\u201cWe have a world as well in which the norms that we considered as liberal democracies to be just the way the world was headed … we can\u2019t take those things for granted anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n
Luxon responded in kind, reiterating his view that the world had reached \u201can inflection point\u201d. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe are moving from a world that\u2019s been ordered by rules to one that\u2019s ordered by power, and that means that actually big countries often dominate smaller countries.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are moving from a multi-lateral system to a multi-polar system and while it\u2019s not yet fully determined, that\u2019s the opportunity of two countries like us working so closely together with other like-minded friends and partners to actually shape where that goes.\u201d<\/p>\n
Australia PM Anthony Albanese warned of a volatile world. Photo \/ Adam Pearse<\/p>\n
Luxon and Albanese will hold the leaders\u2019 meeting tomorrow morning, followed by a joint press conference. <\/p>\n
Earlier, Luxon insisted the response to China\u2019s sanctioning of Taiwan-visiting MPs lies with New Zealand as Australia calls on its officials over the matter. <\/p>\n
It followed Australia\u2019s Foreign Minister Penny Wong saying she was concerned by China\u2019s decision to ban several New Zealand MPs from travelling to China after they visited Taiwan, Wong also committing her officials would raise the matter with Chinese counterparts. <\/p>\n
New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters has since instructed officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) to contact their Chinese counterparts to \u201cexpress concern\u201d at the sanctioning. <\/p>\n
Luxon told travelling media he appreciated Wong\u2019s statements but reiterated it was a matter for New Zealand. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe appreciate the support, but at the end of the day it\u2019s an issue between New Zealand and China.\u201d<\/p>\n
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon meets with a Pacific Policing unit member at a base in Brisbane. Photo \/ Adam Pearse<\/p>\n
The diplomatic spat relates to a visit made by Act\u2019s Laura McClure, NZ First\u2019s David Wilson, Labour\u2019s Duncan Webb and National\u2019s Maureen Pugh to Taiwan in May.<\/p>\n
On returning, they were told by Parliament\u2019s clerk that the Chinese Embassy had been in touch to say they would be banned from entering China and the territories of Hong Kong and Macau for a year.<\/p>\n
The embassy also said the punishment could be reduced or waived if the MPs apologised for their visit. China claims Taiwan, a self-governing island, as its territory.<\/p>\n
Under its diplomatic relations with China, New Zealand recognises the \u201cOne China\u201d policy position that Taiwan is an inalienable part of China. However, New Zealand does not explicitly hold that view itself.<\/p>\n
Luxon maintained New Zealand had a long tradition of MPs visiting Taiwan, noting Parliament MPs did not represent the Government. <\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019re free to see who they want to see,\u201d Luxon said of the MPs. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe think it\u2019s entirely inappropriate, the reaction that we\u2019ve seen from the Chinese, we\u2019ll raise that with them ourselves.\u201d<\/p>\n
A spokesman for Peters earlier said the minister had been surprised to learn that China had taken a decision, for the first time, to impose travel bans on New Zealand MPs as a result of travel to Taiwan, given the visits weren\u2019t inconsistent with the One China policy. <\/p>\n
Peters had instructed MFAT officials in Beijing and Wellington to discuss the matter with the Chinese system, to express concern at the departure from past practice and to better understand it. <\/p>\n
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon meeting with Queensland Premier David Crisafulli in Brisbane. Photo \/ Adam Pearse<\/p>\n
\u2018Wasn\u2019t right\u2019: Luxon weighs in on State of Origin red card with Queensland Premier <\/p>\n
Luxon capped off his brief visit to Brisbane meeting Queensland Premier David Crisafulli. <\/p>\n
In their opening remarks, the pair bantered about rugby league, specifically the three-game State of Origin series between Queensland (Maroons) and New South Wales (Blues). <\/p>\n
Luxon, who Crisafulli outed as a Maroons fan, expressed sympathy at Queensland\u2019s 20-22 loss last week. <\/p>\n
The game turned on the referee\u2019s controversial decision to send off Queensland\u2019s Kayln Ponga for a high tackle on NSW\u2019s Toluta\u2019u Koula, allowing the Blues back into the game, which had been dominated by the Maroons. <\/p>\n
Luxon raised the decision in his remarks, declaring it \u201cwasn\u2019t right\u201d and said to Crisafulli: \u201cYou were robbed!\u201d <\/p>\n
He then jibed that he would be mentioning the Warriors\u2019 recent good form with Albanese in his meetings. <\/p>\n
After touching down in Brisbane in the morning, Luxon met with organisers of the 2032 Brisbane Olympics. <\/p>\n
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon is greeted with a cultural performance at a Pacific Policing base in Brisbane. Photo \/ Adam Pearse<\/p>\n
Organising committee president Andrew Liveris assured Luxon he wanted the games to be an \u201ceconomic opportunity\u201d for New Zealand, later telling media he was lobbying the Australian Government to relax immigration settings to allow more workers to cross the Tasman. <\/p>\n
Luxon then visited a Pacific Policing Initiative base, meeting with police officers from across the Pacific who spend six months at the Brisbane base upskilling. <\/p>\n
Adam Pearse is the Deputy Political Editor and part of the NZ Herald\u2019s Press Gallery team based at Parliament in Wellington. He has worked for NZME since 2018, reporting for the Northern Advocate in Whang\u0101rei and the Herald in Auckland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cWe have a world as well in which the norms that we considered as liberal democracies to be…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":462179,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3017,88082,3471,95,4765,8791,24812,3937,16426,234314,26477,28123,16427,9862,2374,6722,111,43,139,69,1118,13792,27882,415,1361,165,18931,701,1352,26697,33210,377],"class_list":["post-462178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-ahead","tag-albanese","tag-among","tag-and","tag-annual","tag-anthony","tag-australias","tag-chief","tag-christopher","tag-democracies","tag-leaders","tag-liberal","tag-luxon","tag-meet","tag-meeting","tag-minister","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-of","tag-pair","tag-pms","tag-prime","tag-that","tag-their","tag-threatens","tag-tomorrow","tag-volatile","tag-warn","tag-warnings","tag-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=462178"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462178\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/462179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=462178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=462178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=462178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}