Well done Chris Penk

Stuff reports:

Controversial US speaker and political commentator Candace Owens has had her visa application approved after initially being denied entryinto New Zealand.

Associate Minister of Immigration Chris Penk has granted Owens a visa following a request for ministerial intervention.

A spokesperson for Penk told Stuff that Owens requested intervention from the Associate Minister of Immigration to exercise his discretion and grant her a visa.

Excellent decision.

As I have said before, I think Owens is a grifter and does peddle anti-semitism. But if there are New Zealanders who want to go and hear her speak, they should be able to do so. I just hope they challenge some of the crap she says.

The threshold for not allowing someone to enter NZ to speak should be very high – as in advocating violence etc.