Japanese commercial offends Maori group
16-02-2010
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Some people are angry in New Zealand because a Japanese commercial used the haka dance without permission and made it look and sound like “crap”: The Japanese commercial for Coke Zero, features popstar Namie Amuro alongside what advertising agency copy describes as “a troupe of studs from Kiwiland in the traditional Maori haka dance”. The men are [...]
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