Under the Ivi Tree: Society and Economic Growth in Rural Fiji
Cyril S. Belshaw
VAKARUKU NI IVI (Lit.—Like being under the ivi tree) Said of a house, the roof of which is badly constructed and leaks. If we are in such a house when it is raining, we may say: 'Being in this house is like sheltering under an ivi tree.' (The ivi tree has large leaves and looks as though it would provide good shelter from the rain, but the rain drips through very quickly.) —ANARE K. RAIWALUI, Na i vosavosa vakaviti e so, Oxford University Press, 1954 PART ONE Prolegomena U lT—B I ...