Apology for race faux pas

Auckland: National Party MP Amy Adams has apologised for wrongly claiming one of her party’s candidates is Chinese.

Ms Adams made the mistake about the party’s Port Hills candidate Catherine Chu in an interview with Magic Talk earlier yesterday.

Ms Chu was born and raised in Christchurch and her parents are from South Korea.

‘‘I had thought Catherine was Chinese but I was mistaken. I have

. . . apologised fully for my error,’’ she said.

Ms Chu said she understood how the confusion arose.

‘‘My ancestors immigrated from China to Korea a few hundred years ago and I’ve . . . embraced my Korean and Chinese heritage. — RNZ