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November 29, 2025
RNZ Pacific Sitiveni Rabuka, the instigator of Fiji’s coup culture, took to the witness stand for the first time today — fronting the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) in Suva. The TRC was set up by Rabuka’s coalition government with the aim of promoting truth-telling and reconciliation regarding political upheavals dating back to 1987. The ... <a title="Fiji PM Rabuka blames ‘insulated’ upbringing for racially motivated 1987 coups" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/29/fiji-pm-rabuka-blames-insulated-upbringing-for-racially-motivated-1987-coups/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji PM Rabuka blames ‘insulated’ upbringing for racially motivated 1987 coups">Read more</a>
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June 11, 2025
Pacific Media Watch Taieri MP Ingrid Leary reflected on her years in Fiji as a television journalist and media educator at a Fiji Centre function in Auckland celebrating Fourth Estate values and independence at the weekend. It was a reunion with former journalism professor David Robie — they had worked together as a team at ... <a title="Fiji coup culture and political meddling in media education given airing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/11/fiji-coup-culture-and-political-meddling-in-media-education-given-airing/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji coup culture and political meddling in media education given airing">Read more</a>
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June 4, 2025
Pacific Media Watch Taieri MP Ingrid Leary reflected on her years in Fiji as a television journalist and media educator at a Fiji Centre function in Auckland celebrating Fourth Estate values and independence at the weekend. It was a reunion with former journalism professor David Robie — they had worked together as a team at ... <a title="Fiji coup culture and political meddling in media education gets airing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/04/fiji-coup-culture-and-political-meddling-in-media-education-gets-airing/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji coup culture and political meddling in media education gets airing">Read more</a>
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May 20, 2025
Today marks the 25th anniversary of the May 19, 2000, coup led by renegade businessman George Speight. The deposed Prime Minister, Mahendra Chaudhry, says Speight’s motive had less to do with indigenous rights and a lot more to do with power, greed, and access to the millions likely to accrue from Fiji’s mahogany plantation. On ... <a title="Speight’s Fiji coup had more to do with power, greed than iTaukei rights, says Chaudhry" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/20/speights-fiji-coup-had-more-to-do-with-power-greed-than-itaukei-rights-says-chaudhry/" aria-label="Read more about Speight’s Fiji coup had more to do with power, greed than iTaukei rights, says Chaudhry">Read more</a>
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May 14, 2025
By Susana Suisuiki, RNZ Pacific Waves presenter/producer, and Christina Persico, RNZ Pacific bulletin editor The co-founder of Auckland’s Fiji Centre is concerned that Indo-Fijians are not classified as Pacific Islanders in Aotearoa. This week marks the 146th anniversary of the arrival of the first indentured labourers from British India to Fiji, who departed from Calcutta. ... <a title="Fiji Indians in NZ ‘not giving up’ on Pasifika classification struggle" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/14/fiji-indians-in-nz-not-giving-up-on-pasifika-classification-struggle/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji Indians in NZ ‘not giving up’ on Pasifika classification struggle">Read more</a>
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December 23, 2024
By Litia Cava, FBC News multimedia journalist Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka has revealed how arms and ammunition used to conduct the 1987 military coup were secretly brought into Fiji on board a naval survey ship. Speaking at the commissioning of a new research vessel for the Lands and Mineral Resources Ministry on Friday, Rabuka ... <a title="Rabuka reveals details of 1987 coup navy ‘secret weapons mission’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/23/rabuka-reveals-details-of-1987-coup-navy-secret-weapons-mission/" aria-label="Read more about Rabuka reveals details of 1987 coup navy ‘secret weapons mission’">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2024
Asia Pacific Report A Fiji human rights advocacy coalition has condemned Fiji’s “profoundly troubling” stance as being one of only two countries supporting continued illegal occupation by Israel of the Palestinian territories. The Fiji NGO Coalition on Human Rights (NGOCHR) said the occupation had been widely recognised by the international community — including the United ... <a title="Fiji human rights group condemns ‘troubling’ support for Israel at ICJ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/20/fiji-human-rights-group-condemns-troubling-support-for-israel-at-icj/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji human rights group condemns ‘troubling’ support for Israel at ICJ">Read more</a>
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September 15, 2023
RNZ Pacific Fiji’s Parliament has passed a motion for the coalition government to establish a Truth and Reconciliation Commission “to facilitate open and free engagement in truth telling” to resolve racial differences and concerns in the country. Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka had announced in December 2022 after forming a coalition that the setting up of ... <a title="Fijian lawmakers vote for truth telling body to ‘heal coup pains, scars’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/15/fijian-lawmakers-vote-for-truth-telling-body-to-heal-coup-pains-scars/" aria-label="Read more about Fijian lawmakers vote for truth telling body to ‘heal coup pains, scars’">Read more</a>
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May 15, 2023
By Arieta Vakasukawaqa in Suva History unfolded live at the Vodafone Arena at Laucala Bay in Suva yesterday when the Methodist Church of Fiji and Rotuma and descendants of the Girmitya exchanged apologies and forgiveness in a solemn church service marking the fourth day of the inaugural Girmit Day celebrations. An emotional Prime Minister Sitiveni ... <a title="Historic Girmit Day apology accepted as Fiji enters new era of unity and reconciliation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/15/historic-girmit-day-apology-accepted-as-fiji-enters-new-era-of-unity-and-reconciliation/" aria-label="Read more about Historic Girmit Day apology accepted as Fiji enters new era of unity and reconciliation">Read more</a>
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January 18, 2023
Pacific Media Watch Fiji’s military commander stirred a wave of anxiety today with an extraordinary statement claiming concern over the “ambition and speed” of political changes since last month’s election that could have “fateful” security consequences. Major-General Ro Jone Kalouniwai, commander-in-chief of the Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF), said in the statement that the ... <a title="Fiji military chief’s sharp criticism of ‘ambition, speed’ of changes sparks anxiety" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/18/fiji-military-chiefs-sharp-criticism-of-ambition-speed-of-changes-sparks-anxiety/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji military chief’s sharp criticism of ‘ambition, speed’ of changes sparks anxiety">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2022
By Ravindra Singh Prasad in Suva It is an ironic fact in Fiji, a multiethnic Pacific nation of under one million people, that coups don’t work and ultimately lead to constitutional reforms and democratic elections. As Fiji goes to the polls this Wednesday, the choice is between choosing one former coup leader or another to ... <a title="Showdown between two former coup leaders in fight for Fiji’s democracy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/12/showdown-between-two-former-coup-leaders-in-fight-for-fijis-democracy/" aria-label="Read more about Showdown between two former coup leaders in fight for Fiji’s democracy">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2022
ANALYSIS: By Shailendra Singh of the University of the South Pacific In Fiji’s politically charged context, national elections are historically a risky period. Since the 2022 campaign period was declared open on April 26, the intensity has been increasing. Moreover, with three governments toppled by coups after the 1987, 1999 and 2006 elections, concerns about ... <a title="Will Fiji’s 2022 hotly contested elections further cement democracy?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/13/will-fijis-2022-hotly-contested-elections-further-cement-democracy/" aria-label="Read more about Will Fiji’s 2022 hotly contested elections further cement democracy?">Read more</a>
