A Fiji human rights commissioner says the expulsion of the TVNZ journalist, Barbara Dreaver, shows yet again that there's no media freedom in the country.
After arriving in Fiji on Monday, TVNZ's Barbara Dreaver was taken into custody and deported on Tuesday.
Fiji's interim immigration minister told local media that Ms Dreaver didn't have clearance from the information department.
But Fiji removed its visa requirement for foreign journalists in 1993.
Shamima Ali says the reason given for the expulsion is a joke.
She says all journalists are facing tough times in the country.
"I know as a frequent commentator that the media censors itself. Comments that are in any way derogatory to the interim regime are often censored or cut off. And talking to media people, there's a fear of what they say and how they say it."
Shamima Ali says this censorship is getting worse by the day.
