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- ↑ Fiji Government Ministry of iTaukei Affairs Website, iTaukei now replaces Fijian or Indigenous Fijian, "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-11-06. Retrieved 2014-10-18.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ↑ Fiji Government Ministry of iTaukei Affairs Website, 'Vola ni Kawa Bula' http://www.fijianaffairs.gov.fj/NLFC%20VKB.html Archived 2012-08-28 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ iTaukei Land Trust Board Website, Homepage - Corporate Information, http://www.tltb.com.fj/
- ↑ Kiddle, Gabriel (2010). "Contemporary Urban Squatting in Fiji: Recent Trends, Intervention and a Potential Policy Framework". Fijian Studies. 8.
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