Kōrero: Fijians

News of the 2000 Fiji coup

Here Aucklanders Jioji Tikodei (left), an ethnic Fijian, and Krishna Lal, an Indo-Fijian, read about the 2000 coup in Fiji. The news of another coup in 2000 (there had been two in 1987) caused many Fijians living in New Zealand to react with dismay. The coup was given detailed coverage in the New Zealand media. Listen to excerpts from radio news bulletins which describe the dramatic progress of events.

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Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

New Zealand Herald
Reference: 27 May 2000
Photograph by David White

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Te tuhi tohutoro mō tēnei whārangi:

Jacqueline Leckie, 'Fijians - Post-1987 immigration', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/speech/818/news-of-the-2000-fiji-coup (accessed 29 March 2024)

He kōrero nā Jacqueline Leckie, i tāngia i te 8 Feb 2005, updated 25 Mar 2015