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	Legacy of Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Ratu Mara takes more direct credit for the stability in the industry brought about by the provision of greater security of tenure with the provision of 30 year agricultural leases under ALTA in 1976.
		Ratu Mara, increasingly under the influence of newly elected Alliance MPs such as Peter Stinson, Ahmed Ali, Mosese Qionibaravi began to distance himself from the unions and embraced a capitalist path.
		Ratu Mara was accused of having complicity in the coup of 14 May 1987.
	www.flp.org.fj /s030827.htm (3712 words)

	Telegraph \| News \| Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara
		Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, who died on Sunday aged 83, became President of Fiji in 1994 after earlier serving as a district officer and then the first Prime Minister of the South Seas dominion.
		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.
		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.buzztracker.org /2004/04/20/cache/158588.html (1154 words)

	Port Vila Presse Online Vanuatu News :: The Late Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara
		Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara on behalf of the Republic of Vanuatu.
		The Fiji Times reported that the church hoped to give Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara a farewell that would befit a high chief and one to be remembered for the years to come.
		Friday 30 April is officially declared a public holiday in Fiji in rememberance of Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara.
	www.news.vu /en/news/RegionalNews/the-late-ratu-sir-kamises.shtml (448 words)

	Fiji chief Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara embodied the modern Pacific ali'i - The Honolulu Advertiser - Hawaii's Newspaper
		Mara was uniquely qualified to comment on the nature and consequences of a globalizing Pacific, having lived through more than 80 years of change and standing as a dominant force in the region for more than three decades.
		Mara believed the benefits derived from negotiating with governments such as Britain, the United States, Japan, Australia and New Zealand on issues such as agricultural exports, marine resources and environmental issues could be greatly enhanced if Pacific island nations stood together and tried to speak with one voice on the world stage.
		Mara's vision of regional cooperation, and the institutions he was instrumental in establishing, set the stage for an expanded range of activities that bring the people of Hawai'i into closer contact with their neighbors to the south.
	the.honoluluadvertiser.com /article/2004/May/23/op/op07a.html (1758 words)

	Ratu Sir George Cakobau Biography
		A great-grandson of Ratu Seru Epenisa Cakobau, the King of Bau who had unified all the tribes of Fiji under his reign in the mid-1800s and subsequently ceded the islands to the United Kingdom in 1874, Ratu Cakobau was Fiji’s highest-ranking traditional chief.
		Ratu Cakobau, was appointed Governor General in 1972, becoming the first indigenous Fijian to serve as the representative of Queen Elizabeth.
		Ratu Cakobau was awarded this honour as a sign of the special relationship between Fiji and the British Monarchy, following the visit of Queen Elizabeth II in 1982.
	www.biographybase.com /biography/Cakobau_Ratu_Sir_George.html (443 words)

	Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara; Former Fijian leader; 83 \| The San Diego Union-Tribune
		Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, Fiji's first prime minister and a key U.S. ally in the South Pacific during the Cold War, has died.
		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.
		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)

	Report: Fiji Ex-Leader Mara Dies at 83 (phillyBurbs.com) \| Australia, N.Z., Antarctica, Pacific
		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.phillyburbs.com /pb-dyn/news/92-04182004-284975.html (454 words)

	Parliament of Fiji
		Ratu Sir Kamisese was an outstanding chief for Lau and held the province together through his leadership and the respect the people had for him and the traditional positions he held.
		Ratu Mara was to later record this incident in his memoirs as one of the most satisfying in his career.
		Sir, as we mourn the passing away of a great leader, stateman and patriach of Fiji, in paying homage to this eminent leader, the least we can do is to abide by his vision for Fiji - a democratic nation, founder of the principles of multi-racialism, social justice, equity and equal opportunity.
	www.parliament.gov.fj /hansard/viewhansard.aspx?hansardID=199&viewtype=full (7041 words)

	Tribute To A Great Leader - Fiji Government Online
		Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, she said would be remembered as the father of independent Fiji and the Pacific and as man who commanded respect internationally.
		He said Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara’s relationship with Mrs Gandhi was symbolised in the fact that he attended her funeral in 1984 after her sad assassination.
		He added that Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara was a indeed a visionary, a towering leader and great statesman, who laid the foundations of much of the prosperity that Fiji had experienced since independence.
	www.fiji.gov.fj /publish/printer_2506.shtml (1673 words)

