Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull

British anti-transgender activist Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull's “world tour” plans are up in the air after she was supported by neo-Nazis at one of her ...

Immigration NZ general manager Richard Owen said officials were reviewing whether Ms Keen-Minshull was still able to travel to New Zealand without obtaining a visa first, “in the light of the events at the weekend”. The New Zealand government is reassessing whether Ms Keen-Minshull will be allowed to travel to the country without a visa after protesters who supported her at her rally in Melbourne on Saturday performed the Nazi salute. A controversial anti-transgender activist’s travel plans are up in the air after protesters performed a Nazi salute at her rally in Melbourne.

Whether Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull can enter the country without a visa is up in the air after tensions at Melbourne event.

“There is, accordingly, a need for action to preserve public order and uphold the public interest by denying any request for a visa or visa waiver made by Keen-Minshull or, if a visa has already been granted, revoking that visa or refusing her entry permission under it.” Brown called off the Australian and New Zealand tour before INZ released its decision. “Both public order and the public interest are likely to be threatened by the entry of Keen-Minshull and her planned tour of hate across our country,” it said. In 2014, Rapper Tyler, the Creator found out his Visa had been revoked while at LAX on his way down under to perform with his group Odd Future at the Eminem-headlined Rapture festival at Western Springs. The final decision on her entry would be left up to the “discretion” of a border officer, a spokesperson said. As a UK passport holder, she has a NZeTA (a New Zealand Electronic Travel Authority) granting her automatic entry into the country.

Over the weekend, a demonstration involving the controversial anti-trans rights speaker in Melbourne was attended by neo-Nazis.

“Victorians have zero tolerance of this behaviour and so do we. "INZ is now reviewing whether in the light of the events at the weekend Ms Keen-Minshull is still able to travel to New Zealand on the basis of the NZeTA that she holds without obtaining a visa first." Keen-Minshull is the holder of a United Kingdom passport, meaning she's able to travel to New Zealand without needing to apply for a visa in advance.

Firebrand British anti-transgender activist Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull could be barred from entering New Zealand after her rally in Melbourne attracted ...

"They will not be welcome. without obtaining a visa first," INZ general manager Richard Owen said. We are a non-partisan women's rights group and we simply wish to attend." A local group sympathetic to Ms Keen-Minshull's views, Speak Up For Women NZ, admonished the involvement of neo-Nazis in the Melbourne rally. "INZ is now reviewing whether in the light of the events at the weekend Ms Keen-Minshull is still able to travel to New Zealand ... "I condemn people who use their rights to free speech to do that in a way that seeks to deliberately create division," he said.