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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said China's statement it would "poke the eyes" of anyone who interferes in its sovereignty was not "language we would use".
Ardern's comments follow last week's diplomatic stoush last week between countries in the Five Eyes intelligence group - New Zealand, Australia, the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States - and the world's most populous country.
"We, the Foreign Ministers of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom, and the United States Secretary of State, reiterate our serious concern regarding China's imposition of new rules to disqualify elected legislators in Hong Kong," the Five Eyes statement said.
"We call on China to stop undermining the rights of the people of Hong Kong to elect their representatives in keeping with the Joint Declaration and Basic Law. For the sake of Hong Kong's stability and prosperity, it is essential that China and the Hong Kong authorities respect the channels for the people of Hong Kong to express their legitimate concerns and opinions.
"As a leading member of the international community, we expect China to live up to its international commitments and its duty to the people of Hong Kong. We urge the Chinese central authorities to re-consider their actions against Hong Kong's elected legislature and immediately reinstate the Legislative Council members," the Five Eyes statement said.
Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian hit back against the Five Eyes statement
"No matter how many eyes they have, five or 10 or whatever, should anyone dare to undermine China's sovereignty, security and development interests, be careful not to get poked in the eye," he said.
Ardern, speaking to Newstalk ZB's Mike Hosking this morning, said China's statement was not "language we would use".
New Zealand was always consistent in these things, Hong Kong was very relevant to New Zealand, do business there, and people here affected by things in Hong Kong, she said.
"My view is we have a relationship where New Zealand is consistent and predictable, where we raise these issues in a manner that is respectful and China will respond, where they see fit."
When will NZ get a Covid vaccine?
On the potential Covid-19 vaccines, Ardern said New Zealand was looking at a rolling application, with information updated on a rolling basis.
"Rather than just waiting for the finality of clinical trials... So we can move as quickly as we can, but we do need to satisfy our medical authorities so that it is safe to use."
The time countries are receiving vaccines is different, so it was not expected to be in New Zealand by Christmas.
Asked when a vaccine could be expected in New Zealand, given the FDA in the United States were looking to roll theirs out by December 11, the United Kingdom before Christmas, Ardern said she needed to check if she could talk publicly about the arrival date.
"As I say, delivery dates are different for every country but we are working as quickly as we can."
"I don't think we are going to see the case where the world is getting vaccinated and New Zealand is not."
Ardern disagreed New Zealand had been "bumped down the queue".
Hosking pressed Ardern on the timeline, stating Britain would be getting vaccines before Christmas.
"We paid the money and done the deal," he said.
Ardern said some of the information around deliveries "might be a bit speculative".
Not every country was getting everything at the same time, Ardern said.
"There is nothing I have seen suggesting any regulatory hold-up on our side, that is simply the delivery date. They are not able to produce enough for the world all at once."
When asked about the more thanr 1000 managed isolation and quarantine spaces that were reported to be available for travellers, Ardern said some of the live data was not capturing what was free.
"They keep a buffer, but I am told it is much smaller than that."
The team was going to try and make sure the data was more accurate, she said.
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