NZ Speaker of the House of Representatives to visit Fiji

New Zealand’s Speaker of the House of Representatives, David Carter will be visiting Fiji this Sunday.

David Carter, will be accompanied by New Zealand’s Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee Chair Mark Mitchell, Committee member Phil Goff and the Clerk of the House, Mary Harris.

The Speaker will be reciprocating and building on the recent visit to New Zealand of the Fijian Speaker, Dr Jiko Luveni.

The New Zealand Government in a statement said the visit will enable the Speaker and his delegation both to see first‑hand progress that has been made in restoring Fiji’s parliamentary democracy, and to assess the need for any additional support and assistance to the Parliament of Fiji and its members.