MP calls NZ's Manus Island silence 'complicity'

From , 6:04 am on 30 October 2017

A new Green MP, who was a refugee, says New Zealand's silence has made it complicit in human rights abuse in Australian offshore detention.

The United Nations has warned tomorrow's closure of the Manus Island detention centre will cause a humanitarian crisis, and detainees are hoping New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern will convince Australia to send some of them here.

This report from Ben Robinson Drawbridge.

Iran-born New Zealand MP Golriz Ghahraman.

Iran-born New Zealand MP Golriz Ghahraman. Photo: Luke McPake / The Wireless