BBC World News: New Zealand Prime Minister John Key jokes about Maori Tuhoe tribe 13May2010 1824

New Zealand's Prime Minister has been forced to apologise after making a joke at the expense of one of the country's indigenous Maori tribes. John Key's relationship with the Tuhoe was already strained. Then he joked about their history of cannibalism.

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• Maori
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[kLemon]

@ 1:00 that is NOT Te Ururoa Flavell

[wellingtonstudent]

John Key is a GC!

[winningHerring]

Where did the Maori go who enjoyed self depreciating humour? The classic Billy T James "take-away is maori for food" style? They all seem to have been replaced with a bunch of easily offended PC drones and haters.

This sort of reaction to a slightly lame joke by the PM shows an insecurity in their own Mana. Maori ought to have a little more self confidence.

[nz113]

john key trying to take whats ours bullet in is head would be great the only thing hes done great in our country is taking care of the earthquake in christchurch

[Buggerlugz000]

"tou get a plurri pakeha- you put him in a pot- mix him around in your own home brew- and wott'ya got? KIWI STEW !"

'Awfully nice of you to give me a bath chaps- I say it is hot- wouldn't want to cook what?" "EEE you catch on quick fulla !" "I say, you can't eat me- I'm a Minister !" "That's orrite boy- we not fussy !" Exerts from a recorded ditty by the Howard Morrison Quartet. If maori are so keen to live in a glasshouse.... well, we all know the rest.

[spots2012]

I'm lolling.

[tahunepia]

New Zealand Jewish Prime Minister John Keys shouldn't be so smug over his Tuhoe cannibal joke as he describes it as a "light hearted Joke with a bit of self-deprecating humour." 2 Kings 6:26-29, Jeremiah 19:9 and Ezekiel 5: 9-10 all refer to Israel/Jewish cannibalism. Key is a descendant of Jewish "Humanitarians" (ie; if vegetarians eat vegies - what do humanitarians eat."???)

The jokes on you Hone!!!

[tahunepia]

PM John Keys joke about Tuhoe cannibalism is just that - a joke! But as a Jew he shouldn't be so smug as cannibalism was a feature of the Jewish nation under King Solomon. Christian Pakeha/White folk are not innocent as well. Cannibalism was also a feature of the Christian Crusades to Jerusalem and English soldiers roasted and ate parts of dead French soldiers at the Battles of Agincourt and Hastings. As an uri of Whakatohea, my heart goes out to my Tuhoe whanaunga. Kia Kaha Tuhoepotiki!