New Zealand's Acting High Commissioner to Fiji Caroline McDonald has cancelled her scheduled Christmas leave as there is still no solution in sight over the diplomatic row with the interim government.

It was earlier confirmed that McDonald was scheduled to go on leave from yesterday and would have returned to Fiji by mid January.

However, the Senior Private Secretary to NZ Foreign Minister Murray McCully, James Funnel has confirmed to Fijivillage news that the Acting High Commissioner is no longer going on leave.

Funnel said that the New Zealand Government has reiterated its desire to work constructively with the interim government in Fiji to resolve the row over the threats to expel McDonald from Fiji due to NZ's travel sanction policy.

When questioned by Fijivillage news on whether NZ Foreign Minister Murry McCully is expected to have further talks with Interim Prime Minister Commodore Frank Bainimarama on the matter, Funnel say they will not make any further comments at this stage.