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3 days ago · Great Council of Chiefs. The Bose Levu Vakaturaga was a formal gathering of Fiji's indigenous (iTaukei) chiefs. It was established by the British Colonial Government in 1875 as an advisory body and named the Council of Chiefs (the term “Great” was added sometime later in the twentieth century).
3. CHIEFLY LEADERSHIP IN FIJI AFTER THE 2014 ELECTIONS tradition’, including the privileged role of chiefs in every sphere of political life from the village to the national level. However, it was challenged in the mid-1970s by an ultra-nationalist Fijian party— the Fijian Nationalist Party (FNP)—led by a disgruntled former
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Mar 3, 2024 · Established in 1876, the council was used as an advisory body for the British colonial rulers. After Fiji's independence in 1970, the GCC became entrenched in the constitution, with chiefs acting as a significant part of Fiji's senate.
The House of Chiefs in Fiji consists of the Fijian nobility, composed of about seventy chiefs of various ranks, majority of which are related. It is not a formal political body and is not the same as the former Great Council of Chiefs, which was a political body with a prescribed constitutional role, although the membership of the two bodies did overlap to a great extent.
By Jane Vavaitamana Gerard In 1876, two years after Fiji was ceded to Great Britain, a council was established for the sole purpose of being an advisory body to British Colonial rulers; this was named Bose Levu Vakaturaga or the Great Council of Chiefs as it is more widely known today.
Feb 18, 2023 · The Council of Chiefs morphed into a “Great” council (GCC) in the colonial broadcasting era in the 1950s (Field). In pre-colonial Fiji, there was no formal organisation of chiefs. While it can be said the Council was essentially a colonial construct, it has its roots in Fijian tradition (Norton).
Apr 8, 2021 · The Fiji Times published a story of the biggest Great Council of Chiefs meeting held at Lakeba, Lau, on May 17 1978. It was reported that the late Governor General, Ratu Sir George Cakobau, opened the meeting.
