New Zealand PM to apologise for Maori cannibal joke

New Zealand’s prime minister had to apologise today for joking that he would have been eaten if he attended a dinner with a Maori tribe who were once cannibals.

New Zealand PM to apologise for Maori cannibal joke

New Zealand’s prime minister had to apologise today for joking that he would have been eaten if he attended a dinner with a Maori tribe who were once cannibals.

John Key’s remark further soured relations with the Tuhoe people that are already strained over their bid to win back ownership of tribal lands confiscated by a settler government 150 years ago.

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