NZ acting head in Fiji

The new acting head of mission for the New Zealand High Commission, Philip Taula, has arrived in Suva to take up his post.

The Fiji Times says he'll be responsible for 55 staff, 48 of them  local employees.

There was some confusion about the post re-opening after an interview by interim prime minister Frank Bainimarama recently to the Auckland-based station, Radio Tarana, where he said senior diplomatic staff would not be allowed back in Fiji unless travel bans were lifted.

Mere Tora is Fiji's new acting head of mission and she, too, is already in the job haveing arrived in Wellington several weeks ago.