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A '''dorsal slit''' (often referred to in anthropology as '''superincision''') is a single incision along the upper length of the [[foreskin]] from the tip to the [[Glans penis]], exposing the [[glans]] without removing any tissue.
[[File:Dorsal slit.jpg|thumb|right|Dorsal slit]]
}}</ref> and almost entirely so among Islanders living in [[New Zealand]], where a recent survey found there was "a strong cultural demand from parents".
The most notable exception to Pacific superincision is are the Māori people of [[New Zealand]], who do not circumcise or superincise, although they have an indigenous term for the latter (''ure haea'' or "split penis") and their tradition is that they stopped the practice when they arrived in [[New Zealand]].<ref>{{REFweb
|url=http://www.circumstitions.com/NZ.html
|title=The rise and fall of circumcision in New Zealand