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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% emissions reductions.
Last week Key was dismissive of her position.
"My advice to Keisha is this: stick to acting," Key told a business gathering of 500 people in Brisbane on Tuesday.
Since then Castle-Hughes has offered to meet Key to discuss her concerns, saying she knew a lot more about the issue than he gave her credit.
On Monday Key announced New Zealand would aim to reduce emissions by between 10% and 20% on 1990 levels by 2020.
Asked if he would meet with the star of the movie Whale Rider, 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, 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)," Key said.
