Articles Tagged: native

The statement of Acting General Manager of NLTB Meli Beniuci that all native lands are safe and protected pursuant to section 4(1) of the Native Lands Trust Act, because all native lands are vested in the Board is feeble and unconvincing.  It is feeble and unconvincing because the interim Government has time and again showed its utter disregard for the rule of law in Fiji, so what exempts Board from being steamrolled into submission like all the others?  The current Board?s composition is il

The issue of de-reserving native land in Fiji seems to be blown out of proportion by the use of negative connotations framed by the local media in Fiji, underscored by the article in Fiji Times. Deregister plan UNAISI RATUBALAVU Thursday, February 14, 2008 There are moves by the interim Government to de-reserve native reserve land. This follows instructions from Finance Ministry permanent secretary for Sugar Peni Sikivou to the Native Land Trust Board last month to consider a proposal to d

Fiji Sun article by the their Political Editor poses interesting but academically flawed questions about the issue of native land in Fiji. The following is an excerpt: Landownership is ?intact ... ? With the charter paving the way for a non-racial Fiji will it affect land ownership? Let us look at the total