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Protesters shouted “traitor” and “shame” at attendees of Nigel Farage’s maiden speaking engagement in New Zealand.

Those in opposition also expressed their views that the Brexiteer was not welcome in Auckland, according to local reports and reviews.

The former UKIP leader is on a tour of Australia and New Zealand, making his first appearance in NZ yesterday.

A group named Tāmaki Anti-Fascist Action stood out Pullman Hotel in Auckland, where Mr Farage was taking to the stage, holding signs and shouting as people entered.

Ahead of the protest, which around 50 people were part of, members said they were showing “peaceful opposition to far right speakers”.

The group invited people to “show your opposition to the politics of hatred and bigotry”.

One sign, photographed by Radio NZ, read: “You paid $89 to listen to his RACIST BULLS***.”

Golriz Ghahraman, a Green MP in New Zealand, told those gathered that Mr Farage’s views were “vile rhetoric”.

"When people like Nigel Farage come here, and they want to tell us who gets to have rights here and who gets to be included, I just want to remind him, and I might have to use a dirty old C word, that we've already suffered under the kind of vile rhetoric that politicians like him espouse. That word is colonisation," she was quoted as saying by Radio NZ.

She thanked those who joined in his stance against Mr Farage and said: "It matters to the communities that are under attack from the kind of rhetoric, from the kind of hate, that Nigel Farage profits from, that Donald Trump profits from. It matters to us that you're here for inclusion, equality and love."

The protest group sung a waiata, a traditional song of the māori who are the indigenous people of New Zealand, to end their picket.

Some of those heading into the event waved or even clapped those gathered in opposition.

One reviewer, writing for Right Minds, gave a review of high praise despite the commotion outside the venue.

The writer, Alex Eastwood-Williams, concluded: “All in all it was a wonderful evening with any and all attempts to spoil it averted - because as we all know, you cannot barrage the Farage.”

They described the protestors’ actions as “vulgarity and abuse”.

Mr Farage is speaking in Brisbane today ahead of appearances in Sydney and Melbourne, which will conclude his six day Australia and New Zealand tour.

Protestors at a previous speech in Perth on September 2 chanted “Nazi scum off our streets”, according to the Guardian.

The former politician is discussing topics such as Brexit, his connection with Donald Trump and his time with UKIP, when he takes to the stage.