Fijian language

Nadi is home of the international airport. Viti Levu is home to most of the Fijian population. The second largest island is Vanua Levu and the third largest is Taveuni. Fiji has two seasons, the rainy and the dry season. The rainy season is from November to April. During those months it is also the tropical or hurricane season, but they are rarely affecting the island, the last one was in 1993. The dry

discrepancies with that. It is the responsibility of Fiji Water to be open and honest with their consumers,stockholders, and to the public, not take advantage of poor and corrupt government but instead improve and bring attention to it and the lives of the Fijians, and lastly, to give back to the land they profit so much from. Fiji Water has no doubt, got great marketing and business minds such as their owners Lynda and Stewart Resnick and the founder, David Gilmour. They even fooled customers into paying

10th century until its fall in the 13th century. This Tongan empire brought Polynesian culture and language into Fiji, though most indigenous Fijians are Melanesians. The islands were first recorded by a western explorer in 1643 when Dutch explorer Abel Janszoon Tasman visited northeastern Fiji. European trade came heavily to Fiji in the early nineteenth century. There was extensive trade in Fijian produced sandalwood and beche-de-mer for many European tools including muskets. This led to the establishment

Economy of Fiji From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Endowed with forest, mineral, and fish resources, Fiji is one of the most developed of the Pacific island economies, though it remains a developing country with a large subsistence agriculture sectorTemplate:Https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/fj.html. Agriculture accounts for 18% of Gross Domestic Product, although it employs some 70% of the workforce as of 2001. Sugar exports and a growing

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The Fijians main resource that was used to hold their economy was producing sugar cane. The Fijians have now turned from relying on sugar and textiles to focus on tourism. A good majority of their income now comes from the tourism industry; since turning to tourism their economy has stayed somewhat steady

1970. Fiji was a dual system of governance, one for the whole country, and the other for the ethnic Fijian population. British officials tended to avoid interfering in the issue of the autonomous Fijian administration. The colony then had an executive council conquered by the governor and British administrators and a legislative council that eventually included resident European as well as Fijians legislators. Fiji then became an independent nation on October 10th 1970. Fiji achieved independence

ethnic communities, such as Hindu, Muslim, and Fijian, resided together. The essay discusses the religious syncretism in Fiji, mentioning how groups outside of Fijian religion still believe in Fijian spirits, as shown with the 1968 incident. Parke goes into detail on the incident, in which a pool sacred to the Fijians is bulldozed for a playground and students soon becoming ill, hyperventilating with twitching arms and legs. It is believed by the Fijians, and other religious communities in the area

and Indo-Fijians often had to face hostile acts and behaviour of the military and the indigenous Fijians which created a chasm between the two races. The Fiji Indians felt they were the scapegoat and had the feeling of being second-class citizens and a hated ethnic group in their birth country for which their ancestors had contributed much to the growth and development. Fiji Indians were often detained arbitrarily and, marriages and funerals required police permits. Many Indo-Fijians’ homes were

2011 Introduction Relations between the Fijian government and FIJI Water have been tense since early 2008 when the new military government seemed to suddenly notice the huge exporter (accounting for 20% of Fiji’s total exports) (Dornan). Though there are a variety of disputes, I will focus on two in particular 1) The Fijian government’s belief that FIJI Water is engaging in transfer pricing. 2) The Fijian government’s repeated efforts to tax the company. At this