Green MP Lawrence Xu-Nan Grills Winston Peters On 'Racist' Comments That Were Directed At HimRussell Palmer Political reporterThe Green MP who Winston Peters told to "go back to your own country" has challenged the Foreign Minister in Parliament over his comments. Peters says his comments were not racist, and he disagrees with the prime minister's statement condemning them. When Labour's Kieran McAnulty raised a point of order about Peters' comments about Xu-Nan, Brownlee said he had given Xu-Nan licence to ask more questions, and people could "draw their own conclusions about what's happening here". The Chinese Embassy criticised Peters' comments, saying it had made "solemn representations" to the Foreign Ministry over the "negative" remarks. Prime Minister Christopher Luxon himself criticised the comments as racist, but has refused calls to sack Peters as Foreign Minister.