FIJI, THE TROUBLED NATION’S SITUATION

AUCKLAND (TVNZ Online/Pacific Media Watch): The weekly Marae magazine programme featuring Maori affairs and issues broadcast a panel discussion on the Fiji crisis on Sunday.The panel comprised regime Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama’s older brother, Sefanaia; former Fiji Broadcasting Corporation Ltd chief executive Sireli Kini and Nik Naidu, spokesperson for the Coalition for Democracy in Fiji (CDF).Wide-ranging views were given on the Appeal Court judgement ruling the regime illegal on April 9, the subsequent abrogation of the constitution by the President, Ratu Josefa Iloilo, the reappointment of Bainimarama as prime minister and censorship of the media.The programme is available on TVNZondemand [@ 10min].