Key must stop tour of Zimbabwe

An editorial in the New Zealand Herald says that the country's government should not allow the tour of Zimbabwe to go ahead.

John Key has given a clear indication that he is prepared to order the New Zealand cricket team not to tour Zimbabwe in July. There, it seems, the matter will rest while the game's governing body talks things over with the Government. That should not be the case. This is not a matter over which the Prime Minister need procrastinate. He does not want the tour, New Zealand Cricket does not want it and most New Zealanders do not want it. The cricketers should be told forthwith they are not going to Zimbabwe.