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Editor’s Note

Managing Director / Publisher RUIN AND RESILIENCE
Samisoni Pareti
Managing Editor
Samantha Magick Our cover story this month takes that make us unique and are so often
you to Fiji’s tourism belt, to examine portrayed as intractable disadvan-
the impact of COVID-related shut- tages—such as our isolation—have

downs on the Fijians who power the proved to be advantages in the last
Designer industry, both front-of-house and few months. That is not to say that we
Dick Lee behind the scenes. It was a sobering won’t continue to scrutinise, to ask
experience to visit whole communi- the important questions and to call
Contributors ties where people had lost their jobs, for accountability and transparency
Nic Maclellan
Ambassador Kaliopate Tavola or were working on dramatically in decision-making and government
reduced hours. For many— those expenditures. And we will continue to
Dionisia Tabureguci
without access to land, or living a focus on issues that predate the pan-
Alipate Pareti
long way from their traditional homes demic, and in some cases have been
Kevin McQuillan
and the support of their traditional exacerbated by the coronavirus, such
Jovesa Naisua
communities—the situation is ruinous. as climate change and sovereignty
Others have demonstrated resilience; issues. But it also means that we ac-
starting microenterprises, labouring knowledge and embrace and celebrate
in cane fields, and earning income Pacific Island resilience.
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