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A four-week old blog by Marie Krarup, MP and member of the Defence Committee, has caused some consternation in New Zealand, where her comments on a welcome by the New Zealand Navy was described as uncivilised and an obvious burden on non-Maori naval officers.
Apart from derogatory statements about the powhiri, her statements on the hongi – or ceremonial nose-rubbing, and description of a marae – or Maori sacred place – have been widely reported recently in the New Zealand media.
