Heather du Plessis-Allan
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As a result, and we haven't changed our one China policy.
We continue to observe it and work through that.
So there's been no change.
For us, it's an inappropriate response.
That's why we raised it with the Chinese.
They clearly have a view that we're not going to find an agreement or common ground.
We have.
That's the point we're making, which is that's been a long-standing practice.
That's a decision you'd have to ask them.
But I think from their point of view, it's a highly sensitive issue, obviously, for them.
But again, there's been no change to our policy.
There's been no change to our practice here.
So that's why we've raised it pretty robustly with them, both in Beijing and here in New Zealand as well.
Yeah, that's super exciting.
So I was the first Prime Minister to go there because I wanted to go and meet with the organising committee and the folk that are responsible for the infrastructure build there.
So Brisbane's a city about the size of Auckland.
I mean, actually, Queensland's probably a similar-sized economy to the whole of New Zealand.
And they have a massive, massive build ahead of them.
They have 17 different venues to get ready for.
They've got a lot of enabling infrastructure on transport and things to get sorted to.