Luxon Criticises Winston Peters for 'Inappropriate Attention-Seeking Comments' Towards Green MP
Xu-Nan called Peters’ comments racist and said Labour and the Greens were weighing a complaint to the Speaker.
- On Wednesday, Foreign Minister Winston Peters told Green Party MP Lawrence Xu-Nan to "go back to where you've come from" during a parliamentary debate after Xu-Nan questioned the minister's vaccination status.
- China's ambassador to New Zealand, Wang Xiaolong, noted the comments on social media, stating a "statement says more about the person that makes it," escalating the incident into an international diplomacy row.
- Prime Minister Christopher Luxon claimed the comments were designed to "get the media and other politicians to talk about him," while Labour deputy leader Carmel Sepuloni argued they were "absolutely damaging" to New Zealand's relationship with China.
- Speaker of the House Gerry Brownlee labeled Peters' remark "inappropriate" but called it a "tit-for-tat situation," taking no action, while Peters decried backlash as "pearl clutching and faux outrage."
- Xu-Nan said on Thursday that Peters was "scapegoating" migrant communities to distract from the Government's record, as China remains New Zealand's largest trading partner with bilateral trade exceeding NZ$40 billion annually.
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Indignant China Protests After New Zealand Foreign Minister Tells Chinese-born Lawmaker 'Go Back to your Own Country'
China made a rare diplomatic protest to New Zealand after NZ Foreign Minister Winston Peters called a Chinese-born lawmaker a "loudmouth" who he urged to "go back to your own country."
NZ’s Foreign Minister Defends Telling Chinese-Born MP to ‘Go Back to Your Own Country’
New Zealand’s Foreign Minister Winston Peters has defended comments he made in Parliament telling a Chinese-born Green MP to “go back to your own country.” The exchange occurred during the general debate when Green MP Lawrence Xu-Nan interjected, asking Peters if he was vaccinated. Peters responded by telling Xu-Nan to return to his country of origin. “That’s where they lie like a flatfish, but they don’t lie like that here, all right?” Peters s…
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'Inappropriate attention-seeking comments’ by foreign minister Winston Peters widely criticised
Luxon criticises Winston Peters for 'inappropriate attention-seeking comments' towards Green MP
Christopher Luxon has criticised Winston Peters for making "inappropriate attention-seeking comments" after the foreign minister told a Chinese-born New Zealand MP to "go back to your own country".
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