The promo video accused New Zealand of close relations with China. Video / Nine Network
OPINION:
MONDAY
0300 hours. We arrive in the land of our neighbours, who have always held Australians close to their heart and wish us well in all our endeavours, especially sport, but immediately we sense something is wrong.
0900 hours.Our film crew have made it into the highly secretive centre of power and influence in New Zealand that very few people know about. We did it by asking questions. That's what 60 Minutes is famous for and it's earned us a reputation for hard-hitting investigative journalism that peels back the onion of current affairs until viewers cry.
We went up to someone on the street in Wellington and asked, "Excuse me mate, where's the Beehive?"
They pointed across the road.
1500 hours. But some questions are so hard that they just can't be answered.
Our reporter, a combination of Alan Jones, Martin Bashir and Ted Baxter from The Mary Tyler Moore Show, went straight up to Jacinda Ardern, got right in her face, literally got right up her nose, and asked, "Would you say New Zealand is in thrall to China to such an extent that it is thinking of changing its name to New Xi-land and setting up Chinese concentration camps in the arid expanses of the Rangipo Desert?"
She said, "No."
But did she mean yes?
We'll search deeper, and interview experts in the field.
