The critical element is inclusiveness. It is only when the model we adopt and implement is one all can accept, can the prospect of genuine and lasting reconciliation be real.

There is some suggestion that the Fijian model ought to be adopted as being the first people, the host culture, the landowners and the majority of the populati…

Reconciliation and forgiveness is inextricably linked to the identity and unity we develop as a nation.

We celebrate who we are although we come from different communities. We are one nation, one people. We have differences and these cause problems and tension at…

'My government's aim for Fiji is not to return to where we once were but to journey forward together to a place we have not yet been, a Fiji of lasting peace a…

'We hope and pray that by our efforts today and in the future the tenor of debate in this august house will greatly improve to carry the country forward in pea…

'Reconciliation between our communities, following all the hurt and distress of 2000, is a critical part of the reconstruction of the country.'