The Vola ni Kawa Bula, commonly known as the VKB, is the official Fijian register of native landowners.
By law, all indigenous Fijians who are now to be known as iTaukei[1] are entitled to be enrolled as members of the VKB, which is in the charge of the Native Lands Commission.
[4] On 22 November 2005, the Native Lands Commission expressed concern that parental negligence or ignorance had resulted in an estimated 20,000 indigenous Fijians not being enrolled in the VKB.
Many parents wrongly assumed, they said, that a birth certificate automatically registered every child in the VKB.
Consequently, it was announced that a system of automatic registration might be introduced.