Pop sensation Justin Timberlake and his actress girlfriend Jessica Biel were “blown away” by their traditional Maori welcome to Aotearoa on Thursday night.The SexyBack singer spent Thursday afternoon practising his golf swing at Northland’s exclusive Kauri Cliffs golf resort, before heading to the powhiri in Auckland, performed by the Tira Hoe Waka group.
“Justin wanted to see the ‘Ka Mate Ka Mate’ haka, so we incorporated that into the welcome,” Kylie Poihipi, who was Timberlake’s usher, said.
“He was scared as [radio DJ] Stacey [Morrison] and I ushered him towards the kapa haka group. He asked, ‘Are they going to kill me’? We explained that we had to see if he came as a friend or an enemy. He said, ‘I come in peace’.”
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So I want to apologize, the pictures were not taken before the Auckland show, I got that information wrong, sorry about that guys!!
November 24th, 2007 at 5:27 am
i saw these people at the show they had the BEST seats….who are they anyway?
i never knew there was a pre-show…where was my invite? haha
November 24th, 2007 at 10:01 am
Too funny!!!!