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Could NZ have stopped Fiji’s 2006 coup?
19 February 2012
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An article in the New Zealand Herald over the weekend suggests that New Zealand had the opportunity to prevent the 2006 coup in Fiji but let it pass.
The lead up to the coup in 2006 was a long and very public one.
Commodore Bainimarama made no secret of the fact that he was unhappy with the then Prime Minister, Laiesenia Qarase and the SDL party and unless he stepped down the military would take over.
The article “New Zealand foiled Fiji police commissioner’s request to arrest Bainimarama in Wellington resulting in 2006 coup” is the prelude to a book expected to be released in two months time.
Presenter: Geraldine Coutts
Speaker: Russell Hunter, former CEO of Fiji Sun and first publisher to be deported from Fiji, and Leader of New Zealand First Party Winston Peters
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