Below is an excerpt from a blog as written by TR Singh who resides in Auckland & claims he and his PMC cronies know Fiji well. Furthermore the harsh critics levelled against Aotearoa, be it, the Politicians or its Journalists of not being versed with whats going on in Fiji appears to be a far fetched theory or 'dream-on' attitude to say the least.
Be assured, we are also Fiji people that happens to reside in Aotearoa & are very versed with whats going on back home. Fiji has undergone a massive onslaught from the current regime led by none other but Voreqe Bainibarama. Whatever the intentions Fiji has slid back into not a 3rd World country but perhaps a 6th World!!!
With the aftermaths of the 2006 coup led by VB, Fiji is now face to face with a new Wave of Totalitarian threat to its people. This is now a great threat to the very essence of Democracy which is so abscent at this point in Fiji.
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Another side to the Fiji coup and media freedom
Review by Thakur Ranjit Singh, Auckland: PMCMedia7, TV New Zealand’s digital TV channel news analysis programme, convened a panel discussion on February 5 about the reporting of the ongoing saga of Fiji politics and how New Zealand is perceived as a "bully". Leading independent journalist Russell Brown was presenter and interviewer and the panel members were:Dr David Robie - former head of the University of the South Pacific’s journalism school in Suva and now associate professor and director of AUT University's Pacific Media Centre. He also operates the Café Pacific blog. Barbara Dreaver - Pacific affairs reporter for TVNZ who was denied entry into Fiji, detained and sent packing back to NZ by the interim regime. Robert Khan - managing director of the Auckland-based Hindi station Radio Tarana that brings in local news about Fiji.
Review by Thakur Ranjit Singh, Auckland: PMCMedia7, TV New Zealand’s digital TV channel news analysis programme, convened a panel discussion on February 5 about the reporting of the ongoing saga of Fiji politics and how New Zealand is perceived as a "bully". Leading independent journalist Russell Brown was presenter and interviewer and the panel members were:Dr David Robie - former head of the University of the South Pacific’s journalism school in Suva and now associate professor and director of AUT University's Pacific Media Centre. He also operates the Café Pacific blog. Barbara Dreaver - Pacific affairs reporter for TVNZ who was denied entry into Fiji, detained and sent packing back to NZ by the interim regime. Robert Khan - managing director of the Auckland-based Hindi station Radio Tarana that brings in local news about Fiji.
