Editorial by Frank Nuessel

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REVIEW: Noted: Faux footnotes and a false frontispiece by Philip Cass

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Powerful Fiji doco shocks on urban poverty by Shailendra Singh

“…Reporters in Fiji are guaranteed a lively quote or two when Caucau opens her moutn. She one liked Indo-Fijians to weeds waking up too much space..."…”
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An Indigenous Academic Perspective to Preserving and Promoting Indigenous Knowledge and Traditions: A Fiji Case Study by Wahab Ali

“…While maintaining the importance of preserving the originality of the Indigenous cultural identity and practices, the paper highlights how the infusion of the cultures of the Indigenous people and that of the Indo-Fijians, who have co-existed together for over 100 years, has shaped the unique multicultural landscape in Fiji. …”
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The evolution of religion and morality: a synthesis of ethnographic and experimental evidence from eight societies by Purzycki, BG, Henrich, J, Apicella, C, Atkinson, QD, Baimel, A, Cohen, E, McNamara, RA, Willard, AK, Xygalatas, D, Norenzayan, A

“…Our sample includes 591 participants from eight diverse societies—Native Fijians who practice both Christianity and ancestor worship, the animist Hadza of Tanzania, Hindu Indo-Fijians, Hindu Mauritians, shamanist-Buddhist Tyvans of southern Siberia, traditional Inland and Christian Coastal Vanuatuans from Tanna, and Christian Brazilians from Pesqueiro. …”

Effects of a Longitudinal Peer to Peer Support Group Foot Care Intervention Program in a Prospective Cohort of Patients with Diabetes Mellitus by Nivita D. Sharma, Wahid Khan

“…Sixty-nine percent are females, 44.5% are natives (I-Taukei) and 55.5% are migrant Indians (Indo-Fijians), and 76.4% completed high school. Univariate analyses reveal a highly statistically significant and clinically meaningful increase in the component KAP scores following the foot care intervention program. …”
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Scabies and impetigo prevalence and risk factors in Fiji: a national survey. by Lucia Romani, Josefa Koroivueta, Andrew C Steer, Mike Kama, John M Kaldor, Handan Wand, Mohammed Hamid, Margot J Whitfeld

“…The prevalence of scabies was twice as high in iTaukei (indigenous) Fijians compared to Indo-Fijians. The prevalence of impetigo was 19.6%, with a peak in children aged five to nine years (34.2%). …”
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God's mind on morality by Rita Anne McNamara, Rebekah Senanayake, Aiyana K. Willard, Joseph Henrich

“…Expected divine judgement mirrors human judgement; iTaukei (N = 90) expect God to emphasise outcome, while Indo-Fijians (N = 219) and North Americans (N = 412) expect God to emphasise intent. …”
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Adolescent dietary patterns in Fiji and their relationships with standardized body mass index. by Wate, J, Snowdon, W, Millar, L, Nichols, M, Mavoa, H, Goundar, R, Kama, A, Swinburn, B

“…Nearly one quarter reported irregular breakfast (24%) and lunch (24%) consumption on school days, while fewer adolescents (13%) ate fried foods after school. IndoFijians were more likely than Indigenous Fijians to regularly consume breakfast, but had a high unhealthy SSB and snack consumption.Regular breakfast (p<0.05), morning snack (p<0.05) and lunch (p<0.05) consumption were significantly associated with lower BMI-z. …”

Copy versus custom by Jale Moala

“…This was true of both indigenous Fijian and Indo-Fijian reporters.…”
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SOCIOECONOMIC DRIVERS OF LAND USE INTENSIFICATION IN FIJI ISLANDS: A GEOGRAPHICAL APPROACH by D. L. Cornelio

“…In farms smaller than 3 ha size land use is intense when (in order of importance) Indo-fijian population, household size and land availability values are high; while in farms of 20–50 ha size it is intense when the values of (in order of importance) population change, Indo-fijian population, land availability, fishing and sugar farming are also high. …”
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OBITUARY: Vale Robbie Robertson, a 'son of Fiji and the Pacific' by Wadan Narsey

“… While most University of the South Pacific academics were united in their opposition to the 1987 and 2000 coups in Fiji – and many of them suffered in various ways from the 1987 coup, the 2006 coup was divisive in that quite a few senior USP academics and former academics (mostly Indo-Fijian) gave tacit and active support to it, believing in coup leader Voreqe Bainimarama’s rhetoric of anti-corruption and racial equality for all in Fiji as his justification. …”
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Brij V. Lal & K.L. Gillion: The apprentice and the sorcerer by Doug Munro

“…Bringing to bear my own observations dating back to 1973, the archival record and a reading of Gillion and Lal’s writings, I discuss the evolving relationship between these two major historians of Indo-Fijian indenture.…”
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Community perspectives on scabies, impetigo and mass drug administration in Fiji: A qualitative study. by Elke Mitchell, Stephen Bell, Li Jun Thean, Aalisha Sahukhan, Mike Kama, Aminiasi Koroivueti, John Kaldor, Andrew Steer, Lucia Romani

“…Many indigenous Fijian (iTaukei) participants noted extensive and ongoing experience of scabies and impetigo among children in their families and communities, but only one participant of Indian descent (Indo-Fijian) identified personal childhood experience of scabies. …”
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Chest X-ray-confirmed pneumonia in children in Fiji by H.C. Magree, F.M. Russell, R. Sa'aga, P. Greenwood, L. Tikoduadua, J. Pryor, L. Waqatakirewa, J.R. Carapetis, E.K. Mulholland

“…The incidence appeared to be higher in Melanesian Fijian than Indo-Fijian children. The case-fatality rate was 2.8% in all children with LRTI, and 6.8% in those with CXR-confirmed pneumonia. …”
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Specialist training in Fiji: Why do graduates migrate, and why do they remain? A qualitative study by Usher Kim, Moulds Robert, Oman Kimberly M

“…Thirty-two (48.5%) were working in the public sectors, four (6.0%) were temporarily training overseas, 30.3% had migrated overseas and the remainder were mostly in local private practice. Indo-Fijian ethnicity and non-completion of full specialist training were associated with lower retention in the public sectors, while gender had little impact. …”
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