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A NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
Editor
Richard Naidu
Josefa Nata was a highly respected Fijian journalist of his times, whose career
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Kite Pareti boasted some of the most significant reporting highlights in Fiji’s history - until he got
Prerna Priyanka caught in the 2000 coup of George Speight. He ended up being convicted of treason
and was sent away for life.
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Nata was released on a pardon in December, having lost out on 24 of the best years of
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his life. And the gift of watching his son, who was born the same year, grow.
The coups of Fiji have stolen much from every one.
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Nata has his hurts, and his regrets. But instead of making him bitter, they drive him
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to want to do something with the rest of his life. Which, in his own words, is to try to
give back something to the country that the actions of him and others like him, have
Contributors
caused much pain.
Jon Fraenkel
Nic Maclellan Which is mainly why he shares some of his journey with us, in this issue.
Alipate Pareti Nata’s story can be seen as a reflection of much of the Pacific’s journey – a search
Rowena Singh for identity, the fight to establish that identity, the struggles, and mistakes along the
Joe Yaya way, and learning from those to find healing and a new, better pathway forward for
those that follow.
This issue also features an important story about regaining the lost anthropological
Islands Business is published monthly by past of the Pacific, and, well beyond the region, how a young woman of Tongan
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