‘Letter To The Editor’ Itaukei In Poverty

Wise Muavono (FS 24/8) presents a simplis­tic rather than a sociological interpretation of iTaukei poverty.

His “contributing factors“ take no cogni­sance of low wages and the high costs of living and the significant population of the working poor that has produced in contem­porary Fiji society.

Wise believes the iTaukei have only them­selves to blame for their poverty. That is not correct.

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