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'''Vilsoni Hereniko''' (born [[October 13]], [[1954]]) is a [[Fiji|Fiji Islander]] [[playwright]], [[film director]] and [[academic]]. He was the writer and director of Fiji's first ever (and so far only) [[feature film]], ''[[The Land Has Eyes]]'' (''Pear ta ma 'on maf'').
==Biography==
Hereniko is a [[Rotuman people|Rotuman]], born in Mea village, Hapmak, Itu'ti'u District, [[Rotuma]], [[Fiji]]. He was schooled in his native Rotuma, obtained a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree and a Graduate Certificate in Education from the [[University of the South Pacific]] in 1997, a [[Masters degree]] in Education at the [[University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne]], and, in 1991, a [[PhD]] in literature and language at the University of the South Pacific.<ref name="thelandhaseyes.com">[http://www.thelandhaseyes.com/director.html Biography on the website of the film ''The Land Has Eyes'']</ref> <ref>[http://www.hawaii.edu/cpis/people_3.html Biography on the website of the University of Hawai'i]</ref> He is now a [[professor]] at the [[University of Hawai'i]]'s Center for Pacific Islands Studies, where he teachers literature, theatre and film.<ref name="thelandhaseyes.com"/>
==Literary career==
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