Key says he will call Whale Rider star for a cuppa
Prime Minister John Key says he is going to call actor Keisha Castle-Hughes so they can have a chat about climate change over a cup of tea.
Castle-Hughes is an ambassador for a Greenpeace climate change campaign urging the Government to sign up to 40 percent emissions reductions.
Last week Mr Key was dismissive of her position,
"My advice to Keisha is this: stick to acting," Mr Key told a business gathering of 500 people in Brisbane on Tuesday.
Since then Castle-Hughes has offered to meet Mr Key to discuss her concerns, saying she knew a lot more about the issue than he gave her credit.
Today Mr Key announced New Zealand would aim to reduce emissions by between 10 percent and 20 percent on 1990 levels by 2020.
Asked if he would meet with the star of the movie Whale Rider, Mr Key said he had not called her, "but I am happy to have a cuppa with her".
Pressed about whether he would instigate the meeting, Mr Key said: "Yeah alright I will give her a ring."
If Castle-Hughes was looking for an entertaining get together, she was likely to be disappointed.
"I am happy to give her some of the reading I have been given ... wait till she reads the Treasury document she might think I have been a bit extravagant at minus 10 (percent)," Mr Key said.
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I doubt if Castle-Hughes would be able to understand economics, it takes three to four years to get a degree in it, and a couple of movies isn't going to do much in that field.
She has learnt her bit part well, after being coached by the green pea society, all of whom haven't come out of their shells enough, to live in the real world.
I personally think our PM has more important things to do with his time, than give Castel-Hughes a lesson in economics.
Some Greenpeace commentators are extremely well meaning individuals, as I am sure Keisha and Cliff are. That said, whilst well meaning they were most certainly provided with a script by Greenpeace communications officers. To meet the targets that they are espousing would damage our economy, the livelihoods of thousands and push us further down the OECD rankings. Greenpeace have a slogan "Earth Before Politics"... this is a blatant untruth, which is why SO MANY of the original senior members of the Rainbow Warrior fled this Melon organisation (green on the outside/red on the inside). A film about this is currently in development in NZ with US Producers. Incidentally I don't think the PM was being patronising to Keisha, I just think he realises that unlike her the vast majority of Kiwis damaged by such lack of economic understanding (whilst well meaning) can't just bail off to Hollywood to do a few rails at Les Deux Cafe on a Wednesday... or pick up a book on eco 'issues'from the Bodhi Tree prior to popping across the road to Elixir for a green tea to recover.
Pax :)
Maybe John can get Keisha to see how she is being used and abused for a fraudulent cause!!!!
I am a climate scientist and would like to speak to John Key him acting
I am a climate scientist [not] and would like to speak to him about acting
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