STORIES PEOPLE HOLD

Share a story

Much of Fiji’s history is not in any archive. It is held by people. If an elder in your family, your village or your community has a story they would like kept, you can send it here — or send your own.

What happens to a story

It goes to the museum’s private queue. It is not shown on the site.
A person reads it and contacts you before anything is done with it.
It is published only if the storyteller agrees, in the way they agree to: with or without their name, in whole or in part.
The story stays the storyteller’s. You or they can ask for it to be changed or taken back at any time, before or after it is published.
If part of it should not be told to everyone, say so in the form. The museum will not publish that part without the agreement of the people it belongs to.

Send a story

Nothing you send appears on the site. It goes to the museum’s own queue. A person reads it, contacts you, and only then decides with you what happens next.

1 · Whose story is it? Someone else’s — an elder, a parent, a relative, a neighbour My own

The storyteller’s nameWho are they to you? (optional)

Village, island or province the story belongs to (optional)Language it was told in (optional)

2 · What has the storyteller agreed to? The storyteller knows this story is being sent to the museum and agrees. (needed)

If the museum would like to publish it:

Ask us again first It may be published once the museum has checked it with us

The storyteller’s name:

Keep it private It may be shown with the story Part of this story is not for everyone — it belongs to a family, a clan or a vanua, or should only be told by certain people. The museum will not publish those parts without that agreement.

3 · The storyWrite it as it was told. It does not need to be tidy.Link to a recording (optional — a voice or video recording you have already put online)

4 · How the museum can reach you

Your name (optional)Email or phone (needed)

The museum needs this to check details with you, and so that you or the storyteller can ask for the story to be changed or taken back at any time. It is never shown on the site.

To send: the storyteller’s name, their agreement, the story, and a way to reach you.

Before you send someone else’s story

Ask them. Tell them it is going to an online museum, and that they can say no, or say yes to only some of it.
Ask how they want to be named, or whether they want to be named at all.
Write it the way they told it. The museum would rather have their words than a polished version.

This is an independent project, not the Fiji Museum or a government body. Stories sent here are kept by this project only.