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The Vola ni Kawa Bula, commonly known as the VKB, is the official Fijian register of native landowners. It is known in English as the Native Land Register. By law, all indigenous Fijians who are now to be known as iTaukei [1] are entitled to be enrolled as members of the VKB, which is in the charge of the Native Lands Commission. [2]
Fiji's deputy opposition leader Bernadette Rounds Ganilau said the bill was a joke because a large mass of land is lying idle in the country while Fiji continues to import food valued at over 180-million US dollars. Thousands upon thousands of vacant and re-possessed land is not being used, making Fiji the world's largest producer of weeds and ...
The Fijian Government exercises the executive functions and powers within the Republic of Fiji. This article lists spans of government ministries under a prime minister . [ 1 ] The distinctive periods of these ministries consist of post-independence, post- 2000 Coup d'état , and post 2006 Coup d'état .
In September 2014, Vuniwaqa was appointed to Cabinet by the Prime Minister as the Minister for Lands and Mineral Resources, becoming the first Fijian woman appointed to the position. In 2015, Vuniwaqa facilitated and received Cabinet approval for the upgrade of the Fiji Geodetic Datum to a more current internationally recognized system. [11]
Ministry of Commerce, Trade, Tourism and Transport (Fiji) Ministry of Defence and National Security (Fiji) Ministry of Education, Heritage and Arts (Fiji) Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (Fiji) Ministry of Health and Medical Services (Fiji) Ministry of iTaukei Affairs (Fiji) Ministry of Women, Children and Poverty ...
The Ministry provides a direct link between government, iTaukei institutions and its administration across the fourteen provinces. Through its institutes, it keeps official records relating to iTaukei land, fishing grounds, headship titles, traditional knowledge and expressions of culture. [4] [5]
Squatting in Fiji is defined as being "a resident of a dwelling which is illegal according to planning by-laws regardless of whether the landowner has given consent". [1] As of 2018, an estimated 20% of the total population was squatting , including people living on land owned by indigenous clans with informal permission ( Fijian language ...
The Cabinet of Fiji is a Government body of Ministers appointed by the Prime Minister of Fiji and responsible to the Parliament of Fiji. The Cabinet's constitutional basis is sections 90 to 96 of the 2013 Constitution of Fiji. [1] Cabinet consists of the Prime Minister as chair and a number of Ministers. [2]