The sanctions against members of the Fiji regime have been temporarily lifted to allow a member of the government into New Zealand on humanitarian grounds.
Fairfax reports that 76 year Filipe Bole, the interim Education Minister, suffered a severe heart attack last week.
A Foreign Affairs spokesperson has confirmed the smart sanctions imposed since the military coup in 2006 had been lifted for Mr Bole on humanitarian grounds.
The sanctions ban people associated with the regime and their families from entering New Zealand and Australia