American Reacts to Haka - History 

Thank you for taking the time to watch the history of the Haka, not just a reaction to it. We are lucky enough that the language and culture wasn't wipe out by colonization and its making a come back

Can't imagine a game against the All Blacks without the Haka. Love it.

They did this in the figure 8 in tribute to Anthony Foley when they faced Ireland after his untimely death. Seriously classy.

Thank you for taking a real interest in the history behind the haka, rather than just watching it with no context. The haka means a lot to us spiritually as a nation, Maori and Pakeha (non Maori) alike. Its used at weddings, at funerals, celebrations of all sorts. It's a massive form of showing respect, with a little bit of 'we're challenging you so meet us". Kia ora from Aotearoa, love your channel you have the best laugh and beard heheh 👍🖤 kia kaha (stay strong) American bro

I am from South Africa, and meeting Kiwis in the UK and the sense of pride they have is pretty inspiring. Not sure if you know, but Temuera Morrison who plays Bobba Fett (He also played Jango Fett in the Star wars prequesl) in The Mandalorian is Māori and incorporated some Haka into the character in the Mandolorian. Not sure if I you would like me to post any links here, but if you are interested, do a youtube search. Easy to find.

The Haka is DEEP Thank you for taking the time to learn Peace from Aotearoa✌

I’ve seen the All Blacks 2015 in Great Britain during the World Cup. The Haka they performed before the game against Australia gave me goosebumps. You could literally feel the electricity in the stadium. It was a life time experience.

The very first National Anthem sung at any sports event was the Welsh anthem at a Wales versus New Zealand rugby game as a response to the Hakka in 1905 at Cardiff Arms Park...

One of the things about New Zealand is that they for the most part have integrated with the Maori people, it's probably not all rosy in the garden but it's sadly not like the US where an element of the population is still fighting against that. This video shows a way to come together helping the process in an extremely power positive way good on them there should be more of it, got to love the Kiwis.

I'm an Aussie, and while I don't watch a whole lot of sports, I stop everything whenever I get a chance to see a Haka. Gives me lovely goosebumps every time I see it.

Hi new sub, from Australia. I am enjoying your videos very much, your interest in others is very apparent in the thoughtful way you respond, regardless of whether you like it or not. Ive only just become aware of your channel so not too sure of what you have done, but anything on Australia would be awesome, on anything. :)

I have seen the Hakka live against England and I had hair stand up and goosebumps.So powerful.

You have the most impressive beard on RU-vid sir! I’m a new fan! Looking forward for more of your videos, respect from New Zealand!

Beautiful reaction brother. You are right mate it's spiritual. Grabbing mana and knowledge from you're ancestors and pulling it inside you, gives the warrior strength.

One of the ultimate war chants. Terrifying! Love and respect from Wales.

I’m from a British town called Wigan, we are a big rugby town and have a historically decent team, we have had some amazing players from new Zealand and there is a ton of respect for the allblacks in my town and most North West rugby teams. The Hakka is a very intimidating thing to see, it is designed to intimidate and motivate.

In the haka that you're watching, the All Black wearing number 23 is Rene Ranger. His father is English, from Hartlepool in County Durham. His great uncle played rugby for West Hartlepool in the 1950s.

You don't need to know the words. The universal translation is 'Shit getting serious'.

Love how open you are and your way of thinking chur ty for your reaction and keep up the great work bro, all the way from Aotearoa(NZ)

The Haka is so emotional when you see it performed at a funeral

I've seen national teams crumble before the match has even started from facing the Haka. Great stuff.

Thank you for sharing - there aren't many teams that were able to listen to that Haka and win - it's a pretty intimidating stance!

I have yet to watch a Haka that hasn’t given me goosebumps. Awesome stuff.

I’m Welsh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 love my rugby and international team . However the only other international team I really like are the All Blacks and the HAKA is special and moves me ❤️

The game of rugby traditionally has big guy forward players and smaller, fast running, backs. It's said that the early 20th century the NZ team's name was coined not because the team were all black, but because they played like they were all "backs" and a sport correspondent misheard. Urban legend? You decide but the Maouri tradition is a pretty incredible one and New Zealand a great country.

Have seen this at an international Rugby League game... Always met with respect, and it's brilliant!!

Always one of the High Points of seeing New Zealand take on anyone. Really appreciate your thoughtful response to it.

Kia ora (hello) from New Zealand. Very respectful and insightful reaction. This is just one haka, made popular by our rugby team, there are many others from different tribes that have different meanings. Theres a Beats by Dre video about haka that you might find more interesting. Thank you for this.

- im not a kiwi, i used to be an athlete on a very low level, but it was my world and my team mates then became my brothers and still are my brothers now 30 years on.... the thing about the Haka is this, you walk out on any pitch and perform that Haka in a rugby shirt you have spent your life trying to get ,shoulder to shoulder with that much histrionics and that much passion, not to be over dramatic but you would literally die for your team mates/brothers. amazing team , consistently

It's a real pisser for teams having to line up against a haka; there aren't really any acceptable cultural performances available to throw back at them! I suppose the Scots could paint their faces blue and flash their arses...

