National Party leader Judith Collins says a NZ citizen detained in Turkey and suspected of involvement with Islamic State should not be our problem, although she's not fond of the way the government has handled the resulting diplomatic incident.
Trans-tasman relations took dramatic turn for the worse with Australia dumping responsibility for the woman and her two children onto New Zealand.
She had dual New Zealand and Australian citizenship but left for Australia when she was six and travelled to Syria from Australia on an Australian passport. Australia stripped her of her citizenship last year.
Judith Collins told Morning Report she wants to wait and see what happens to the woman in the Turkish court system.
Collins said Australia had made a move that works for them, but it does mean NZ is left with responsibility it doesn't need.
"Unfortunately, New Zealand end up with this as a problem, when really it shouldn't be our problem."
She wasn't fond of the government's response to the issue though, which saw a clearly livid Jacinda Ardern telling media she wasn't pleased with Australia's actions.
Collins said quieter diplomatic channels would be better.
"Sometimes the best way of getting people to see your point of view is not to shout at them."
