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The Fiji Times has just published a story recalling Fiji’s first major air tragedy 45 years ago — an event in which a young married couple from Gisborne were killed. On July 15, 1979, the people of Fiji were shocked by the news of a plane crash...

Lakisha Shantella Taylor, nicknamed Kisha, is the mother of three children. She separated from her husband and shared a home with her cousin, Sandy Stevenson, in Lake Charles, Louisiana. On the morning of June 13, 2008, Sandy left the house to run an errand. When she returned, Lakisha was nowhere in the house.

The Georgian Bay Symphony is planning to return to a full line-up of live concerts as it celebrates 50 +1 years of music.

"Im excited. Emotional but excited," said former county extension director Ross Young. "I teared up more than once this week, thinking about things."

Unaisi Ratubalavu 3 March, 2021, 12:00 am Another view of the wreckage with Naruwai villagers who had been helping with the search and retrieval operation. Picture: FILE A Fiji Air Islander plane crashed near Bua and a story published in The Fiji Times on July 16, 1979 stated nine lives were lost in the tragedy. The bodies of the nine Fiji Air crash victims were recovered on July 15 from the jungle and the Bua hillside where their plane plunged to destruction. Minister for Civil Aviation then, ...