The welcome was organised by Team Bloom New Zealand, BINI\u2019s official local fanbase.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat started as an idea became our biggest project yet,\u201d the fan group wrote on X. \u201cTwo cultures. One unforgettable welcome!\u201d<\/p>\n
The welcome was performed by Kaihaka Collective, a kapa haka group dedicated to preserving and revitalising customary M\u0101ori practices.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was a great pleasure for Kaihaka Kapa Haka to welcome BINI. To give that sense of connection and belonging with a Haka P\u014dwhiri or customary M\u0101ori welcome,\u201d the group wrote on Facebook.<\/p>\n
\u201cWelcome to Aotearoa BINI. Nau mai, haere mai!\u201d<\/p>\n
Several fans gathered at the airport to greet the group, with clips showing the members being presented with garlands.<\/p>\n
BINI were also pictured exploring Devonport, sharing a series of photos taken at the top of North Head.<\/p>\n
One fan urged the members to visit Rotorua, while another said they had spotted them on the North Shore.<\/p>\n
Formed through the idol training show Star Hunt Academy in 2019, BINI comprises Aiah, Maloi, Mikha, Jhoanna, Colet, Sheena, Gwen and Stacey.<\/p>\n
They became the first Filipino act to win Best Asia Act at the MTV Europe Music Awards in 2024 and the first Filipino group to perform at Coachella.<\/p>\n
The Auckland concert was the latest stop on their world tour, which also includes dates in Australia, Singapore and Taiwan.<\/p>\n
BINI postponed the European leg of the tour because of \u201cunforeseen circumstances\u201d earlier this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The welcome was organised by Team Bloom New Zealand, BINI\u2019s official local fanbase. \u201cWhat started as an idea…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":614169,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[74,91145,41571,184556,2396,32130,1888,6868,209,2720,111,43,139,69,90,4291,49478,3168,19137,9863,1845,80],"class_list":["post-614168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-after","tag-appreciation","tag-arriving","tag-bini","tag-culture","tag-embraces","tag-first","tag-girl","tag-group","tag-mori","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-on","tag-philippines","tag-receiving","tag-shared","tag-traditional","tag-visit","tag-welcome","tag-zealand"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=614168"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614168\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/614169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=614168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=614168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=614168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}