Helen Clark and Winston Peters are puzzled at the turnaround of Fiji's maverick military commander since this week's meeting in Wellington.
Bainamarama has said crisis talks in New Zealand on Wednesday had been a failure and gave Fiji Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase 24 hours to meet all his demands or he would start his threatened "clean-up campaign".
Helen Clark describes Commodore Bainimarama's announcement he will enforce martial law as extraordinary and she and Winston Peters are baffled at the military commander's take on the meeting.
Bainimarama told the website Fiji Live that he walked out in the middle of the meeting describing it as a flop.
Peters and Clark say he did not walk out because it was a flop, as he says, but was escorted out at the due time to catch a flight.
Clark says Qarase's statements have been an accurate record of the meeting.
She says if people had stuck to what was said within the room there would be a way through Fiji's problems.
Clark says it is not too late to pull out of the coup and is urging Bainimarama to think again.
She says there will be very serious consequences for the Fiji if Bainimarama sticks to the course he has signaled.
Clark says the Fijian people are likely to suffer through the withdrawal of financial support from the EU development fund and the loss of UN peace keeping duties for their soldiers.
Peters has left for Australia to attend a meeting of Pacific foreign ministers.
It is being held in Sydney under the auspices of the Pacific Forum, at the request of Fiji.
Australia Foreign Minister Alexander Downer says it is important that the Pacific does its best to avoid a reputation for political instability.
Peters says Commodore Bainimarama is ignoring agreements reached in the meeting he mediated in Wellington on Wednesday.
He says there are meticulous records of the meeting at Government House in Wellington
A New Zealander holidaying in Suva says there are no signs of trouble on the streets and people are pretty laid back.
Nick Perham says people don't seem too worried about the prospect of the government's demise.
He says they think if it happens it happens, but have faith it won't disrupt everyday life too much - not like previous coups.
Perham says he is not looking to be evacuated and will probably return home next week.
Fiji has suffered three coups since 1987. Bainimarama was almost killed in a failed but bloody mutiny linked to the 2000 coup and blames Qarase for being soft on those behind those upheavals.
Australia, Britain and New Zealand have advised their nationals
against travelling to Fiji and the UN Security Council has also
expressed its concern.
