The majority of Fijian land is reserved for the ethnically Fijian community.

After the coups, Fiji experienced losses of professional personnel from both Fijian and Indian communities.

This successfully retained land rights for the indigenous owners, and 83% of the land is still owned by indigenous Fijian communities.

When the Indo-Fijians were effectively removed from the political process, tensions within the indigenous Fijian community were exposed.

It was designed to protect the specific interests of the indigenous Fijian communities.

Indigenous Fijian communities very closely identify themselves with their land.

There are currently no Fijian shops or restaurants in the capital, although many African owned establishments prove popular with the Fijian community.

Supported by members of the Fijian community, with whom he has been living, Pex last year applied for permission to remain permanently in Britain.

He said that asking the Fijian people to support the legislation without making them aware of its contents was "a deliberate attempt to mislead the Fijian community."

The most basic administrative unit in modern Fijian communities is the koro (village).