Legal scholars urge NZ action on Nauru

A GROUP of legal scholars is asking the New Zealand government to take action as democratic functions continue to erode in Nauru.

NEW Zealand's Foreign Minister Murray McCully is being urged to take more decisive action over the deteriorating situation in Nauru.

NEW Zealand legal scholars, including Sir Geoffrey Palmer and former Attorney-General and Speaker Margaret Wilson, have joined a chorus of voices in condemning what's been called a threat to Nauru's democracy.