Outrage in NZ: Playboy model poses naked on sacred Mt Taranaki [kept her hat and gloves on]

New Zealand Playboy playmate has come under fire for posing naked on a sacred Maori mountain.

Glamour model Jaylene Cook, 25, and her photographer boyfriend Josh Shaw, 27, spent seven hours hiking up Mt Taranaki on April 26 and impulsively took the risqué shot once they reached the summit.

In the nude image Ms Cook can be seen admiring the view from the top while wearing just a hat, gloves and shoes

Although the couple said they didn’t stand on the head of the mountain out of respect for the Maori culture, locals claim the picture is ‘disrespectful.’

Maori academic Dennis Ngawhare told Stuff.co.nz said members of the community are unhappy about the image.

‘I’d imagine you will be getting a few comments from people saying what’s wrong with that? Who cares? But I also know cousins and relatives who will be quite upset about it. They would consider it as being disrespectful towards the mountain.’

Mr Ngawhare said his family has never climbed the mountain because it is believed to be an ancestor.

‘I accept people climb up to the summit, but what we do ask is that people be respectful.’

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