Wellington, Aug 4 NZPA - New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) is urging Pacific leaders meeting in Cairns this week to push Fiji's interim government to cease human rights abuses.

Wellington, July 29 NZPA - Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully expects the Commonwealth will suspend Fiji but says it may take some time to happen.

Wellington, April 21 NZPA - The Fiji Indian Association in New Zealand has written to Prime Minister John Key asking him to maintain dialogue with Fiji's military regime, which has now been condemned by the United Nations Security Council.

Wellington, April 17 NZPA - Prime Minister John Key is continuing to tread carefully over China's relationship with Fiji, saying a collaborative approach to Pacific Island issues will get the best results.

Wellington, April 16 NZPA -- One of the judges who ruled Fiji's military regime illegally seized power in 2006 says he didn't expect the decision to provoke the scrapping of the country's constitution.

Wellington, April 16 NZPA - The Pacific Island Forum is poised to suspend Fiji, with New Zealand Prime Minister John Key saying he would back immediate action. Commodore Voreqe (Frank) Bainimarama was already facing a May 1 deadline for progress towards elections.

By Ian Llewellyn of NZPA Beijing April 16 NZPA - China says it hopes Fiji will "take note" of the concerns of New Zealand and other countries about recent events in the Pacific nation, Prime Minister John Key said today.

Wellington, April 15 - Further media sanctions and a significant currency devaluation were imposed by Fiji today as the nation continued to isolate itself from the international community.

Wellington, April 14 NZPA - Fiji's military has taken over the Reserve Bank in the capital, Suva. The central bank is housed in the the same building as the New Zealand High Commission office, which is now closed, Radio New Zealand reported.

By Maggie Tait of NZPA Wellington, April 14 NZPA - Fiji is likely to be suspended from the Commonwealth, its special envoy Sir Paul Reeves says.