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NZ host calls average women ‘heifers’

New Zealand host Rachel Smalley admitted her comments were ''hurtful''.

According to stuff.co.nz, Newstalk ZB presenter Rachel Smalley thought that her microphone was turned off during a radio conversation yesterday morning.

She had been chatting on air about a story on the emergency contraceptive pill being less effective in a woman weighing more than 70 kilograms, and that the average weight of New Zealand women was 72 kilograms.

Smalley made an emotional apology this morning and said her comments that were broadcast were “hurtful”.

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