New Zealand lawyer Christopher Pryde has been reappointed Solicitor-General of Fiji.
The move comes after all constitutional offices were revoked with the dumping of the 1997 constitution on April 10, a day after the Court of Appeal ruled Commodore Voreqe (Frank) Bainimarama's interim government illegal.
Commodore Bainimarama overthrew Fiji's elected government in a coup in December 2006.
Mr Pryde said he rejected criticism from the New Zealand Law Society that lawyers should not accept office with a regime found to be unlawful.
He told Radio New Zealand International it was important for Fiji that there was minimum disruption to government services and that people helped the country to restore the rule of law.
Mr Pryde also rejected criticism from the Fiji Law Society, saying it has been successively compromised over the last two years and was a shadow of its former self.
Meanwhile, the Fiji Indian Association in New Zealand has urged Prime Minister John Key to maintain dialogue with Fiji's military regime.
Mr Singh said New Zealand should establish an eminent persons group to negotiate with the regime and help Fiji return to normalcy.
Fiji was a regional hub and it should remain outside the influence of other powers.
"Once you close the door on negotiations, the regime turns elsewhere and if you look at the geopolitical fights in the Pacific at the moment there is one country, China, which is doggedly fighting for dominance in the South Pacific and we do not wish countries like China to play such a dominant role in the Pacific, that they can start affecting the systems of government," he told RNZ International.
He said there was a common misconception that Indo-Fijians supported Commodore Bainimarama, but this was untrue.
Speaking on behalf of the UN Security Council, Mexico's Claude Heller said the council was "deeply concerned about the situation in Fiji, where undemocratic decisions were made, including the abrogation of the constitution".
Eight magistrates and a chief magistrate were sworn in by President Ratu Josefa Iloilo yesterday and the Fiji Law Society said it had been told court documents concerning the interim government dating back to 2006 had been destroyed.
NZPA