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Does he agree with the Prime Minister’s statement in the House on 5 August 2026, in answer to a supplementary question to oral question No. 8 asking whether the New Zealand Government had received any formal complaints from the Chinese Government regarding his recent statements, “Not that I’m aware of.”?

Answered Question 35342 (2026)
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Vanushi Walters

List MP · Labour Party

Question

  • Does he agree with the Prime Minister’s statement in the House on 5 August 2026, in answer to a supplementary question to oral question No. 8 asking whether the New Zealand Government had received any formal complaints from the Chinese Government regarding his recent statements, “Not that I’m aware of.”?

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Rt Hon Winston Peters

List MP · NZ First · Minister of Foreign Affairs

Answer

It is not for me to judge how the Prime Minister interprested this question relating to formal complaints (noting that complaints and representations are not the same thing), or what he was aware of at the time of the answer.