Christchurch attack: News Zealand PM to meet with Chinese leader

New Zealand’s prime minister Jacinda Arden says she will travel to China, at the end of this week.

Arden disclosed that her trip is to meet with Chinese president Xi Jinping amid concerns of strained relations between the countries.

The prime minister said she acknowledged there were complexities in their relationship but dismissed concerns of a rift with New Zealand’s largest trading partner.

She also said the trip had been trimmed down to a one-day visit in the wake of the mass shooting in Christ church that killed 50 people.

Opposition leaders have blamed Arden and her government for the alleged declining relations between China and New Zealand.