New Zealand's premier John Key has greeted superstar Shah Rukh Khan, who is in New Zealand for his Temptation Reloaded tour.

The NZ government honored the 47-year-old actor with a traditional Maori on October 2 and was presented with a Black Caps cricket shirt in recognition of his love of the game.

Shah Rukh had visited NZ some twelve years ago. He thanked his hosts. The actor said his son would be thrilled with the Black Caps shirt as he is a big fan.

The Honorable PM Mr John Key gave us such a warm welcome. Thank you all on behalf of Temptation in Auckland, and also to Judith & Todd, actor said.

"Rehearsals are on still. Had too much fun... Honey Singh did his rap for all of us. Too much fun with Madhuri, Rani and Jacqueline," SRK tweeted.

The "Chak De India" star will perform with stars like Madhuri Dixit, Rani Mukerji, Jacqueline Fernandez, Yo Yo Honey Singh and Meiyang Chang on Friday as part of the tour.

The actor also recalled the last time he performed in Auckland.

"In Auckland how pretty is this place! Now on to rehearsals and stuff. Was so many years ago I performed here... Very different and new," he added.

Madhuri also took to Twitter to share her excitement about the tour.


"Can't express how much I am enjoying the Auckland show. The crowd here rocks!! Thanks guys temptation reloaded," Madhuri tweeted.

New Zealand and India have a co-production agreement and in recent years two Indian productions, "I Hate Luv Stories" and "Players" have been filmed in the country.

Currently New Zealand welcomes around 30,000 visitors from India each year.

The prime minister also invited all Indian cricket fans to travel to New Zealand in January-February 2014 when the Indian national team is touring the country, and again in 2015 for the Cricket World Cup 2015.