Outspoken Destiny Church leader Brian Tamaki is publicly hitting out at the number of migrants in New Zealand and says east Auckland now feels like “China Town”.

He made the comments in a recent Facebook post following Prime Minister and Botany MP Christopher Luxon’s trade delegation to India, during which Luxon met Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and was photographed while visiting a Sikh temple.

Tamaki titled his post “National call to urgency”.

He asks “is mass immigration now destroying New Zealand?” and states it’s this country’s “No. 1 problem”.

“Millions of Kiwis privately agree with me – but never say so publicly,” Tamaki says.

“44,000 views in NZ on my recent post. I’ve received thousands of private messages of support.”

Tamaki goes on to say “entire immigrant populations” isolate themselves in cities like Auckland, “refusing to integrate, but eager to dominate our communities, businesses, education, and politics”.

“In South Auckland, Papatoetoe is now known as ‘Little India’.

“East Auckland feels like ‘China Town’. Central Auckland? An ‘Indo-Asian’ melting pot.

“Our largest city has been de-Kiwi-ised – it’s at a tipping point with 42.5 per cent born overseas and soon, all of NZ will be taken over by foreign cultures and religions.”

Tamaki also comments about which ethnic groups and religions are the fastest growing in New Zealand, which baby names are the most popular, and that 27 per cent of the country’s MPs were born overseas.

“NZ doesn’t look like NZ anymore,” he says.

“We are losing our identity. When will this coalition Government finally put Kiwis first?

“They won’t. They can’t. They are driving this agenda.

“Political cowardice led us into this mess – it will not lead us out.”

Tamaki ends his post by calling on New Zealanders to “stand together to get back our country before it’s too late”.

In response to Tamaki’s statement that east Auckland feels like “China Town”, Howick Local Board chairperson Damian Light says: “We’re very proud to have an incredibly diverse community across Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, especially here in east Auckland.

“We’re fortunate so many different people call this amazing place their home.

“The diversity they bring is a strength, adding a richness to our communities and connecting us to the world.

“Celebrating the variety of festivals and cultural events is a wonderful reflection of the free and open society that we have, providing opportunities to learn and experience this diversity in our own communities.”

Pakuranga MP Simeon Brown adds that Pakuranga is a vibrant and multi-cultural electorate.

“I’m proud to represent Pakuranga in Parliament, and grateful for the continued support of everyone living in our community.”

And Reverend Warner Wilder, of St Paul’s in the Park, located in Barry Curtis Park in Flat Bush, says: “At St Paul’s in the Park Anglican Church we embrace diversity, and we welcome migrants.”