(Radio NZ) Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says it’s not her place to decide if Sir John Key should apologise over false claims brides were leaving New Zealand for ISIS in 2015.
The Islamic Women’s Council says the later-disproven comment to the Parliamentary Intelligence and Security Committee led to a spike in hostility towards the Muslim community.
It has refreshed a call that Key should publicly apologise, having publicly released its submissions to the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Attacks on Christchurch Mosques today.
The former prime minister — now chair of the local operations of ANZ Bank — had not responded to RNZ’s requests for comment.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern today said it was not up to her to decide whether Key should say sorry.
