Re: ‘Inappropriate hakas on show', (The Weekend Sun, January 13). I really appreciated P Heslop's letter.

I've been fortunate to have travelled extensively and nowhere in the world have I been greeted with such aggression and intimidation - after all, it is a challenge not a welcome.

I would suggest if we must have a Maori welcome, then the very adept poi singers would be far more attractive and clever, and enchant newcomers to NZ.

Other Polynesian groups welcome you with music and flowers, which sets the scene, so let's get rid of the spears, lewd gestures, fat naked bodies, rolling eyes and protruding tongues and think of our guests' enjoyment.

B Leonard, Tauranga City.