The mataqali Rara from Naimasimasi village in Vugalei will be liaising with a business consultant on how to market more than two thousand standing mahogany trees which has been handed to them by the interim government, Mataqali head Jovilisi Kedrayate said they have received some offers from New Zealand and other overseas markets are willing to buy Mahogany at lucrative prices.

He said the first step that they will be taking is to seek the Forestry department's assistance in counting the standing trees in their 38 acres of ancestral land and 48 acres of their native reserve before working out the maximum return in terms of dollar value.

Interim Minister for Fijian Affairs Ratu Epeli Ganilau said members of the Mataqali Rara have been persistently requesting previous governments for the return of their ancestral and reserved land with standing mahogany trees and were made to run around for more than 20 years.