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	Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Mara cut a formidable figure at Commonwealth prime ministers' conferences, not least because he was 6 ft 6 in tall and wore the sulu (knee-length skirt); also, his statesmanlike qualities were immediately apparent.
		Ratu Mara's character was a mixture of the forthright and the diplomatic, the inflexible and the dexterous, the imperious and the tolerant.
		Mara received honorary doctorates from Guam, Delhi and Otago Universities, and was also Chancellor of the University of the South Pacific at Suva, a new institution with which he was not enamoured.
	www.vanuatu.usp.ac.fj /library/Online/Texts/Mara/Mara.htm (7678 words)

	Kamisese Mara (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		In what politicians called "a coup within a coup," Ratu Mara was whisked away on a warship on May 28, where he was allegedly approached by a group of present and former military and police officers and ordered to suspend the Constitution.
		Mara's character was described as a combination of the forthright and the diplomatic, the inflexible and the dexterous, the imperious and the tolerant http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/04/20/db2001.xml&sSheet=/portal/2004/04/20/ixportal.html.
		Mara, Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, Ratu Sir Kamisese fr:Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara pl:Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara
	kamisese-mara.iqnaut.net (3589 words)

	Report: Former Fijian leader dead at 83 - World News - MSNBC.com
		Mara was the last survivor of a group of powerful, mostly hereditary Pacific Island chiefs who led their countries to independence from British, Australian, New Zealand and U.S. colonial rule from the mid 1960s.
		Mara was the paramount chief of the Lau Islands of eastern Fiji.
		Mara is survived by his wife, Ro Lala Mara, a paramount chief who outranked Mara in the Fijian aristocratic hierarchy, three daughters and two sons.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/4773829 (585 words)

	Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara; Former Fijian leader; 83 \| The San Diego Union-Tribune
		Chief Mara was the last of a group of powerful, mostly hereditary Pacific Island chiefs who led their countries to independence from British, Australian, New Zealand and U.S. colonial rule from the mid-1960s.
		Visitors to his homes were often startled to see Chief Mara – an international statesman who preached democracy and equality – become angered if visitors did not approach him on their knees as tribal custom dictated.
		Chief Mara is survived by his wife, Ro Lala Mara, a paramount chief who outranked Mara in the Fijian aristocratic hierarchy; three daughters; and two sons.
	www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20040428/news_1m28mara.html (460 words)

	Pacific Magazine: The End Of An Era
		One of the captive ministers was Adi Koila Mara, the president's daughter and generally held to be one of his favourite children.
		But as national emotion of Ratu Mara's death mounted, it became evident that the nation that had tried for 30 years to build "tall as a model of progress and harmony," only to see it stunted by racism, corruption and ambitious personal agendas, was also affected by guilt, remorse and anger.
		Ratu Mara's wife, Adi Lady Lala, imposing and influential in her own right and actually ahead of her husband in the Fijian chiefly hierarchy, was still on her way back from New Zealand.
	www.pacificislands.cc /pm52004/pmdefault.php?urlarticleid=0023 (1673 words)

	Wansolwara Online: News (USP)
		Ratu Mara was the paramount chief of Lau, and his people turned out in numbers to express their sorrow at his passing.
		As Ratu Mara’s body was carried from his house, where it had been lying in state to the church, the military band played the national anthem.
		Ratu Mara, he said, was the last of the four great chiefs groomed to lead their people.
	www.usp.ac.fj /journ/docs/news/wansolnews/2004/May/wansol0405041.html (584 words)

	Strategic Marriages
		Ratu Sir Penaia's son is Brigadier General (retired) Ratu Epeli Ganilau, a former commander of the Fijian Military Forces, and a member of the military council that ruled Fiji in the aftermath of the attempted coup.
		Ratu Epeli Ganilau is married to another daughter of Ratu Sir Kamisese and Adi Lala Mara.
		Her daughter, Adi Koila Mara Nailatikau (married to Ratu Epeli Nailatikau) is a qualified lawyer and was Minister for Tourism in the Chaudhry government.
	maorinews.com /karere/fiji/stratmarr.htm (1504 words)

	Death of first prime minister - World - www.smh.com.au
		Ratu Mara died on Sunday in hospital in the capital, Suva, from complications of a stroke he suffered in 2001, New Zealand's Radio National reported.
		Ratu Mara was the last survivor of the seven leaders who met in Wellington, New Zealand, in 1971 to set up a regional body aimed at giving a stronger voice to Pacific concerns, and to co-operate in tackling key issues.
		Ratu Mara, who led Fiji from colony to a fully independent sovereign state, was chief minister from 1967 to 1970, the period of Fiji's internal self-government.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2004/04/19/1082357115931.html (416 words)

	Death of Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara
		Ratu Mara was widely recognised in the international community as being the pre-eminent statesman of the Pacific.
		I was privileged to have met Ratu Mara on a number of occasions and found him to be a man of integrity whom I respected greatly.
		Born in 1920 at Lomaloma in the Lau group of islands, Ratu Mara inherited the chiefly title of Tui Nayau and was Paramount chief of Lau.
	www.foreignminister.gov.au /releases/2004/fa053_04.html (312 words)

