However social integration cannot be forced and not proceed at the pace that the community considers uncomfortable. - Joni Madraiwiwi

Who would have planted the cane, run the mills and funded the colony if they had gone to battle?

I trust you will bear in mind the deeply-held fears and insecurities Fijian have as an ethnic community. This is a subject I dwell on repeatedly because, while I do not share them, I am sufficiently Fijian to appreciate the depths of these emotions.

It (education) broadens our minds and creates opportunities, equipping us with the skills and the knowledge to participate in the world beyond the classroom.