International Legal News
Recent Excerpts from Kava Legal News… Australian Police Seize Kava from TVNZ, February 05, 2009 About 60 kilograms of kava, an intoxicating drink from the Pacific Islands, has been seized by police on a flight to a remote Arnhem Land community. The flight was intercepted at Millingimbi, east of Darwin. Inside the plane, police allegedly discovering about 60 kilograms of Kava – worth about $50,000 – hidden in a number of small suitcases. They arrested a 36-year-old man and charged him with possessing a commercial quantity of kava. He was bailed to appear in the Darwin...
Read MoreAnti-Kava Propaganda
Aloha my online friends! It makes me angry when any group, whether they be religious or political, attempts to infringe on other people’s freedom. As you all well know, I am an advocate of kava use as a way to soothe one’s soul and attune one’s focus. I recently discovered that the New Methodist Church in Fiji began to preach against the “evils” of kava consumption. I consider myself to be a very spiritual person. However, I do not follow any particular organized religion, although I am very supportive of peoples’ rights to pursue any religion or spiritual...
Read MoreHope for Kava Trade in Canada
The kava industry is looking towards brighter days as the European Union’s decision to lift a ban on kava products could see Canada follow suit. Kava in Canada has been banned for some time, but this may change soon! While speaking to the Department of Information, the Minister for Primary Industries Joketani Cokanasiga welcomed this development, saying that it could bring brighter days for the local industry. The Canadian ban continues to negatively affect Fiji’s trade with the lucrative North American market, and government is hopeful a review would benefit the country....
Read MoreCanada Urged to Review Kava Ban
– From the Fiji Times Online – Calls have been made for the Canadian Government to review its kava ban. This after the European Union lifted a six-year ban on Fiji made kava as a result of negotiations and roundtable talks. Fiji Embassy former Business Development Manager and representative to Canada, Ashwant Dwivedi, made the plea to the Canadian government also requesting the Canadians to adopt a free trade policy on kava similar to that of neighbour United States and that recently adopted by the EU. “Following a health advisory in early 2002 by the then Liberal...
Read MoreKava In The Blood
Aloha! I recently stumbled across a book I felt compelled to buy based solely on its title: Kava in the Blood – I mean, how could I pass that up? It’s the autobiography of Peter Thomson, a former kaiviti (which loosely translates to “native citizen of Fiji” in the Fijian language), who was an employee of Fiji’s ruling class under the monarchy of Queen Elizabeth II; from 1967 to 1987 she was also known as the Queen of Fiji. “Kava In The Blood” covers the era from Thomson’s birth in Suva until his forced exile from Fiji in 1987. He was...
Read MoreEurope Lifts Kava Ban; EU to Renew Trade
Representatives of the International Kava Executive Council (IKEC) of Fiji are developing a two-year plan to reinstate the kava trade with the European Union after the ban on kava throughout Europe was recently lifted. The ban has been in effect since 2002. Fiji Kava Council chairman, Ratu Josateki Nawalowalo was quoted in the Fiji Times as saying that the removal of restrictions on kava trade in European countries was a result of a 10-day roundtable consultation between Pacific Island ambassadors, European Commission leaders based in Brussels and the German Government Authorities in Berlin....
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