Premier Li’s visit New Zealand

Premier Li Qiang's visit is the first by such a high-ranking Chinese political leader since 2017.

A large crowd gathered outside the Cordis Hotel in central Auckland on June 14 to support and protest Chinese premier Li Qiang's visit to New Zealand.

More than 150 people were assembled on the footpath amid tense scenes outside the hotel on both sides of the road.

The police said they were aware of secondhand reports of an alleged assault on a woman at the protest, but they had not received an official complaint and no arrests had been made.