Kiwi PM: Yes, we are racist

NEW Zealand’s prime minister has admitted her country is ‘undeniably’ racist.

But Jacinda Ardern hit back at accusations by a Kiwi film director that it is ‘racist as f***’.

Hollywood-based Taika Waititi, who is part Maori, made the claim in the UK magazine Dazed And Confused. ‘I think New Zealand is the best place on the planet, but it’s a racist place,’ he said.

However, Miss Ardern, who became leader last October, said he had overstated the problem and is proud of efforts to stamp it out. She added: ‘You’d be hardpressed to find a country that didn’t have racism in it. Is New Zealand one of them? Undeniably.’