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Monday, February 15, 2010

JAPAN: Japanese TV commercial offends N.Z. Maori clan

Associated Press

A Japanese television commercial featuring pop diva Namie Amuro and a group of men performing an indigenous Maori dance has drawn criticism in New Zealand, the Australian Associated Press reported Monday. The ad for Coke Zero involves a dance between Amuro and a group of actors dressed in rugby jerseys apparently doing the ceremonial "Ka Mate Haka" dance. Te Ariki Wi Neera, a spokesman for the Ngati Toa tribe, the traditional custodians of the Ka Mate Haka, said the ad "sounds like crap." (AP)

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