@quasi: "Oh, I'm not one for conspiracy theories but if he was a white guy whose dad was from NZ and it was thought by many that he himself was born in NZ, would it be racist to suggest he go back to NZ?"

When I was living in the UK, I had an argument with a co-worker who, like myself, was white. He was British.

During the argument, the boss overheard him say "why don't you just go back to Australia".

That was the last day he worked there, he was dismissed for that comment. It was considered by the company to be vilification.