“We continue to review the sanctions that we impose on people who may have influence, as well as on goods and services, that's what we are looking at at the moment,” she said on RNZ radio.
Authorities have tested their potential for sanctions against exports and imports, with the exception of a number of categories of goods, including food.
According to Ardern, within two weeks it will be known whether the authorities will be able to tighten the existing restrictions.
On October 2, Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong announced the expansion of the list of anti-Russian sanctions in connection with the holding of referendums on the entry of the republics of Donbass, as well as the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions into Russia.
Before that, Canada included 43 Russians in the list of sanctions against Russia in connection with the voting.