Marvelly comments

Lizzie Marvelly’s pronouncements on her indigenousness, the respect she feels this ought to command and her shame at not having stepped on the stage to perform the art forms of her ancestors are hard to swallow.

She claims the haka is a sacred treasure and an acknowledgement of Maori as our first people. If this were so why have its guardians (kaumatua, kuia etc) allowed the haka to play second fiddle to such an obvious legacy of our colonial past as rugby?

Finally, some advice for Ms Marvelly: pomposity is the preserve of we seniors. Let’s keep it that way. Kerry Craig, Mt Eden.