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New Zealand prime minister John Key says detainment of NZ citizens by Australia 'not in Anzac spirit'. New Zealand prime minister John Key says he had a "blunt" conversation with Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop about the detention and deportation of New Zealand citizens following a Federal Government crackdown on foreign nationals.
New Zealand prime minister John Key says Australia's detainment and deportation of his citizens goes against the "Anzac bond and Anzac spirit" between the two nations.
The visas of foreign nationals sentenced to at least one year's jail are automatically cancelled, following an Australian Government crackdown last year.
At least 80 New Zealanders have been deported from Australia this year, while 23-year-old Junior Togatuki died in Goulburn Jail earlier this month awaiting deportation.
Mr Key said he was "blunt" with Australia's Foreign Minister Julie Bishop when discussing the issue on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
"I had a good chat to Julie [Bishop] about it and I was pretty blunt," Mr Key said.
"I said that there is a special relationship between New Zealand and Australia and you challenge that relationship to a degree when you see New Zealanders being treated ... in this way," Mr Key told Radio New Zealand.
"There is an Anzac bond and an Anzac spirit ... that surely means we might get some treatment that's different from other countries."
Mr Key said it is as if Australia is going to "pick and choose" people to keep and deport.
"It's a little bit like the Australians are saying, 'well we're going to pick and choose, we're going to keep the ones we like but we're going to send back the ones we don't like'," he said.
"I do think Australia has to think about this from the long-haul, both the way that New Zealanders are treated long-term in Australia, and also this issue."
Mr Key said it was "going to be one of the most important issues" he will raise during his first leaders' meeting with newly appointed Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.
Ms Bishop said she agreed the issue needed further discussion.
"I discussed more generally with Prime Minister Key and with foreign minister [Murray] McCully whether there are other arrangements that Australia and New Zealanders could reach in relation to the deportation of New Zealanders," she said.
"There is no closer relationship than Australia and New Zealand, and so I think it's appropriate that we consider this matter as Prime Minister Key has asked us to do."
'I just hope we receive answers'
Mr Togatuki's sister, Jean Togatuki, told Radio New Zealand the death of her brother has been devastating, but she is heartened his case has gained attention.
"It's really overwhelming, it's a shock to us, the family didn't think it would gain much publicity ... to help us get answers as well," she said.
"It's really gone haywire, it's gone to the top and I really am, I'm a bit confident about it, but I just hope we receive the answers."
Border Force statistics show of the 2,028 people in immigration detention at the end of August, 184 were from New Zealand.