Broadcaster Alan Jones has continued his criticism of New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, despite a rebuke from Scott Morrison.

Key points: Jones told his listeners his comments on Ms Ardern had been wilfully misinterpreted

Jones told his listeners his comments on Ms Ardern had been wilfully misinterpreted Ms Ardern said she would not give the remarks "the light of day"

Ms Ardern said she would not give the remarks "the light of day" Mr Morrison said he was disappointed by what Jones said

On Thursday Jones said Mr Morrison should "shove a sock down [Ms Ardern's] throat" after Ms Ardern said "Australia had to answer to the Pacific" on climate change during the Pacific Islands Forum in Tuvalu.

The Sydney shock jock said Ms Ardern was a "joke" for preaching about climate change, claiming that New Zealand's carbon dioxide had increased per capita more than Australia's since 1990.

On Thursday evening Jones released a statement saying he'd meant to say "put a sock in it", and repeated the statement again to his 2GB listeners on Friday morning.

"This was wilful misinterpretation of what I said to obviously distract from the point that she was wrong about climate change and wrong about Australia's contribution to carbon dioxide level," he said.

Alan Jones read out a statement to listeners, saying he'd meant to say Ms Ardern should "put a sock in it". ( AAP: Joel Carrett )

Asked about Jones's original comments on Thursday, Ms Ardern brushed off the remark.

"I don't know that I'm going to give that the light of day. I think I'll just leave it where it is," she said.

Comments 'way out of line'

Mr Morrison told reporters at the Pacific Islands Forum on Thursday that Jones's comments were "way out of line".

"I find that very disappointing," he said.

"I mean, I have two daughters. So you can expect that's how I would feel personally about it."

Fijian Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama took to Twitter to return serve to Jones, saying it was easy for the broadcaster to make such remarks from the comfort of a radio studio.

"The people of the Pacific, forced to abandon their homes due to climate change, don't have that luxury," he tweeted.

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"Try saying that to a Tuvaluan child pleading for help."

Former Australian prime minister Malcolm Turnbull endorsed Mr Bainimarama's tweet.

"Well said Frank," Mr Turnbull tweeted. "Jones should also apologise to @jacindaardern for his latest misogynistic rant."

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