New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has labelled neo-Nazi Thomas Sewell an awful human being but has stopped short of commenting on a push to deport him from Australia to his native country.

More than 100,000 people have signed an online petition calling on the Australian government to strip Sewell of his citizenship and send him to New Zealand, where he was born, after he allegedly led an attack on Camp Sovereignty, a sacred Indigenous site in Melbourne, following Sunday's anti-immigration protests.

When asked about the petition today, Luxon said it was a matter for Australia.

"Well, he sounds like a pretty awful human being," Luxon said.

"He's an Australian citizen, so I'll let that run its course."

Sewell, the leader of neo-Nazi group the National Socialist Network, was bo

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