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Minister tells Chinese-born MP to 'go back to your own country' in Parliament

New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters told Green MP Lawrence Xu-Nan, who was born in China, to 'go back to your own country' and 'go back to where you come from' during a speech in Parliament after Xu-Nan heckled him.

  • Wellington, New Zealand
  • Severity 1 of 5 — Discriminatory speech or policy

Reported by 11 sources

  1. thedailyblog.co.nz/winstons-unhinged-racist-chinese-rant-is-beneath-the-mana-of-parliament/
  2. globaltimes.cn/page/202607/1367152.shtml
  3. cnnindonesia.com/internasional/20260730154443-113-1386672/china-marah-menlu-selandia-baru-ucap-hinaan-rasial-ke-anggota-parlemen
  4. tribune.com.pk/story/2621103/new-zealand-top-diplomat-draws-chinese-embassy-complaint-in-racism-row
  5. scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2607/S00087/responding-to-nz-foreign-ministers-racist-slurs-on-china-and-on-fellow-mp.htm
  6. scoop.co.nz/stories/PO2607/S00210/migrants-network-luxon-must-sack-peters-or-wear-his-racism.htm
  7. thedailyblog.co.nz/migrants-network-luxon-must-sack-peters-or-wear-his-racism-workers-first-union/
  8. wsws.org/en/articles/2026/08/03/lfhz-a03.html
  9. scoop.co.nz/stories/PO2608/S00030/nz-foreign-minister-tells-chinese-born-mp-go-back-to-your-own-country.htm
  10. rnz.co.nz/news/politics/895020/green-mp-lawrence-xu-nan-grills-winston-peters-on-racist-comments-that-were-directed-at-him
  11. scoop.co.nz/stories/PO2608/S00033/green-mp-lawrence-xu-nan-grills-winston-peters-on-racist-comments-that-were-directed-at-him.htm
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