New Zealand suspended its extradition treaty with Hong Kong and made a number of other changes after China's decision to pass a national security law for the territory, Foreign Minister Winston Peters said on Tuesday.
"New Zealand can no longer trust that Hong Kong's criminal justice system is sufficiently independent of China," Peters said in a statement.
"If China in the future shows adherence to the 'one country, two systems' framework, then we might reconsider this decision."
Beijing imposed new legislation on the former British colony earlier this month despite protests from Hong Kongers and western nations, setting the financial center on a more authoritarian path.
Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom suspended extradition treaties with Hong Kong earlier this month. The President of the United States, Donald Trump, has finalized the preferential economic treatment for Hong Kong.
Peters said New Zealand will treat exports of dual-use and military goods and technology to Hong Kong in the same way that it treats those exports to China as part of a review of its overall relationship with Hong Kong.
The travel advice has been updated to alert New Zealanders to the risks presented by the new security law, he added.
China is New Zealand's largest trading partner, with annual bilateral trade recently exceeding NZ $ 32 billion ($ 21 billion).
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