	Auckland Fiji Community
		Adi Lala built up an effective network of people around her who provided her with support and advice on a whole range of issues that required her to make decisions on.
		Adi Lala’s Tongan name of Kaloafutoga given to her by the late Queen Salote translates to mean the ‘Star of Tonga’ and this reference to her high status was also articulated on Bau by my maternal grandfather, the late Tunitoga.
		For Adi Lala, the Vunivalu and Kubuna was and is the pinnacle of the three confederacies and as long as the high office remained vacant, the i taukei or indigenous Fijians would continue to drift in a void.
	www.aucklandfiji.org.nz /community_notices_view.asp?newsid=136 (2450 words)

	Mara, Kamisese Kapaiwai Tuimacilai, Ratu Sir biography - S9.com
		1920 - Kamisese Kapaiwai Tuimacilai Mara was born on 6 May 1920, in Vanuabalavu in the archipelago of Lau, the son of Ratu Tevita Uluilakeba, head of the chiefly Vuanirewa clan, and his first wife Lusiana Qolikoro, who was related to Tongan royalty and was also descended from an English missionary.
		1942-1945 - Mara was educated first at Knox College, Otago University in New Zealand, where he studied medicine (1942 to 1945).
		Following his graduation from Oxford University, Mara returned to Fiji and married Ro Litia Cakobau Lalabalavu Katoafutoga Tuisawau, better known as Ro Lady Lala Mara.
	www.s9.com /Biography/Mara-Kamisese-Kapaiwai-Tuimacilai-Ratu-Sir (499 words)

	Fiji Troubles
		Silatolu is a young chief from the province of Rewa and is related to President Mara's wife, Adi Lady Lala Mara who is the paramount chief of the province.
		In 1987 Ratu Mara, unlike a decade ago, began to assert paramounty rights on behalf of the Fijians in the new post-coup Constitution, saying that 'special rights for indigenous peoples are not something new and are provided for under international law'.
		Ratu Mara, the keynote speaker at Pacific Vision, a four-day conference, said that, "This is a conference of the Pacific communities in New Zealand, yet the Pacific Vision literature I have read appears to have an omission.
	www.lookinglassdesign.com /fijicoupmay2000/may2000/25pacnews30.html (3676 words)

	Permanent Revolution & the ‘Pacific Way’ : Trouble in Paradise
		Ratu Mara’s wife, Adi Lady Lala Mara, is paramount chief of one of the three great confederacies in her own right.
		The coup was followed by several months of maneuvering, as the governor-general, Ratu Mara, and the judiciary sought to enhance their positions through rejigging the existing constitutional, diplomatic and tribal arrangements.
		At Government House, the president’s official residence, a couple of kilometers from where his daughter was being held hostage, Ratu Mara formally dismissed the Chaudry government, claimed executive authority, and came out in favor of rewriting the constitution to ensure that the indigenous community gained control of the government.
	www.bolshevik.org /1917/no23/Finfiji.html (6754 words)

	Labour pays tribute to Ro Lady Lala Mara (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		We are saddened by the death of Ro Lady Lala Mara, the Roko Tui Dreketi, Radini Nayau and Radini Lau.
		The Fiji Labour Party has always acknowledged the immeasurable sacrifice by Ro Lady Lala Mara and her late husband, Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara in their many years of dynamic leadership and invaluable services, not only to the vanua as two high chiefs, but also to all the people of Fiji.
		Ro Lady Lala Mara's passing is indeed a great loss to the family, the confederacy of Burebasaga, the people of Lau, the vanua and all the people of Fiji.
	www.flp.org.fj /n040723.htm (213 words)

	Letters to the Editor - The Honolulu Advertiser - Hawaii's Newspaper
		Ratu Mara was a great leader of his family, his country, the Pacific islands region and the world.
		As a visionary who sought to build regional cooperation in the Pacific islands region and between the islands and the broader world, he was an active and strong supporter of the East-West Center.
		We will always remember Ratu Mara for his dedication to all the people of Fiji and for his idealism, humility, unfailing courtesy, warm humor and shrewd observations about life.
	the.honoluluadvertiser.com /article/2004/Apr/20/op/op03aletters.html (1988 words)

	Gallery :: Ro Adi Lady Lala Mara laid to rest at the Sautabu, O Narusa.
		Gallery :: Ro Adi Lady Lala Mara laid to rest at the Sautabu, O Narusa.
		Ro Adi Lady Lala Mara laid to rest at the Sautabu, O Narusa.
		Sealing the tomb of the late Ro Adi Lady Lala Mara.
	www.fiji.gov.fj /gallery/view_album.php?set_albumName=narusa (113 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Asia-Pacific \| Warrior burial for Fiji leader
		Ratu Mara, who died aged 83, was hailed as modern Fiji's founding father after independence from Britain in 1970.
		Warriors wearing only palm leaf skirts and carrying clubs stood guard at the entrance to the chief burial grounds that only close relatives - including his widow Lady Lala Mara - were allowed into.
		Ratu Mara was the Tui Lau, or paramount chief of the Vuanirewa royal warrior clan of the Lau islands in east Fiji.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/asia-pacific/3680829.stm (279 words)

