Destiny Church's Hannah Tamaki will not appear on reality show Dancing with the Stars, MediaWorks has confirmed.

"Our announcement for this year's Dancing with the Stars cast is scheduled for the end of March, however we are taking the unusual step to confirm Hannah Tamaki will not be part of that lineup," a MediaWorks spokesperson said.

"It was originally planned for Hannah to take part in the show. We now recognise this was a mistake and we apologise.

"We have seen a very strong reaction, some of which has been extreme and concerning and MediaWorks does not condone bullying. We would be failing in our duty of care to everyone if we continued as planned.

"We will be reviewing our decision making processes to make sure we get it right in the future."

The Herald on Sunday revealed on the weekend that Tamaki was set to waltz her way onto our screens in the reality TV show.

Spy reported Tamaki and transgender personality Mary Haddock-Staniland were both being lined up for the show.

The news was widely panned, with loyal viewers hitting out at Tamaki's casting; with many saying it sent a terrible message given some of the widely-reported comments made by Tamaki and her husband, and Destiny Church founder Brian.

The news comes as Tamaki's sacked campaign manager has made an emotional apology to The Project's Kanaoa Lloyd less than 24 hours after he lauched a tirade of abuse against her.

Jevan Goulter, who acted as a spokesperson for Vision NZ, took to label Lloyd a "rancid rotton [sic] stuffed pig with blood pouring out of her eyes" and said she should "show NZ what voluntary euthanasia looks like".

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The row stems from the Herald on Sunday revealing that Tamaki was tipped to appear on the next series of MediaWorks' Dancing With the Stars.

Destiny Church bishop Brian Tamaki and close friend Jevan Goulter. Photo / Supplied

Lloyd said on The Project show she co-hosts last night that Tamaki should not be on the programme: "I love Dancing with the Stars, and I don't really think I want to see a homophobic paso doble or a xenophobic cha-cha," she said.

Now, Goulter, after being axed by Tamaki, has posted a video apologising to Lloyd for his "disgusting" words as well as attempting to mend his relationship with the Tamakis.

"I wanted to make an apology to Kanoa Lloyd from The Project," he said in an emotional video on Facebook. "I wanted to make an apology because I need to for the comments I made last night, which was totally unacceptable.

"It was downright disgusting really. I have no grounds to justify the things I said, whatsoever ...

"Kanoa, I'd like to genuinely apologise for the things I said because clearly there were things in there that much wider, deeper things in them that I was too careless to think about when I put my post up.

"They were certainly views that are not held by anybody I work with, associate with or even views that I hold myself. It goes to show what a poor choice I made when I decided to do that.

"To Kanoa, and to any of your friends and anybody else that I have offended or caused distressed or harm to ... I genuinely apologise."

The Project's Kanoa Lloyd.

Goulter also used his public statement to apologise to Hannah Tamaki, revealing he has since handed in his resignation following the vile outburst.

"I'm also sorry to Hannah Tamaki for those comments because they certainly are not comments reflected by her or the campaign she's running with Vision New Zealand.

"It has been put up there that I am a Destiny PR man. That's not correct. I never have been. To Destiny Church members I also apologise that I have been tagged in that.

"I have certainly acted out on my own and exercising a lack of judgement. It doesn't go far enough as what I said was downright bloody stupid.

"I have offered Hannah Tamaki my resignation, to which I believe she has accepted that."

Speaking to Heather du Plessis-Allan, Goulter said that he does not think it is hypocritical that Hannah sacked him when her husband has made equally controversial comments in the past.

"I know they often get put together as the same person, but they are different people, and he does not have a role in the party."

He denied it was a deliberate ploy for attention, and that it was entirely on him. Goulter said that he did not get the post signed off or approved before posting. 

Earlier, Hannah Tamaki, the leader of Vision New Zealand political party, said she was "appalled at the outburst" and had fired Goulter.

"I would never condone that disgusting language and behaviour," she said in a statement.

"I would also like to state clearly that Jevan Goulter is not, and never has been, a spokesman for Destiny Church."

Hannah Tamaki said that even though she believed Vision New Zealand, and herself had been "unfairly targeted by the media using questionable tactics and journalistic ethics, we in no way condone the language he used towards a woman and inferences made by Mr Goulter in his post".

Asked about Vision New Zealand's party, Goulter declined to say that the party does not have a chance.

"It's always going to be a challenge, but it's not not doable. If you don't stand and you don't give it a go, it'll never stop."