Conservative US influencer Candace Owens barred from New Zealand

Candace Owens was also banned from Australia (AP)

The US conservative political commentor Candace Owens has been refused a visa to enter New Zealand for a speaking engagement because she had been banned from another country, immigration officials said.

News of the ruling came weeks after neighbouring Australia also rejected her visa request, citing remarks in which she denied Nazi medical experimentation on Jews in concentration camps during the Second World War.