Lead author Ron Vave, at his late father's funeral in October 2015 during his 2nd year of his PhD at UH . Vave received his IRB approval prior to the funeral, which made his father's funeral the first to be researched for his PhD , resulting in the funeral financials being included in the dataset for this research. Like others across the world, indigenous Fijians (known as iTaukei) in Fiji are facing increased pressure to honor their loved ones with a memorable funeral that can become costly.

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