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NZ MP upset over a Powhiri for Mickey!
Posted by: FUNdamental ()
Date: May 19, 2010 09:49AM

Labour MP Shane Jones has slammed a powhiri in Auckland for Mickey Mouse as a welcome too far.

The billion-dollar rodent was welcomed to Vector Arena by kapa haka group Te Puru o Tamaki in advance of the Disney on Ice show that opens on Thursday.

The Northland-based Labour list MP says such "dial-a-powhiri" put the

credibility of the ceremony and Maori culture at risk.

Kapa haka is becoming more a sport, Mr Jones says, and less an expression of traditional culture.

A Powhiri is a Maori ceremony with dancing, singing, and speeches that is reserved for special occasions- greeting dignitaries, funerals, building dedications, etc. You may recall, a few years back, a New Zealand army reserve group in Afghanistan welcomed Laura Bush with a Haka, a Powhiri dance, that made her very uncomfortable. Was the arrival of Mickey and Minnie in Auckland deserved of such an honor?

I think, yes. And it appears Mickey and Minnie handled it better than Laura Bush did in Afghanistan.



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 05/19/2010 09:49AM by FUNdamental.

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Re: NZ MP upset over a Powhiri for Mickey!
Posted by: eesh ()
Date: May 19, 2010 09:50AM

Vector Arena by kapa haka group Te Puru o Tamaki



huh?

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Re: NZ MP upset over a Powhiri for Mickey!
Posted by: FUNdamental ()
Date: May 19, 2010 09:58AM

Vector Arena is in Auckland.

kapa haka =Maori performing arts.

Te Puru o Tamaki, name of performing arts group.

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Re: NZ MP upset over a Powhiri for Mickey!
Posted by: no fun ()
Date: May 19, 2010 10:04AM

FUNdamental Wrote:
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> Vector Arena is in Auckland.
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> kapa haka = Maori performing arts.
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> Te Puru o Tamaki = name of performing arts group.
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> FUNdamental = gay

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Re: NZ MP upset over a Powhiri for Mickey!
Posted by: eesh ()
Date: May 19, 2010 10:05AM

Kapa Haka women: Hot or Not?




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Re: NZ MP upset over a Powhiri for Mickey!
Posted by: Batsinthebelfry ()
Date: May 19, 2010 10:07AM

eesh Wrote:
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No. Those are men.

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Re: NZ MP upset over a Powhiri for Mickey!
Posted by: NOT! ()
Date: May 19, 2010 10:07AM

eesh Wrote:
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possessed

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Re: NZ MP upset over a Powhiri for Mickey!
Posted by: no they r women ()
Date: May 19, 2010 10:08AM

Batsinthebelfry Wrote:
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the men are in the back row

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Re: NZ MP upset over a Powhiri for Mickey!
Date: May 19, 2010 11:04AM

Of course, when the national rugby team does it on TV, it's fine...



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