Dame Jenny Shipley Photo: RNZSenior members of the New Zealand China Council (NZCC) have been told there is no room for Dame Jenny Shipley to be reappointed when it undergoes a restructure next month. The council was established in 2012 as a broad church, which meant almost anyone who had China trade dealings was invited on board. Dame Jenny was criticised by Mr Peters after the opinion piece appeared on the Chinese state-owned media outlet, People's Daily. When asked by reporters to comment on the article, Mr Peters questioned her credentials to chair the China Construction Bank NZ. "It is actually extraordinary that someone who has so little knowledge of banking, for example, should be in the second biggest bank in China," Mr Peters said at the time.

Source: Otago Daily Times April 14, 2019 20:48 UTC