	Death of Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara
		Ratu Mara was a key figure in the building of the modern state of Fiji.
		Ratu Mara was widely recognised in the international community as being the pre-eminent statesman of the Pacific.
		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)

	Obituary: Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara
		It has never been conclusively determined whether Mara was involved in the first coup, which closely followed his defeat at the polls after 17 years in power and was led by Lieutenant-Colonel Sitiveni Rabuka.
		Born in the eastern Lau islands, the son of the head of the Vuanirewa clan and paramount chief of the Lau archipelago, Ratu Tevita Uluilakeba, Mara was inculcated from the cradle with the autocratic characteristics that were a feature of the Fijian ruling class.
		Mara's first major achievement as the newly independent nation's premier was perhaps his greatest: in 1971 he played a critical role in corralling the often squabbling regional nations into the South Pacific Forum.
	www.buzzle.com /editorials/4-22-2004-53275.asp (606 words)

	Obituary - Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		As Prime Minister Ratu Mara set a fine example of how a multiracial nation must be governed - with due regard to the cultural sensitivities of all the communities that make Fiji.
		Ratu Mara was a man of great vision, commitment and dignity who towered above his contemporaries both here and abroad.
		Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara was a rare combination of traditional Fijian aristocracy and the finest values of the Western tradition.
	www.flp.org.fj /n040419.htm (304 words)

	Parliament of Fiji
		Sir, he was among the original architects of the alliance of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Island states, the ACP group which came into being to obtain fairness from their former European colonial masters.
		President, Sir, it is so vivid in my mind, the faces of the elected members of LegCo who had won their seats in the 1966 General Elections and who all went to London for the London Constitutional Conference at Marlborough House in May or June 1970, at the total expense of the British Government.
		Sir, we chiefs have to understand one thing; you have to serve first before you are being served, and the honourable Senator Ratu Rawaya showed this in his speech.
	www.parliament.gov.fj /hansard/viewhansard.aspx?hansardID=192&viewtype=full (6407 words)

	Herald Sun: Fiji gives Ratu Mara state funeral (archived) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Ratu Sir Kamisese, 83, died last night in hospital in Fiji's capital Suva, from complications of a stroke he suffered in 2001.
		Ratu Sir Kamisese led Fiji to independence from Britain in 1970 and served as its first prime minister and later president.
		Qarase said details of the state funeral would be announced once Ratu Sir Kamisese's family and cabinet had been consulted and had given their approval.
	www.heraldsun.news.com.au /common/story_page/0,5478,9326938%255E401,00.html (614 words)

	Ratu Mara End of an Era (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		“Ratu Mara was very much the elder statesman of the region, and his passing marks the end of an era,” Mr Urwin said.
		Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara was the last survivor of the seven leaders who met in August 1971 in Wellington, New Zealand to set up a new regional body to give a stronger voice to Pacific concerns, and to cooperate as a group in tackling key issues.
		Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara represented Fiji at all but four of the annual Forum Leaders meetings from 1971 until 1991.
	www.forumsec.org.fj /news/2004/Apr/Apr_23.htm (278 words)

	Ratu Mara’s Passing away marks end of successful generation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Ratu Sir Kamisese fought against extreme Fijian nationalism because he knew that extreme nationalism in power would be destructive for this country.
		Ratu Mara was the first to advocate a Government of National Unity back in 1983.
		The most fitting way in which to remember the great leadership qualities of Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara is for the country to learn from his experiences and beliefs, to abandon extreme racialism in politics and follow the 1997 Constitutional path of consensus and co-operative governance.
	www.ccf.org.fj /artman/publish/printer_166.shtml (363 words)

	Mara, Ratu Sir Kamisese. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Fiji largely prospered under Mara, who was an influential Pacific statesman, but he lost to the Indian-led Labor party in 1987.
		Mara gave his tacit approval to the army’s overthrow of Labor a month later, and was again prime minister (1987–92) under a new constitution.
		He became acting president in 1993 and president the next year, serving until forced out by the army when it seized power after quashing an indigenous uprising in 2000.
	www.bartleby.com /65/ma/MaraRSirKams.html (167 words)

