ANSWER: Trick question, there’s no difference, all are beholden to China.
This latest example of the NZ Herald pimping spin for China which saw the Herald remove what was essentially Chinese Government after intense criticism for publishing it.
Likewise the Corporate Dairy Farmers who are utterly compromised slaves to China’s economic power and of course the National Party itself which is little more than a front for Chinese Business interests and had a Spy as an MP.
We can’t ask these hard questions of Chinese influence over NZ politically and economically because the Woke Left in NZ consider any questions like these as xenophobic and racist.
Meanwhile the National Party, NZ Herald and corporate Dairy Farmers keep getting away utilising these economic powers to maintain their hegemonic power in NZ.