The selfie shows a very smiley Rakete posing in a green skivvy, adorned with a colourful array of images and what look like children's drawings, which in fact, they are.
Rakete captioned the photo: "New year. New skivvy. Thank you www.descatoire.co.nz for the skivvy *Sidath you're a legend* and shout out to #mayfieldprimaryschool for the designs! Let's go #thewiggles"
Rakete's involvement in The Wiggles came about as an on air joke with Anthony Field back in 2013.
Rakete and fellow Breakfast host Robert Scott were discussing the group, who were in the country for their Ready, Steady, Wiggle tour when the subject of Rakete joining was raised in a tongue-in-cheek way.
"Robert said to me: 'Wouldn't it be cool if you went along as the brown Wiggle? They've got all the primary colours, so why not brown?
Later, through some discussion with Anthony Field, it was agreed that Rakete would join the group performing on stage, as part of their tour. His cameo was a great success and Rakete was later invited by the group to join them in the studio for the filming of their latest television series.
Rakete is a valuable addition to Wiggles and brings a piece of New Zealand to the group, including introducing songs partly sung in Te Reo Māori. Hopefully his tenure as the Green Wiggle will be more in tune with Kiwi audiences, and more respectful of cultural diversity as a whole.
