New Zealand has weighed into the escalating row between China and Australia, formally registering its concern with Chinese authorities about a tweet depicting an Australian soldier.
China's brushing off calls for it to apologise for a tweet a government official posted with a faked photo of an Australian soldier holding a knife to an Afghan child's throat.
It highlighted a report that found Australian soldiers were responsible for at least 39 unlawful killings in Afghanistan.
Māni Dunlop spoke to RNZ's Political Editor, Jane Patterson.