	Colour, Class and Custom: Notes
		Mara's initial deal with Colonel Rabuka was that Rabuka hand back power within 30 days from the bloodless coup to Mara controlled interim civilian Government.
		Mara is 'heir to the Fijian paramount line in the Lau Islands and the Tongan line established by Ma'afu'; both he and his wife, Adi Lady Lala, are 'direct descendants of the first Cakobau, as are also Ratu Sir George Cakobau, present Vunivalu of Bau and former Governor-General, and Ratu Sir Penaia Ganilau,...
		Mara, the bloody Judas Iscariot!' (Robertson and Tamanisau 1988: 70).
	speedysnail.com /pacific/fiji_coup/notes.html (4302 words)

	80th Birthday - The President
		Ratu Mara was born on 13th May 1920 into a chiefly family.
		One of the hallmarks of Ratu Sir Kamisese's leadership as Prime Minister and now as our President is his strong belief in the family and in the Fiji Islands as a multi-cultural family.
		In fact, it was Ratu Mara who clinched the final agreement on the Sugar Protocol, and thus enabled the signing of the Lome Convention.
	www.stampsfiji.com /stamps/presidentbirth (1327 words)

	A Virtuous Man the Tui Nayau, Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara \| Samoa Ministry of Finance
		Tears swelled in Lady Lala Mara's eyes when I told her that in 1830, when Malietoa Vainuupo accepted Christianity from Rev John Williams, this fine mat was already in existence.
		Although no longer in office, Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara's funeral was attended by royalty (Tongan and Maori Queens), Heads of State (Governor General of Aotearoa), Prime Ministers (PNG, Solomons, Tuvalu) Presidents (Tahiti and Nauru) Deputy Prime Ministers (Vanuatu, Samoa) and Ministers (Australia and New Zealand).
		Ratu Mara also founded the South Pacific Forum, and was a man of the people.
	www.mof.gov.ws /publish/article_25.shtml (1420 words)

	Mara, Ratu Sir Kamisese on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Mara gave his tacit approval to the army's overthrow of Labor a month later, and was again prime minister (1987-92) under a new constitution.
		Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, former Fijian leader, dead at 83
		Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, former Fijian leader, dies, prime minister says
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/M/MaraR1S1irK1ams.asp (389 words)

	Go Asia Pacific Breaking News Pacific - Thousands turn out to honour Fiji's founding PM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Mr Qarase also described Ratu Mara as tall, strong and producing much fruit - a reference to the paramount chief's traditional ties to a tamarind tree planted at his birth.
		Ratu Mara's body will now be taken by boat to his home island of Lakeba for burial on Monday.
		Fiji in mourning for Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara
	www.abc.net.au /asiapacific/news/GoAsiaPacificBNP_1098861.htm (343 words)

	Obituary: Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara
		Mara had been playing golf with the colonel days before the first coup, but his involvement in the insurgency remains a grey area.
		That lasted for five years, but again, rather than going quietly, Mara was elevated to the vice-presidency (Fiji had become a republic following its post-coup expulsion from the Commonwealth) and shortly after took over from the incapacitated President Sir Penaia Ganilau in the largely ceremonial role.
		Television pictures of the rebels pointing a gun to the head of one of Mara's daughters, Adi Kooila Mara Nailatikau, who was a minister, enabled the military to engineer the by now elder statesman's removal on grounds of clouded judgment.
	www.buzzle.com /editorials/4-22-2004-53275.asp?viewPage=2 (355 words)

	Ratu Sir K. Mara an island visionary - The Honolulu Advertiser - Hawaii's Newspaper
		While Mara's political legacy was strongest in his native Fiji, he was a respected leader of many multilateral and multinational organizations within the Pacific.
		In fact, Mara was a familiar figure at the center, serving on the center's International Board of Governors from 1976 to 1986 and from 1998 to 2001.
		It was in 1975 that Mara delivered the Dillingham Lecture at the center in which he elaborated on the concept, also contained in his memoirs, of the "Pacific Way," a vision of peaceful multiracial and multicultural development and growth.
	the.honoluluadvertiser.com /article/2004/Apr/20/op/op02a.html (283 words)

	Nation page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The chiefs nurtured by the late Ratu Sir Lala Sukuna were Ratu Sir Edward Tuivanuavou, Ratu Sir George Cakobau, Ratu Sir Penaia Ganilau and then Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara.
		Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara’s rise to leadership began when these high chiefs chose him to be the leader and spokesperson for the Constitutional Conference in London in 1965.
		Although the youngest of the four chiefs, Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara took the role with dignity and nobility and led the delegation that saw Fiji becoming independent on Oct 10, 1970.
	www.thenational.com.pg /0430/nation14.htm (209 words)

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