	Southpac News (December 1998)
		Adi Lady Mara during the celebration of the World Population Day, July 1998
		During her opening remarks at the World Population Day celebration, at the Soqosoqo Vakamarama (Women’s Association) headquarters in Nabua, Suva, Fiji, on July 10 1998, the First Lady, Her Excellency Adi Lady Lala Mara, acknowledged UNFPA’s support towards the Women’s Association’s family health promotion programme.
		As a result, the health promotion programme has expanded coverage to all provinces and included a broader perspective of reproductive health.
	www.un.org /popin/regional/asiapac/fiji/news/98dec/adv.htm (435 words)

	Nation page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Sir Michael admired him when he learned that Ratu Mara walked out of the meeting because he did not want to be dictated to by the big nations (Australia, New Zealand and US).
		When Sir Michael later became a politician, Ratu Mara counselled him and others in the region to stand firm and have a political voice of their own.
		In his condolence message to Adi Lady Lala Mara, Sir Michael said: “From Veronica and I and our families, the people of PNG and the PNG community here, to your family because of the affection we have for this family and the people of Fiji.”
	www.thenational.com.pg /0430/nation13.htm (308 words)

	Tui Nayau Appointment in December (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The appointment of the Tui Nayau and the Tui Lau is expected to be made by the end of the year.
		The two chiefly titles were both held by the late President Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara and have been vacant since his passing.
		This is due to the fact that they have just completed the Vakataraisulu of the late Ratu Mara while the one year anniversary for the death of the late Roko Tui Dreketi Adi Lady Lala Mara will be held in August.
	www.fijivillage.com /artman/publish/printer_20454.shtml (134 words)

	Viewpoint
		Sir Michael was one of the few dignitaries to present his ireguregu (paying of last respects) to Adi Lady Lala Mara at the Berkerley Crescent private residence of the Mara’s on the Thursday afternoon.
		Sir Michael expressed condolences to Adi Lady Lala Mara and her family on behalf of his family, the PNG Government, the people of PNG and the PNG community in Fiji.
		The one-hour reguregu ended with the PNG contingent being invited to meet Adi Lady Lala Mara and her son Ratu Finau Mara.
	www.postcourier.com.pg /20040507/weekend01.htm (1278 words)

	GCC meeting starts today
		In the greatest ironies of all, high Chief Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara is regarded as not being a member of the GCC after the GCC made Ratu Josefa Iloilo the Interim President.
		Today, however, he has been invited to the meeting as one of the 6 nominees of the now declared illegal, Minister for Fijian Affairs, who now is his son-in-law Ratu Epeli Nailatikau.
		His other nominees are his mother-in-law Adi Lala Mara, his brother (and leader of a rival Fijian Association faction) Ratu Tuakitau Cakanauto, and former army commander (and another son-in-law of Ratu Mara) Ratu Epeli Ganilau.
	www.fijihosting.com /pcgov/hot_press/no562.htm (543 words)

	Rivalry over traditional office (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		He is also the son of a former Tui Cakau Ratu Penaia Ganilau, and the son-in-law of former President Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara.
		Today the media reports that a rival group will be installing Ratu Naiqama Lalabalavu as the Tui Cakau on May 8.
		Burebasaga is led by Adi Lala Mara, the wife for former President Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara.
	www.fijihosting.com /pcgov/hot_press/no699.htm (281 words)

	Political interference in affairs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		It is worth that it was the late Ro Lala Mara who had initiated the move to establish the BLV independence from the Government of the day in 1997.
		The purpose of establishing a BLV Secretariat was to enable the BLV to get independent professional advice from the Secretariat not only on policy and development issues but also on matters of law.
		It is now up to the new Chairman of the BLV and its members to demonstrate whether they exist merely to rubberstamp any political decision that the new “Ratu” Bale and “Ratu” Lai want them to make in favour of the SDL party.
	www.ccf.org.fj /artman/publish/printer_217.shtml (572 words)

	SPC corporate news online
		SPC gratefully acknowledges with sincere gratitude the vision, commitment and contribution of Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara to its regional service.
		Ratu Mara was a statesman who believed and was committed to his calling because of the love and dedication that he had for his country and the region.
		Indeed his demise is a loss not only to the nation of Fiji, but to the region and internationally.
	www.sidsnet.org /pacific/spc/AC/newscorporate.htm (660 words)

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	www.amazingdigitalart.com /digital/Lala-Mtv-Vj.html (1110 words)

	Southpac News Vol. 5 no. 1 June 1997 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Health centres around the country held displays featuring reproductive health including family planning and sexual health awareness throughout the week.
		Under the gracious patronage of Her Excellency, Adi Lady Lala Mara, the First Lady, a reception was held on Friday night, 11 July, at Government House.
		Government ministers, senior officials, community leaders, diplomats and UN staff were invited.
	www.un.org /popin/regional/asiapac/fiji/news/97jun/1page997.htm (414 words)

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