Luxon told RNZ’s Morning Report<\/a> this morning that the comments were racist, but he had not yet spoken with Peters about it.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/RRSQTA43RFEG3ML5F5VD5PICQI.jpg\")
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(Source: rnz.co.nz)<\/p>\n
“This is him talking in his New Zealand First capacity,” Luxon said.<\/p>\n
Multiple international media outlets have published Peters’ comments, referring to him as New Zealand’s foreign minister.<\/p>\n
Luxon said he had made his position clear in previous comments to the media.<\/p>\n
“I will talk to him at some point, I’m sure, about it. But the point is I’ve been on the road, he’s been on the road,” he said.<\/p>\n
NZ First leader, who is also Foreign Minister, made the remark responding to heckling during a speech in the House.\u00a0 (Source: 1News)<\/p>\n
“I have a strong view about it. It is racist and offensive. That’s it.”<\/p>\n
Luxon said he was calling out Peters’ game-playing.<\/p>\n
“It is deliberate attention seeking to push buttons to get the attention on himself… rather than issues that matter to Kiwis.”<\/p>\n
Luxon was asked whether he would rule out forming another coalition with NZ First.<\/p>\n
Lawrence Xu-Nan has spoken to Breakfast after he was told by Winston Peters to “go back to your own country” in the House yesterday. (Source: Breakfast)<\/p>\n
“There’s a lot of hypotheticals – at the moment, I don’t want to work with anyone,” he said.<\/p>\n
“My ideal situation is 20 National ministers in Cabinet would be the very best outcome for New Zealand.”<\/p>\n
But Luxon said National had proven it could find common ground with coalition partners, ACT and NZ First, despite disagreeing with them on some things.<\/p>\n
The morning’s headlines in 90 seconds, including another earthquake wakes thousands, a Kiwi runner sets an ultramarathon record, and the lucky escape for a New York scooter rider. (Source: 1News)<\/p>\n
That was the nature of MMP politics, he said.<\/p>\n
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