--- title: "New Zealand Foreign Minister Faces Backlash for Remarks to Chinese-Born Lawmaker" description: "Most outlets led with the statement by New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters to a Chinese-born lawmaker, quoting his exact words \"go back to your own country.\" Dawn and Daily Times framed the incident as a diplomatic row or backlash, while 24 News HD described it as a racism row with the Chinese envoy. All excerpts note Peters’ remarks during a parliamentary debate and the resulting response from Beijing’s ambassador. No outlet provided additional context or attributed motives to Peters or the ambassador." url: https://harzaviya.com/stories/980-new-zealand-foreign-minister-faces-backlash-for-remarks site: HarZaviya language: en --- # New Zealand Foreign Minister Faces Backlash for Remarks to Chinese-Born Lawmaker world · latest filing 30 Jul 2026, 2:01 PM PKT · 30 Jul 2026 · 4 articles from 4 outlets **HarZaviya summary** — how 4 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts: > Most outlets led with the statement by New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters to a Chinese-born lawmaker, quoting his exact words "go back to your own country." Dawn and Daily Times framed the incident as a diplomatic row or backlash, while 24 News HD described it as a racism row with the Chinese envoy. All excerpts note Peters’ remarks during a parliamentary debate and the resulting response from Beijing’s ambassador. No outlet provided additional context or attributed motives to Peters or the ambassador. ## Same story from 4 outlets Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source. - **Daily Times** — [New Zealand FM faces backlash over remarks to Chinese-born MP](https://dailytimes.com.pk/1530826/new-zealand-fm-faces-backlash-over-remarks-to-chinese-born-mp/) · 30 Jul 2026, 2:01 PM PKT > New Zealand Foreign Minister (FM) Winston Peters has come under criticism after telling a Chinese-born opposition lawmaker to “go back to your own country” during a heated parliamentary debate, prompting a rare response from China’s ambassador to New Zealand. Read More: FM to visit Australia in wake of Trump tiff  The exchange took place during a […] - **Dawn** — [New Zealand FM in row with Beijing's envoy after telling Chinese-born lawmaker to 'go back to your own country'](https://www.dawn.com/news/2019463/new-zealand-fm-in-row-with-beijings-envoy-after-telling-chinese-born-lawmaker-to-go-back-to-your-own-country) · 30 Jul 2026, 1:23 PM PKT · 88% identical wording to the newest filing > New Zealand’s top diplomat Winston Peters drew the ire of Beijing’s ambassador in Wellington on Thursday after telling a lawmaker of Chinese descent to “go back to your own country”. During a debate about New Zealand’s response to the Covid pandemic on Wednesday, populist NZ First leader Peters was asked by China-born Green Party member Lawrence Xu-Nan: “Are you vaccinated?” In response, Peters... - **24 News HD** — [New Zealand foreign minister in racism row with Chinese envoy](https://www.24newshd.tv/30-Jul-2026/new-zealand-foreign-minister-racism-row-chinese-envoy) · 30 Jul 2026, 11:35 AM PKT · 87% identical wording to the newest filing > New Zealand's top diplomat Winston Peters drew the ire of Beijing's ambassador in Wellington on Thursday after telling a lawmaker of Chinese descent to "go back to your own country". - **The Express Tribune** — [New Zealand top diplomat draws Chinese embassy complaint in racism row](https://tribune.com.pk/story/2621103/new-zealand-top-diplomat-draws-chinese-embassy-complaint-in-racism-row) · 30 Jul 2026, 10:09 AM PKT · 74% identical wording to the newest filing > 'Go back to your own country. That's where they lie like a flatfish, but they don't lie like that here,' Peters says 4 articles from 4 outlets, 30 Jul 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text. --- HarZaviya compares how Pakistani outlets cover the same story. It stores and shows each outlet's headline and a short excerpt, and links out — it never copies article text, and every headline belongs to the outlet that wrote it. It takes no stance on any outlet. Pages: [Top stories](https://harzaviya.com/) · [Latest headlines](https://harzaviya.com/feed) · [Archive](https://harzaviya.com/archive) · [Why](https://harzaviya.com/why) · [Sources](https://harzaviya.com/sources) · [Methodology](https://harzaviya.com/methodology) · [About](https://harzaviya.com/about) · [About the bot](https://harzaviya.com/about-bot) Trackers: [Gold prices](https://harzaviya.com/gold-prices) · [Fuel prices](https://harzaviya.com/fuel-prices) · [Stock exchange](https://harzaviya.com/stock-exchange) Any page on this site is available as markdown: send `Accept: text/markdown`, or add `.md` to the path.