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The Fiji Times - Fiji's largest daily newspaper - holds the #1 spot.

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After a thrilling edge-of-the-seat final between Fiji and Samoa in Wellington last night (9pm NZ-time), Fiji has won the IRB Wellington 7's!

The final score was Fiji 19 - 14 Samoa.

Congratulations to Fiji for a job well done and we wish them the same good fortune when they play in Las Vegas at the USA 7's next weekend (13-14 Feb).

GO FIJI GO!!!

Read the full story of Fiji's win in New Zealand on the NZ Herald website

Turtles have always played a special part in Fijian traditional functions, gatherings and feasts (almost always making their entrance as 'the main course').

A recent study completed by a well-established Scuba Diving magazine in the USA estimated - if you can guarantee a diver will encounter a turtle during a dive, you can add US$30 onto their bill and if you can guarantee they will see a shark then divers are prepared to pay up to US$70 on-top of the regular cost for the dive.

In sustainable tourism terms, surely that's worth more than catching and eating the star attraction?

Follow the link below and learn about Ravulolo Tuikubulau, who spent over 30 years catching turtles in Fiji, now sees them in an entirely new light:

"I'm happy to become a conservationist, no longer a turtle predator but a friend," he said.

"I'm calling on everyone to lose the taste for turtle meat, and stop killing turtles."

Here's the link -  http://fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=139027

Fiji's Department of Environment has set a limit allowing only 225 tabua (whale's tooth) to be exported out of the country each year.

Tabua are a highly sacred item among the indigeneous Fijian population - it is great to see efforts being made to protect them.

Click here for the full story at The Fiji Times.

Source: The Fiji Times 1st Feb 2010

The people of Fiji's Lau group of islands, remote and inaccessible to many, are set to enjoy the services of a floating supermarket - the first time we've heard of anything like this in the Fiji Islands.

Here's a link to the full story on The Fiji Times:

http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=138653

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Cheers! Have a great Friday :)

Thanks to the new relationship between Cathay Pacific and Air Pacific you can now fly direct from Heathrow to Nadi, via Hong Kong, for as little as GBP949.00 return. Wow!

Who else thinks the world is getting smaller?

We do.

Since our last post a lot of people have been asking how THEY can win a prize, perhaps even a trip to Fiji...

It's quite simple really. Make us laugh, make us smile, be the best entry that we receive!

We thought we'd share this with you - below is Sarah's entry in our Australia's Ultimate Honeymoon competition in Discover Fiji Time: Issue 3.

We think it's GREAT (which is why Sarah & Michael got to enjoy return flights to Fiji with Air Pacific, transfers with Coral Sun, 3 nights at the luxurious Sheraton Fiji on Denarau Island, a seaplane transfer with Pacific Island Seaplanes, 3 nights at stunning Likuliku Lagoon Resort in the Mamanucas and a helicopter transfer back with Island Hoppers! and everyone else didn't...)

The short answer? Make your entry so good that it's impossible for us to think of giving the prize to anyone else!