Eyes front, Kate! Giggling Duchess of Cambridge greeted by bare-bottomed(naked men) traditional Maori dancer- I just love this family. Photos

Whats she staring at?

Their visit to Australia and New Zealand has been anticipated for months.
And the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were given the warmest of welcomes as they headed straight to Government House in Wellington, New Zealand on Monday after landing in the country that morning.
The couple were met by traditional Maori warriors as well as a local dignitary, who rubbed noses with William and Kate as they stood on the soggy lawn outside the stately home. more photos after the cut.

he traditional Māori greeting is called a Hongi, and it is done by pressing one's nose and forehead to another person in an encounter.
Meanwhile. the giggling Duchess didn't know where to look as she chatted to one heavily tattooed Maori warrior, who was bare-bottomed in his traditional clothing.
During the greetings, Kate, who wore a chic red ensemble, including a pillar-box red coat by Catherine Walker, was kept dry from the teeming rain by a woman holding an umbrella.
As the rain subsided, Kate and William were then treated to a Haka, a traditional ancestral war cry dance that was performed on the lawn.

Earlier in the morning, the couple's young son Prince George made an assured appearance for his debut royal tour.

Arriving in New Zealand on the first day of a three-week trip Down Under, the third in line to the throne took the windswept welcome in his stride, although he looked a little chilly in a cream jumper and shorts

lovely George, is he trying to wave?