New Zealand First's Shane Jones (left) and Winston Peters. Photos: RNZ By Anneke Smith of RNZ The Green Party is asking the speaker of the house and prime minister to reprimand government ministers over comments made about migrants. New Zealand First Minister Shane Jones yelled "Send the Mexicans home" during a debate on Prime Minister Christopher Luxon's statement yesterday.
New Zealand First leader Winston Peters also made comments about migrants as he was heckled by Green MPs Lawrence Xu-Nan and Francisco Hernandez. "I know they're laughing. The Greens are laughing at that because they find that comical; they find that comical.
"The very people who are here on the very refuge that we give to them have come here with their ideas, foreign to our country, native to theirs, and they wish to impose them upon our Parliament. No, you don't. "You're not going to succeed here.
You might be laughing now, you might be laughing now, but you'll be crying tomorrow. Come to this country, show some gratitude." It follows National Minister Todd McClay yelling "you're not in Mexico now" during a debate in July last year.
Green MP Ricardo Menéndez March. File photo "This is a clear pattern of behaviour by government ministers and as I've said, this is a matter for the prime minister. "He needs to show leadership and be really clear that this sort of behaviour is unacceptable because it emboldens people outside of these four walls who wish to cause harm on our migrant communities and wish t.
