‘Drunk’ woman calls fellow pub-goer a ‘Maori slapper’ and tries to hit phone out of her hands as she films nasty confrontation
- Publican Carol Delamore seen slurring insults and slapped at a phone filming her
- A rising race row has been growing in the tiny New Zealand township for months
- The pub is accused of inflaming locals by repeatedly getting local names wrong
- Friends defended co-owner but she appears to say in the clip: ‘I’m very racist’
A bitter race row has torn apart a rural community in far north New Zealand after the landlady of one of the town’s pubs was filmed calling a local a ‘Maori slapper’.
Taipa Tavern publican Carol Delamore was caught on video apparently saying she was ‘very racist’ as she slurred insults at the pub-goer in the bar on Sunday night.
But it’s the latest escalation of rising racial tensions in the tiny township which has seen the pub and locals exchange barbs on social media over Maori names and spellings.
On Sunday though, Ms Delamore was filmed calling one female regular ‘a Maori slapper’ and later lashing out at the pub-goer’s phone as she tried to film the confrontation.
A 36-second video was later published on a local website, which sent Ms Delamore into hiding.
The pub, 300km north of Auckland, told Daily Mail Australia the co-owner was not available and declined to comment further.
The video clip opens with the person behind the phone asking the grey-haired Ms Delamore: ‘What did you call me?’
‘A Maori slapper,’ replies the woman. ‘You are a slapper.’
‘Are you racist?’ says the holder of the phone and Ms Delamore appears to say: ‘I’m very racist’ before she is led away by friends who step in to deny the claim.
A bitter race row has torn apart a tiny community in far north New Zealand after the landlady of Taipa Tavern (left), 300km north of Auckland, was filmed calling a local a ‘Maori slapper’. Publican Carol Delamore (right) was caught on video looking tired and emotional in the bar as she slurred insults at the pub-goer on Sunday night.
‘Why did she call me a MAORI slapper?’ demands the woman filming.
‘Because she’s had too much up here,’ says an elderly man. ‘What does that mean?’ asks the woman.
Before he can reply though, the grey-haired woman lets fly with more abuse that’s been censored out of the published video.
Ms Delamore has to be restrained as the woman filming approaches before she wriggles free to slap the phone away as the clip ends amid more censored swearing.
A six-month battle on Facebook preceded last weekend’s incident on video amid increasing anger about the pub’s refusal to correctly spell local Maori place names correctly or fix errors after they are pointed out.
Ms Delamore (seen here on the right in her Facebook profile picture) was filmed lashing out at the pub-goer’s phone (left) as she tried to film the confrontation
‘The publican made derogatory comments as the bar was closing, and we were leaving. She hit my phone out of my hand when she realised I was recording the incident,’ the patron told local website Newshub.
‘The publican has previously raised debate in our small community for her incorrect use of te reo. We are a small community and this is our local tavern – we should feel safe to go out and not be abused by pub owners.
‘I hope she makes changes to create a safe environment in her licensed premises for all patrons, including Māori women.’