Alliance leader and Deputy Prime Minister Jim Anderton is giving the rugby sevens tournament in Wellington a miss this
year.
He attended last year, and would have liked to have gone again this year, but he says it's more important to send Fiji a
message.
"The democratically elected government of Fiji was removed at gunpoint. It is important for Fiji to know that it cannot
do that and get away with no international repercussions.
"If I went to the tournament, it would send at least an equicoval message about turning a blind eye. I'm not prepared to
do that," Jim Anderton said.
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