May God Bless you as you join The Uniting Church. Inscribed “ Special general conference, Methodist Church of Australasia, The Methodist church in Fiji acknowledges its gratitude to the Methodist Church in Australia for its long associations with our conference. This one was presented by the Methodist Church in Fiji to the Methodist Church in Australia on the eve of its becoming part of the Uniting Church in Australia on 21 June 1977. Fijians consider them to be kavakaturanga (chiefly items). Tabua are pierced and braided whales’ teeth, originally taken from the lower jaw of sperm whales and are highly significant and valuable objects in traditional Fijian society.
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