At the signing ceremony for the extended New Zealand Aid grant funding, Peter Drysdale Project Founder described the model town’s prescription as a gift from Fiji for the people of the world faced by climate change threats. There was zero damage from T.C. Winston in...

At the Koroipita community hall His Excellency Jonathan Curr New Zealand High Commissioner to Fiji and the Chairman of the Model Towns Charitable Trust Honson Cheer signed a new agreement for a grant to fund administration and community development for the next three...

Students of Koroipita Settlement receive school bags and books from FENC Fiji By Jessica Savike Tuesday 09/01/2018 244 primary and secondary school students of Koroipita Settlement in Lautoka have received school bags with exercise books and stationery from the...

Reshmi Devi Prasad with her son Samendra Ram and books from FENC Fiji. Photo: Nicolette Chambers January 13 by NICOLETTE CHAMBERS, LAUTOKA The Lautoka bus stand was once a home for Reshmi Devi Prasad. Her situation was so dire that she and her son would sleep there...

      Kiribati President Taneti Maamau (sixth from left) and next to him is the founder for the Koroipita Model Town, Peter Drysdale after the tour of the Model Town on October 29. Photo: Susan Naidu by NICOLETTE CHAMBERS , LAUTOKA Koroipita model town...

A-G Keeps Christmas Power Promise   by Nicolette Chambers, LAUTOKA Attorney-General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum kept his promise and last night gave Koroipita Settlement residents in Naikabula, Lautoka, their much anticipated Christmas gift – electricity. The residents...

Electricity Will Transform Our Lives, Says Mother     Kelera Likutokalau (front left) with her father, Manieta Nakaralutu (back left), her daughter, Lowami Lewanibure and her mother, Lowami Lewanibure at Koroipita Settlement in Naikabula, Lautoka on December...

Greatest Christmas Gift Ever: USP Student Koroipita resident, Neha Kumar. Photo: Nicolette Chambers December 24 by NIcolette Chambers, LAUTOKA University of the South Pacific student Neha Kumar used to worry about completing her assignments The Koroipita Settlement...

  KOROIPITA EDUCATION EXCELLENCE 40  GRADUATE WITH COMPUTER SKILLS  Forty people, mostly residents have  graduated  with  Microsoft Excel  skills  after a week long certificate training course  at  Koroipita Model Community conducted by Australian volunteer Mike Lane...