Nadi

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And of course, the, [laughs] and of course these days, Fiji Air does something similar through Nadi, where, that's the capital of Fiji, where, where you can carry on to multiple destinations on the Western Pacific Rim and South Pacific.

Thanks for the show.

Yeah, I agree.

I, I do have something.

So he's talking about, yeah, Fiji.

Fiji Air is creating something like that as well through Nadi, which is their hub in Fiji, and Robbie and I almost took that-

You did

After a sold-out run in Darwin, the troupe is now wowing crowds at the Brisbane Festival before heading to Melbourne and Sydney.

Ticket sales help fund performing arts scholarships in Nadi, giving young Fijians a pathway from training to the professional stage.

to sport now and the Wallabies have snatched a 28-all draw with Argentina in the second test in Mendoza.

Australia led 14-0 in the first half before the Pumas fought back and took a 28-21 lead late in the match.

Sakura, good showing here in Fiji.

For me, it's really tough because I look at this page of women on this second page here.

You've got Nadia right there.

She's, you know, really in contention for that rookie of the year but then you've got women on there who have got championship tour wins this year i mean stephanie gilmore right back down there in number 17th uh i also look to people like yolanda hopkins still moving up i mean she's keeping that uh world tour dream alive she's been open about not backing herself up on the challenger series because she believes she belongs on the world tour she's gone up a few places

Yeah, Yolanda Hopkins and Nadia Aristabe, definitely in a battle as we look at our potential rookies of the year in 2026.

Both of them are being really solid in their rookie year performances.

And pretty crazy to see Tia Zebrowski down in 19th.

Chris Bowen has spent more than $6 million on ritzy hotel accommodation around the world in just a few months, including two bookings of $2 million each for his pre-COP31 meetings in Fiji, which we know apparently no one's really going to.

And the hotels are including stunning waterfront resorts in Nadi.

So there we go, living it up for the climate dollar.

Well, not bad if you can get it.

Not bad if you could be on the taxpayer's dime.

They're swanning about in Nadi, in Fiji, to the tune of $6 million.

To do what? What is it, Chris, that you're doing?

How do you have two $2 million trips? What the hell are you doing on these trips?

Okay, so how can we support you, my darling?

So essentially, anyone that knows anything from the 14th of December 2024 in the Crowne Plaza Resort in Nadi, in Fiji, if anyone stayed there, if anyone knows anyone connected to there, you can find us on, uh, Instagram and Facebook at Justice for Jason Rigby.

If there's things that you wanna share anonymously, you can always, we can always have a conversation in the DMs and, you know, go from there.

I think that someone will eventually do the right thing.

And the knife was an expensive kitchen knife, like it was, you know, it had a decent price tag.

It was bought locally in Nadi.

Right.

People have said, and, you know, again, we've been told by a few different people that the energy and the atmosphere in the hotel in the days after was very closed off.

No, absolutely not.

Okay, so how can we support you, my darling? Where are you up to?

So essentially, anyone that knows anything from the 14th of December, 2024 in the Crown Plaza Resort in Nadi, in Fiji, if anyone stayed there, if anyone knows anyone connected to there, you can find us on, uh, Instagram and Facebook at Justice for Jason Rigby.

If there's things that you wanna share anonymously, you can always, we can always have a conversation in the DMs, and you know, go from there.

Which village is your family from?

They're from Nadi.

They're from around that area.

Nadi?

So Denarau, around that area.

Okay.

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... where I believe a man has handed himself over to the police over a Nadi taxi robbery.

Yes, yeah, so this 23-year-old man, he surrendered himself to police yesterday evening, uh, and is now being questioned over an aggravated robbery of a taxi driver in Nadi that same morning.

According to the Fiji Times, the robbery occurred at around 8:00 a.m. and was captured on the taxi's dash camera.

Now, that video has since gone viral, and it shows the taxi driver pleading for his life during this attack.

The Fiji Airways one's really interesting though.

I, um, saw a couple of other headlines that apparently some of the, um, some of the flights between Australia and Fiji are having to stop in New Caledonia en route to, um, to top up and to refuel because apparently there was a, uh, some sort of contamination issue with, um, fuel stored locally at Nadi Airport, um, that was...

And I didn't, I'd never heard of this being a thing, but, um, it was an excess electrical charge.

For those of us that still get worried about taking your cellphone out at a petrol station when you're fil- filling up, I guess a, an excess electrical charge and a fuel supply are definitely two things you don't want to see in the same sentence.

And, you know, up until now that's been, you know, still quite significant, people sharing ideas, you know, coming together for conferences, talking about, you know, the common challenges and opportunities that they face.

But increasingly they're, they're looking at moving towards more of a, um, you know, a co-investment type model.

So that conference, which is being hosted in, in Nadi at the Sofitel in Denarau, um, by, you know, by our good friends at BSP Life, um, you know, listeners to the show will remember our first ever episode was with, uh, Craig Strong from BSP Life-

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