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The Dreketi River is located in the island of Vanua Levu in Fiji. It is 65 kilometers in length and the deepest river in Fiji. It is 65 kilometers in length and the deepest river in Fiji. It is navigable for small crafts for 35 kilometers from its mouth and provides access to large tracts of fertile land through which it passes.
Roko Tui is the title for the executive head of any one of Fiji’s 14 Provincial Councils. [1] Each province, called a "yasana", is administrated by a provincial council, which itself is subject to the Fijian Affairs Board, variously considered the “guardian” of the traditional Fijian administration system, amongst many other aspects of modern Fijian culture.
Boda River; Bua River; Buca River; Bucaisau River; Dama River; Dreketi River. Nabiti River; Naua River. Drawa River; Lutukina River; Navuturerega River; Korovuli River
None of the island's rivers are navigable by large vessels. There are also many well known rivers on Vanua levu. The first is the most dangerous, the Wainikoro river, known for its shark attacks. The second is the Dreketi river, the deepest river in Fiji.
The present Roko Tui Dreketi is Ro Teimumu Vuikaba Tuisawau-Kepa, who was the Minister for Education in the Qarase government. She succeeded her late sister Ro Lady Lala Mara , Fiji's former First Lady, in 2004.
She also used her position in the Great Council of Chiefs to oppose the coup, and was instrumental in the Council's 2007 rejection of Epeli Nailatikau nomination as Vice-President. [5] As a result, the Council was suspended. [6] In May 2007, Kepa was threatened by the military over her opposition to the coup. [7]
The House of Chiefs in Fiji consists of the Fijian nobility, composed of about seventy chiefs of various ranks, majority of which are related. It is not a formal political body and is not the same as the Great Council of Chiefs, a political body which had a prescribed role under the 1997 Constitution of Fiji, although the membership of the two bodies did overlap to a great extent.
Keni Dakuidreketi is a former Fijian politician, who served as Minister for Youth, Employment Opportunities, and Minister for Sport in the interim Cabinet formed by Laisenia Qarase in the wake of the Fiji coup of 2000. [1]