A prominent member of London's theatre circles is calling for a haka to be dropped from a production by the Royal Shakespeare Company.
The Taming of the Shrew opens with a rowdy stag night scene, in which a group of drunken men perform a version of the Ka Mate haka, then drop their trousers.
Colleen Toomey, who is a judge in the Laurence Olivier Awards, says the use of the haka is completely inappropriate.
The haka was written 180 years ago by the Ngati Toa chief, Te Rauparaha.
