fiji day
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Congresswoman Aumua Amata wished the Fijian people a happy and blessed Fiji Day, as this October 10th is the 50th anniversary of Fiji’s independence.
“Congratulations and malo lava to Fiji upon this important marker in your history, the 50th Anniversary of Independence...

![In this Coleman family photo taken approximately 1983, Cong. Aumua Amata is pictured at Government House at Maugaoali’i with Fiji’s first Prime Minister and later President H.E. Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara. [courtesy photo] Aumua Amata and H.E. Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara in 1983 photo](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/amata_approximately_1983_with_the_first_prime_minister_of_fiji.jpg?itok=BPX5gqly)