from the UN Oceans Conference 2025."
The webinar will be held on June 25, from 02:00 PM – 03:00 PM Fiji Time.

Please register by 24 June 2025 at: https://t.co/uGMbwot4Ol

[Pacific Community @spc_cps]

The MACBLUE Fiji Workshop concluded today after a full week of hands-on training with participants from across different Ministries in Fiji in geospatial analysis of #seagrass and #mangrove ecosystems and carbon stock assessment, using open-source #GIS tools like QGIS.
#DEPacific

[Benji Newman @acebenji]

START MAKING ROOM FOR WHAT YOU PRAYED FOR BECAUSE ITS ON ITS WAY!

[Pacific Community @spc_cps]

Hear from Jasmine Rahi from Solomon Islands, who works at the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources, talking about the recent DEPacific and MACBLUE workshop on using GIS tools and remote sensing satellite data in #Honiara
Read all about the training: https://t.co/y6dH4m4M51

[Pacific Community @spc_cps]

Last week, participants in Solomon Islands got training on #GIS &remote sensing tools through the #MACBLUE project & SPC's Digital Earth Pacific.
The workshop was about upskilling people with practical skills to protect their environment.
Read more: https://t.co/y6dH4m4M51

[Pacific Community @spc_cps]

19 Solomon Islands ministries representatives & the national university are in a week-long workshop, part of MACBLUE project on #geospatial analysis of #seagrass & #mangrove ecosystems, as well as carbon stock assessment, using open-source #GIS &remote sensing tools
#DEPacific

[stressed @onlystresstoday]

Don't attach yourself to:
- a person
- a project
- a company
- an organization

Attach yourself to:
- a goal
- a calling
- a mission
- a purpose

[NEON ADEJO @NeonAdejo]

Claim it 🙏

[SPREP @SprepChannel]

In #Fiji 🇫🇯, conservation practitioners have expanded their knowledge base in #BlueCarbon through a carbon assessment capacity building workshop.

More at🔗https://t.co/zu09qoki3J

#ResilientPacific #PacificConservation

[Pacific Community @spc_cps]

32 representatives from #PNG enhanced their skills in geospatial analysis of seagrass and mangrove ecosystems through a practical & field.
Platforms like Digital Earth Pacific unlock new possibilities for data-driven decision-making.
Why does this matter: https://t.co/7AzmtblULW

[JoeliF @JoeliBilly]

@lucy1811t Lamana ❤️🇵🇬