Racist New Zealand TV Host Paul Henry Pronounces "Sheila Dikshit" "DickShit" "DipShit"

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India has condemned "racist and bigoted" remarks by a New Zealand TV presenter who made fun of Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit's surname.

TVNZ breakfast show host Paul Henry broke into laughter a number of times as he mispronounced the surname - which sounds closer to "Dixit" in English.

He told viewers Ms Dikshit's name was "appropriate because she's Indian".

New Zealand's government has apologised for the remarks, describing them as "culturally insensitive and vulgar".

Sheila Dikshit is overseeing arrangements for the Commonwealth Games in Delhi, which have been beset by problems. She brushed off Mr Henry's remarks but said they were "not appropriate".

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'Shocking'

India's foreign ministry summoned the New Zealand high commissioner on Thursday and registered a strong protest against Mr Henry's comments.

"It is shocking that such bigoted views have been aired by a representative of a mainstream media organisation of a multi-ethnic democracy like New Zealand," India's foreign ministry said in a statement.

"These remarks are totally unacceptable to India and should be condemned by all right-thinking people and nations."

High Commissioner Rupert Holborow "regretted the deep hurt caused by the comments of the media commentator", the statement added.

Mr Henry is a popular breakfast show host
Mr Henry's comments were broadcast last week on the state-owned channel TVNZ, but took a few days to be noticed in India. In the footage, Mr Henry mispronounces Ms Dikshit's surname several times - apparently deliberately.

He added: "It's so appropriate because she's Indian... I've known about her for a while and I've been laughing ever since."

His on-air colleagues pointed out that he was pronouncing the name wrongly on several occasions.

On Tuesday, TVNZ suspended Mr Henry for two weeks for questioning whether the country's Indo-Fijian Governor General, Anand Satyanand, was a proper New Zealander.

"Is he even a New Zealander?" Mr Henry asked Prime Minister John Key on Monday.

The channel said that Mr Henry had "well and truly crossed the line" with his comments on Mr Satyanand. It has not yet commented on his remarks about Ms Dikshit.

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[moffster]

I've been to New Zealand, various parts of Europe, I've met plenty of North Americans and of course am from Australia. And I have to say Kiwi's tend to be the most socially progressive and aware of the lot.

It seems ironic that people watch a single video and make a judgement about an entire country based upon its content. This guy is just NZ's town idiot, at least he's not in their government like in many other countries.

[camogiddo]

@mavericksf16

your a big fat racist steriotipical low life fag

just because 1 person in the great nation of New zealand says crap coments dosnt mean the whole country is f...ed up in fact i think the only thing that is f...ed up is u

[TheCelticmaori]

@brahmadude well stay in ur filthy shit hole india u filthy smelly paki indian fuck!!! look at india, u have poor bastards, dirty children who eat from rubbish, u ugly bastards try to change every single country u immigrate to into ur shithole!

[brahmadude]

@TheCelticmaori

am hindu india u pighead

[ryrazzer]

Why is making fun of someone's name racist??????

[JinNOSify]

lmao I was in New Zealand when I watched this, then I moved to Australia. AND THEN, Paul Henry came to Australia and is now on Channel 10 every morning!

YAY!

[notochrislam]

...but why is he still on TV..i just want to say he is a bastard nd its appropriate calling him so because he is a white..al d racist whites here,u know that ur moms never slept with ur fathers infact..

[marcellin20]

@scottylans wow relax, obviously you have no sense of humour do you?

[scottylans]

@marcellin20 What does that have to do with anything? I am making a point of him being a dumb cunt, I didn't say "New Zealanders are dumb cunts" - obviously some are or we wouldn't have this video. Some Aussies are dumb cunts too. This is utterly irrelivant however. The man is an idiot, I can only speculate you're a defensive New Zealander based on your reply.

[marcellin20]

@scottylans remember aussies are racist too so its no suprise lol