Talk:Paramount Chief of Fiji

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[edit] Suggest to merge with Queen of Fiji artcile

think this article shuld be merged with the existing queen of Fiji article, repetitive

There is some overlap, and both articles should be trimmed to reduce that. I would oppose merging them, however, as they are two distinct offices, albeit held by the same person, and the roles are different. David Cannon 09:03, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

maybe it would be good to include the British sovereigns who held the title or held rights to the tile title Tui Viti (Paramount Chief)- Namely Victoria, Edward VII, George V, George VI and Elizabeth. As the title is synonymous with the British sovereign, it think its fairly accurate the Prince Charles will succeed to the title with the passing of the Queen, unless specifically ended by Fiji's Great Council of Chiefs. Seriously doubt this will happen Fiji's Chiefs are themselves quite proud of the royal family and their links to Fiji. Also to make the article more interesting it would be good to put the order of precedence in the article for the Fiji Chiefs

1. Paramount Chief of Fiji (Tui Viti) Queen Elizabeth 2. Paramount Chief of Kubuna (Vunivalu of Bau) Vacant since 1989 3. Paramount Chief of Burebasaga (Roko Tui Dreketi) Ro Teimumu Tuisawau-Kepa 4. Paramount Chief of Tovata (Tui Cakau) Ratu Naiqama Lalabalavu

All other chiefs in Fiji come after the above in regard to precendence and again depends on the province they come from

Think the separate Tui Viti article can be merged with this one, maybe as a separate heading origins of the title and how Queen Elizabeth is rightfully entitled to it

Let's ask a number of Fijian Wikipedians about this. As far as I'm aware, the Tui Viti title was abolished with the cession. British Sovereigns assumed the role, but not the title, per se. But User:Xorkl000 and User:Laulad may know something about this that I don't, so let's ask them. David Cannon 11:09, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Queen Elizabeth?

While, as I understand it there is no specific official title for the role of Paramount Chief of all of Fiji, isn't it incorrect to translate that title into the Fijian version of Queen Elizabeth's name. While the title is presently hers, it doesn't belonmg solely to her so I propose it's probably incorrect to translate "Paramount Chief of Fiji" as "Ilisapeci-Na Radi ni Viti kei Peritania", (English: Elizabeth Queen of Fiji and Britain) Matt Bray 08:26, 9 March 2007 (UTC)