"This particular social media site has given me the impression that it can be controversial from time to time," he told Newshub.

"If there is hate speech on the platform then other users should push back strongly and say this is not appropriate.

"They need to speak up."

News of the hateful language on Skykiwi was exposed on a Reddit thread.

One Reddit user said of Skykiwi: "It's a surprisingly well kept secret even though they hardly try to hide it... A lot of Chinese have poor views of anyone who's not Chinese."

Another person commented: "I feel if kiwis knew they would be shocked."

Their concerns were regarding Skykiwi users expressing hateful views about tragedies including the White Island eruption, Australian bushfires and March 15 shooting, along with numerous other comments denegrating Indians.

One Skykiwi user wrote: "People are happily sitting on a cruise ship and going out to play. As a result, they are buried on a desert island...What else do you want? Haha."

"Australia is dead...Burn it, Australia!" another user posted.

"Muslims killed, Muslims are terrible," a member commented on the message board.