Bainimarama visit off
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The Maori Party has dropped a plan to visit Fiji to talk to coup leader Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama, Prime Minister John Key says.
Maori Party co-leader Tariana Turia had spoken of "misunderstandings" about what the military government was trying to achieve.
She raised the idea of sending a Maori delegation to Fiji and said co-leader Pita Sharples had advocated the idea.
But Mr Key said yesterday that Dr Sharples had decided it would be best for New Zealand if he did not go.
- © Fairfax NZ News
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Thank god the Maori Party has finally seen the light!
Read the Talking Fiji blog http://talkingfiji.wordpress.com/ for a good summary of why they should not go.
What are we to understand by the Maori Party's bold intention to visit Fiji and then very quickly back down? The damage has been done with their disagreement of the NZ Government.But it is not the Pacific way to be cowards and not stand for the truth!Their visit was not to support the coup but to find facts for themselves. So what made them change their minds? It is like inflating a balloon and then pricking it! How are we expected to trust them? God bless Fiji.
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Bold intentions indeed. They probably realised that a visit to see Emperor Bainimarama would probably just be a complete waste of time.