Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin criticised Canberra and Wellington for allegedly interfering in Chinese domestic affairs. Sport Cricket, rugby union, rugby league & netball are the preeminent sporting rivalries. Otherwise notably, respective national teams have competed in indoor bowls, basketball, football, field hockey and touch football. Regular cross-Tasman competition occurs between domestic teams in men's rugby union, rugby league, football, and basketball, and also women's netball. Polls A 2021 Lowy Institute poll ranked New Zealand as the most favourably viewed country by Australians, with an 87% favourability rating. New Zealand had also placed at number one in 2019, but were not included for the 2020 poll, in which Canada ranked first. In the Lowy Institute's 2022 poll, New Zealand again ranked as the most favourably viewed country by Australians, with a 86% rating, placing it ahead of Canada, the United Kingdom and Japan. In the same poll, another neighboring Pacific Island state (Tonga), ranked as the sixth most positively viewed country with a 67% rating, placing it ahead of the United States, while the nearby countries of Indonesia and Papua New Guinea also garnered ratings of 57% and 61%. A poll from travel company 1Cover suggested that 22% of New Zealanders had experienced displeasure at being mistaken for Australians when overseas, compared to only 4% for Australians who were mistaken for New Zealanders. Gallery See also Australian New Zealanders New Zealand Australians Etiquette in Australia and New Zealand List of articles about Australia and New Zealand jointly List of islands of Australia and list of islands of New Zealand References Sources Citations External links 2010 CER Ministerial Forum: Communiqué Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade information on New Zealand Australian Department of Immigration Fact Sheet – New Zealanders in Australia Australian High Commission in New Zealand New Zealand High Commission in Australia New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade information on Australia New Zealand Bilateral relations of New Zealand Australia and the Commonwealth of Nations New Zealand and the Commonwealth of Nations