𝕎𝕚𝕟𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕟 ℙ𝕖𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝕣𝕖𝕔𝕖𝕚𝕧𝕖𝕤 𝕝𝕖𝕘𝕒𝕝 𝕝𝕖𝕥𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕗𝕣𝕠𝕞 𝔹𝕠𝕓 ℂ𝕒𝕣𝕣 𝕒𝕗𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕕𝕖𝕗𝕒𝕞𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕥

𝔼𝕩 𝔸𝕦𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕒𝕝𝕚𝕒𝕟 𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕖𝕚𝕘𝕟 𝕞𝕚𝕟𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝔹𝕠𝕓 ℂ𝕒𝕣𝕣'𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕥𝕤 𝕠𝕗 𝕕𝕖𝕗𝕒𝕞𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕒𝕘𝕒𝕚𝕟𝕤𝕥 𝔸𝕠𝕥𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕠𝕒 𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕖𝕚𝕘𝕟 𝕞𝕚𝕟𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕎𝕚𝕟𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕟 ℙ𝕖𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝕕𝕠𝕟'𝕥 𝕤𝕖𝕖𝕞 𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕛𝕦𝕤𝕥 𝕖𝕞𝕡𝕥𝕪 𝕥𝕙𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕥𝕤.

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oreign Minister Winston Peters has received a legal letter on behalf of Bob Carr informing him they intend to launch legal action against him.

The former Australian foreign minister confirmed to RNZ his lawyers had written to Peters, following an interview on RNZ's Morning Report on Thursday.

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RNZ can now confirm, Peters has received the legal letter

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In the interview, Peters criticised the former Australian senator's views on the security partnership between Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States.

RNZ removed the comments from the interview online after Carr, who was Australia's foreign minister from 2012 to 2013, told RNZ he considered the remarks to be "entirely defamatory" and would commence legal action.

Peters was being interviewed on Morning Report about a major foreign policy speech he delivered in Wellington on Wednesday night where he laid out New Zealand's position on AUKUS.

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Last month, Carr travelled to New Zealand to take part in a panel discussion on AUKUS, after Labour's foreign affairs spokesperson David Parker organised a debate at Parliament.

Speaking to media in Auckland on Thursday afternoon, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon, when asked about Peters' comments, said as an experienced politician Carr should understand the "rough and tumble of politics".

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