First the diplomacy….

Bruce Simpson from Nagati Raukawa in New Zealand, but now living in London and a member of the London Maori Club, in traditional dress for the opening of the New Zealand embassy in Dublin. The opening came just days before a rather less diplomatic encounter between Ireland and New Zealand, that being the clash between the Irish rugby team and the visiting New Zealand All Blacks. Rollingnews.ie photo.

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