Immigration NZ says it could refuse entry to an American reported to be planning a seminar here in April on seducing women by techniques including chokeholds.
The man, Julien Blanc, was deported from Australia in 2014 following widespread exposure of his pick-up technique, titled Real Social Dynamics, which encourages men to verbally abuse women and even grab women's heads and force them toward the groin.
Immigration NZ Auckland area manager Michael Carley said the agency had "no record of anyone by the name of Julien Blanc and fitting your description applying for a visa to travel to New Zealand".
He said Blanc would not need a visa because of a visa waiver applying to US citizens, but that he could still be stopped at the border because he was deported from Australia.
Section 15 of the Immigration Act provides that anyone who has been deported from another country cannot be granted entry to New Zealand except by a special direction from the Immigration Minister.