We lived on the Nai'a for 10 days cruising the Koro Sea and scuba diving at sea mounts which came from 3000 feet to the surface. I did 26 dives during the 10 days with my Mom and Dad. Viti Levu was the island we stayed on for 4 days. In Nadi, the shop keepers are almost all Indian Fijians. They may not own land in Fiji and are not respected by the Fijians.
All Fijian families own land as all villages have divided up the land between their families.
In the Fijian culture, all posessions are owned by the village. We traveled by open air transport up into the mountains on a rugged dirt road to a remote village where less than 100 outsiders have ever been. The guides that took us in had only brought one other couple last May into the village of Sukieweiki. We had kava with the chief and son and many of the rest of the village. But it is important to the villagers socially and the son of the chief told us he drank 68 bowls the night before last.