Bird-flipping welcome for US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in New Zealand

[EC]

The weather was awful and the mood of the locals wasn't much better when US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson​ arrived in Wellington.

US media travelling with Tillerson were surprised by the number of people flipping the bird at Tillerson as his motorcade sped through town.

New York Times correspondent Gardiner Harris said he had been in a lot of motorcades but even he was taken back by the negative reaction.

"I've been in motorcades for a couple of years now ... I've never seen so many people flip the bird at an American motorcade as I saw today," Harris said.

Harris wasn't the only one who noticed - US protection officers travelling by with Tillerson were overheard joking about the "warm" Wellington welcome.

More: http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/93382262/birdflipping-welcome-for-us-secretary-of-state-rex-tillerson-in-new-zealand

[skeeter]

Maybe they were flipping you off, Harris. I know I would.

[endicom]

New Zealanders have long been leftwitted.

[DB]

If they want to piss off a lot of Americans, have at it.

[endicom]

If they want to piss off a lot of Americans, have at it.

Well, I have nothing against them.

BTW, do you know why Kiwis have button flies?

[Wingnut]

Well, I have nothing against them.

BTW, do you know why Kiwis have button flies?

Ewe. 

Grafitti on a wall in Sydneys eastern suburbs "Australia Sux"
and underneath this someone else wrote "New Zealand Nill"