I hate to hear on the news that Fiji Australia and New Zealand are in a bout of 'schoolyard bullying'. Who is going to benefit from all this - the egos of the politicians. Who is going to suffer from all of this - the people of Fiji.



Australians and New Zealands are quite blissfully unaware of what it is like when the travel advisories go up. Tourists get nervous - not all, but enough - the resorts start to suffer reduced numbers, the locals have reduced hours, the flow on effects to education, health, nutrition is enormous.



Of course the Big Fella (Bainimarama) is standing big. He is the little guy in these transactions - therefore Australia and New Zealand can afford the man some opportunity to save face. They should have kept his High Commissioner in place - if only, so that Fiji can stay within the fold. Retaliation gets nobody anywhere. The Dalai Lama says "How can we have world peace, unless we have inner peace".

We all need to take a deep breath and remember what is really going to happen here.