A Tamaki Maori gives a Powwhiri ( ceremonial welcome ) as part of a 45 minute Cultural performance dance of Haka, song, speeches and the Hongi for t

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A Tamaki Maori gives a Powwhiri ( ceremonial welcome ) as part of a 45 minute Cultural performance dance of Haka, song, speeches and the Hongi for the benefit of visitors in front of the Wharenui (Maori Meeting house) at Te Puia Whakarewarewa Geothermal Valley at Rotorua in the Bay of Plenty region of the North Island in New Zealand.

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Location: Te Puia, Rotorua,North Island, New Zealand
Photo credit: © richard sowersby / Alamy / Afripics
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