MORE than 500 people converged on Subrail Park in Labasa yesterday to mark Fiji's 42nd anniversary of Independence.
Government officials, students and the public dressed up in blue and white to mark the special event.
Chief guest and University of the South Pacific Labasa Campus director Doctor Samuela Bogotini said Fiji had been through a lot of difficult times and with patience, faith and hope and "we have walked victoriously to celebrate the event with national pride".