Parliament has passed a motion condemning the Fiji coup, as diplomatic pressure on Fiji to resolve the coup attempt headed by George Speight has intensified.
United Nations special emissary Sergio Vieira de Mello is already on his way to Fiji and Foreign Affairs Minister Phil Goff has announced that diplomatic effort has been beefed up.
Commonwealth Secretary General Don McKinnon will now also travel to Fiji.
Prime Minister Helen Clark says the Government has ruled out the possibility of military intervention.
Miss Clark says at the time of the 1987 coup, the Government of the day deemed it inappropriate to intervene militarily. She says the current Government is taking the same stance now, as they believe the resolution of the crisis does not lie in military intervention.
The Government has contingency plans to evacuate New Zealanders if conditions in Fiji continue to deteriorate.
The Deputy Prime Minister, Jim Anderton, says he will push for New Zealand sanctions against those behind the coup.
He says those involved should never be welcomed in this country and if the coup leaders are guilty of human rights abuses, they should be prosecuted if they ever enter New Zealand.
- IRN
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