Kiwi battles deportation

Fiji's former national netball coach, New Zealander Melissa Walker, says she expects a reprieve from a seven-day deportation notice issued to her by Fiji's immigration authorities last Friday.

The former coach was to file an application to Fiji's Director of Immigration to change her work visa to a tourist permit, the ABC reported.

Walker expects to succeed in her application as she's involved in a court case this month against Fiji Netball and her newborn daughter has no travel documents.