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  • Tonga Dismisses Fiji's Claim on Minerva Reef

    11/02/2005 5:03:45 AM PST · by Our_Man_In_Gough_Island · 3 replies · 413+ views
    Radio New Zealand ^ | 1 Nov 2005 | Staff
    Tonga’s Surveyor General, Tevita Malolo, has dismissed claims from Fiji of ownership of the Minerva reef. The reef, which is south of both Fiji and Tonga, has been claimed by the people of Ono-i-Lau in Fiji’s Lau Group as the traditional fishing ground of their ancestors for centuries. The islanders now say they may have overlooked Minerva Reef when registering their fishing and land rights and have asked the government to secure it for them, despite it being officially claimed by Tonga. But Mr Malolo says the reef, which the kingdom considers two islands, was proclaimed as Tonga’s by its...