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Does he consider the Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to New Zealand to be a “shill” within the definition he cited to the House on 5 August 2026, being the Cambridge Dictionary definition of “someone who helps another person to persuade people to buy something”?

Answered Question 35371 (2026)
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Vanushi Walters

List MP · Labour Party

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  • Does he consider the Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to New Zealand to be a “shill” within the definition he cited to the House on 5 August 2026, being the Cambridge Dictionary definition of “someone who helps another person to persuade people to buy something”?

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Rt Hon Winston Peters

List MP · NZ First · Minister of Foreign Affairs

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All Ambassadors, whether representing New Zealand or any other country, are shills under this definition. Just as I am New Zealand's biggest and most experienced shill.