, April 1 -- New high-resolution airborne LiDAR data from the Moana Data Service has revealed a previously hidden landscape of earthworks across parts of the Suva and Rewa region, offering new insights into how people may have lived, farmed, and organised the landscape in Fiji's past.

The data, recently processed and released through the Moana platform, provides detailed elevation models that allow researchers to detect subtle ground features invisible beneath vegetation and modern development. Early analysis suggests the presence of extensive earthwork formations, including circular and interconnected structures that may represent historical land-use systems.

The patterns were first identified by Leo Vanualailai, a GIS officer with the...