(+) Moves in Fiji-NZ Relations

Government has nominated Permanent Secretary for Information and Military
Spokesperson Lt. Col. Neumi Leweni to take up a counsellor's post at
the Fiji High Commission in Wellington. The nomination of a military
person is seen by one  NZ website as
"provocative" but as I commented on their website, Government has had
to rely on military people to occupy many top positions precisely
because the NZ (and Australian) travel bans have prevented many
suitably-qualified civilians from applying. Seen in this light, the
"provocation" is of NZ's making. Lift the bans (or at least apply them
more flexibly), and Fiji may be in a position to nominate a civilian
for the Wellington post.

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