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John Mitchell 23 May, 2021, 9:00 pm Posing at the monument commemorating the arrival of the fi rst missionaries at Nakorovusa. Picture: CAMA BIUDOLE Historical documents and stories about the origin of Christianity in many parts of Fiji find that their paths converge on the island of Lakeba in Lau. The first-ever effort to establish the Christian religion in Fiji began in 1825. It is said that a man from Lau named Takai went to Tahiti to persuade the London Missionary Society (LMS) to send a missionary to Fiji. In 1830, unbeknownst to Takai and his kinsmen, a new religion was in the making, r...

A state of disaster has been declared in Fiji, with a powerful cyclone due to bear down on much of the country overnight. Cyclone Yasa is due to make landfall on Fiji's two main islands this evening, with winds gusting as high as 350 kilometres per hour. A nationwide curfew is now in effect and will last through the night. The National Disaster Management Office said at least 600,000 people lie in the path of the storm, whose strength could rival the devastation wrought by Cyclone Winston in 2016. The NDMO director, Vasiti Soko, said the time for people to evacuate was fast running out.