Hundreds of visitors have died during the annual Muslim pilgrimage amid searing heat, with a New Zealander now included.
It comes after the Russian President met with North Korea leader Kim Jong Un earlier this week.
But the Prime Minister's office is refusing to let the media ask him about the deal.
No discussions "yet" - that three-letter word has the potential to send a shiver down the spine of New Zealand's economy.
One reporter claims they were physically grabbed by an official while trying to ask a question.
It started as a scheme to check the identities of a few thousand asylum seekers, but is now much more.
A Defence Force spokesperson confirmed the aircraft had blown not one, but two, fuses.
The Prime Minister leaves for Tokyo on Sunday morning for a three-day Japan flash-in-the-pan visit with dual business and political purposes.
Li, the highest-ranking Chinese official visiting New Zealand in seven years, was in the country for three days.
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