Will John Key's 'joke' damage relations with Tuhoe?

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A comment by Prime Minister John Key that Tuhoe would have him for dinner has been labelled badly timed and insensitive by a Maori Party MP.

Speaking at a tourism event in Auckland, Mr Key made a joke about enjoying a dinner at a Ngati Porou marae on the East Coast this week.

"The good news is that I was having dinner with Ngati Porou as opposed to their neighbouring iwi, which is Tuhoe, in which case I would have been dinner, which wouldn't have been quite so attractive," he said.

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