TVNZ journalist Barbara Dreaver was detained for several hours by Nauru police yesterday.

Ms Dreaver is one of a handful of journalists allowed in to Nauru to cover the Pacific Islands Forum summit.

She was conducting an interview with a refugee when detained by police around 1pm yesterday, then released three hours later.

Don Wiseman spoke with RNZ press gallery journalist, Gia Garrick, who is also on Nauru, and asked her about the limits they are facing on what they can report.

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