108. A Heavy History: Girmitiyas in Fiji

Schedule

Sun May 17 2026 at 11:30 am to 01:30 pm

UTC13:00

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Limelight, Aotea Centre | Auckland, AU

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All Tickets are Mobile Ticket Only. Mobile Tickets are like Print-at-Home tickets but instead of having to print off the tickets yourself, you can just show the barcode on your mobile phone. It is the easiest way to access tickets to your events. For more information visit Ticketmaster.co.nz/mobileticket Child Policy: Children aged under 1 will be permitted free. Provided they do not occupy a seat. In May 1879, a ship with 463 Indian indentured labourers docked in Fiji. Over the next 37 years, more than 60,500 workers were sent from India to work in Fiji's sugarcane and tobacco plantations under inhumane conditions. Shana Chandra's Banjara, is two women's reckoning of their Indo-Fijian history, told over 100 years apart. Krish Naidu is the President of the Fiji Girmit Foundation NZ founded to honour Girmit histories in Aotearoa.

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