Wellington, April 15 NZPA - The United Nations is playing into the Fiji military's hands by continuing to use peacekeepers from the island nation, Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully says.

Wellington, April 14 NZPA - The Government has ruled out banning New Zealanders from visiting Fiji, saying to do so would make it no better than the island nation's military administration.

Wellington, April 14 NZPA - Fiji's military has taken over the Reserve Bank in the capital, Suva. The central bank is housed in the the same building as the New Zealand High Commission office, which is now closed, Radio New Zealand reported.

Wellington, April 14 NZPA - New Zealanders should think twice about visiting Fiji, Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully says. He has also raised the possibility of travel and trade bans to the troubled Pacific nation but said they were not preferred options.