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**orgagsUpsepsy** · 12-21-2011, 01:34 AM

They are half Melanesian/Papuan.

You could be right, because Fiji is considered the fault-line between Polynesia and Melanesian and the population of eastern Fiji reflects that. However at the same token you have Polynesian minorities in most Melanesian nation including New Guinea.

Here is a video from Fiji of the island of Ono-lau

Former fiji prime minister Ratu Epel Nailatikau has a typical Polynesian face.
http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/wp-conten...Nailatikau.jpg

12-21-2011, 01:34 AM	#19
orgagsUpsepsy Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 446 Senior Member	They are half Melanesian/Papuan. You could be right, because Fiji is considered the fault-line between Polynesia and Melanesian and the population of eastern Fiji reflects that. However at the same token you have Polynesian minorities in most Melanesian nation including New Guinea. Here is a video from Fiji of the island of Ono-lau Former fiji prime minister Ratu Epel Nailatikau has a typical Polynesian face. http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/wp-conten...Nailatikau.jpg
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