Travel advice for New Zealanders heading to Turkey remains unchanged following inflammatory comments from Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan over the Christchurch terror attack.
While Australia is reviewing its travel advice for tourists planning to visit Gallipoli for Anzac Day after the "deeply offensive" and "insulting" threats made by Erdogan, New Zealand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) said its advisory updated in November last year remains current.
Erdogan told supporters at a political rally any New Zealanders or Australians who went to Turkey with anti-Muslim sentiments would be sent back in a coffin "like your grandfathers were" during the World War I Gallipoli campaign.
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison yesterday condemned the comments as "highly offensive" and "highly reckless in this very sensitive environment", according to the Daily Telegraph.
"They are offensive because they insult the memory of our Anzacs and they violate the pledge that is etched in the stone at Gallipoli, of the promise of Ataturk to the mothers of other Anzacs. I am expecting, and I have asked for, these comments to be clarified, to be withdrawn."