2 weeks Ago By Adam Pearse
Mexican Ambassador to New Zealand Alfredo Perez Bravo is about to hold a meeting with Foreign Minister Winston Peters days after Shane Jones’ controversial comment, “Send the Mexicans home”, while in Parliament. Bravo, also the dean of the Diplomatic Corps, was welcomed onto the Treaty Grounds at Waitangi today as part of a pōwhiri for diplomats, members of the judiciary and the Waitangi Tribunal. Speaking to journalists after the pōwhiri, Bravo said he would soon be meeting with Peters but offered little further about Jones’ comment in the House last week, which was directed at members of the Green Party who have since called the comments “xenophobic”.
Soon after the NZ First minister made the comment, the Mexican Embassy confirmed it was following up on the matter through diplomatic channels. Peters later said in a statement he was “aware of concerns raised by the Mexican Ambassador with MFAT” and looked forward to seeing the ambassador at Waitangi..