Well said my friend,you got it, as a born and raised kiwi, it's simply a part of our lives, is a beautiful thing to see an outsiders respect and heart toward a culture so stepped strength and spirit

The haka is great! Love it! My favourite rugby team the all blacks. They were called that because their kit was totally black. Its a war chant and dance. The opposing team should stand and respect it. Some dont unfortunately. X

The most terrifying thing I've ever seen was Jonah Lomu performing the Haka

you could do a reaction to the greatest all black of all time jonah lomu . you could probably do a fair few reaction videos of him. his funeral being another one damn that will make you cry no joke !

Inspiring - your reactions - thank you - your reactions are always insightful

As a newish sub may I say that in my opinion, for an American, you sir are an arbiter of reason. Secondly as an old sailor, 10 yr Royal Navy, that beard is fantastic, a few twists and a bit of tar and you sir would be a first rate pirate , arrgh. I guarantee you'll enjoy your rugby journey. In New Zealand rugby is second to, er, well nothing. Want to see an All Blacks legend watch Jonah Lomu tribute. Guy was 6'6", 260lb and could run 100M in 10.8 secs, guy was unstoppable. He died young, sad af, RIP Jonah Lomu, never forgotten. You know the one thing that transcended all the cultural, political and religious differences, one thing we as a race of humans can always rely on from our fellows? Greed, and once it's got a hold you can kiss goodbye to morality unless it's profitable. Great job with the reactions btw

When the All Blacks faced Wales for the first time in 1905, the Welsh responded to the Haka by the team and crowd singing the popular Hymn “Land of my Fathers”. This hymn went on to become the Welsh National anthem and started the tradition of singing national anthems before international matches.

gotta love the NZ rugby team i for one always support them if england arnt playing and i hope the best for them when they play unless they go up againt england of course then i want out boys to win but seriously i got so much respect for the all blacks they truely are one of the best teams if not the best in many peoples eyes even above their own countries i feel.

You need to watch the teams that front them out during the Haka.

Please react to Haka Doc bt Beats by Dre ! awesome content or Haka for Fallen Comrade (NZ Army) Yeah, Rugby is like a religion here in NZ but the culture aspect of it is something we cant really explain, best shown.. in a time where diversity is highlighted and differences are polarized.. i realize that we are pretty fortunate to have rugby be an underlying thread to what is part of NZ's identity.

Love this channel. Big love from the UK

You pronounced "haka" pretty good dude, better than most. Your two "a"s were pretty much spot on considering it's not your language.👍

30% of Australian and New Zealand rugby league and rugby union professional players are Pacific Islanders. They are built for these games and it’s a way to emigrate and lift their families out of poverty from small pacific islands + Maori

The team is called the "All Blacks" because the national colours of New Zealand are black and black. Australia's colours are green and gold and America's are red white and blue. I once met an American who thought the team was made up of black people. I laughed so much.

The haka is not something to be glamourised by Holywood or universal for the love of money but for the love of each other and what it means.

Your reactions are great fella. Regards from a wintery Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇸

Search for the send off Jonah Lumo got when he passed away TRIBUTE HAKAZ FOR JONAH LOMU

Where you say about it being spiritual and connecting them to the man next to them, it also connects them to the entire country, who are 100% behind them. Amazing team and country.

Got a friend in NZ who is descended from a guy who was Transported to Australia as a convict. He did his time and went to seea as a Whaler, eventually building his own business. He arrived in NZ and made a treaty with the local Maori tribe to use a local bay as his operating base for Whaling. One of his children married into that Maori tribe - they married the daughter of Te Rauparaha. She's a white girl with a Donegal Irish name - and one of her ancestor created this Haka...

There is also a wedding Haka, worth watching

the Haka is universally respected. like everyone gives new zealand their moment to carry out the Hake whenever they perform it. you don't even need to know the history to know its something truly important to them.

Check out beats by dre haka documentary its awesome. BTW not sure if this is clear, but there are many different hakas, thousands of them. This documentary is about ka mate haka, a specific haka done by the All Blacks

Love watching them perform the Haka . Interesting video. I didnt know the history of it. Thank you for posting it

I think you are mistaking New Zealand for South Africa when you talk about the NZ All Blacks being "All White" in the 20th Century. We've always had Maori players. The first international tour outside of Australia was in 1888 when NZ travelled to UK with a team consisting of almost as many Maori players as Pakeha (white people). The next tour was in 1905 and the team was nicknamed The Originals for beating all the UK teams except Wales. It was the next NZ team called ""The Invincibles' that toured UK, France and Canada in 1924, that first performed the Haka for test matches. The Maori players in the team composed it, it wasn't Ka Mate, and taught the pakeha players how to perform it.

The all blacks are the most dominant team in the history of sports there is a reason for this and a big part of that is the haka. To perform the haka it brings pride to wear the jersey and represent the coutry, gets the person who performs it ready to play and it intimates the other team. We have many names for the new zealand sports teams. The all blacks - rugby union , the all whites - football (soccer) , the silver ferns - netball , the black caps - criket and many more. Back in the day i loved when the all blacks played the welsh in wales exspecialy at cardiff arms park because you got the haka which i love but then you got the welsh national anthen song by everyone in the stands . To hear the welsh sing to me is a special thing.

The All Blacks are unbelievable as a force in rugby.

After this you can react to a list of videos very popular here: biggest samoan players, biggest rugby players, Tuilagi brothers, etc (I'm sure you will receive a lot of proposals and a lot of legendary players sugestions).

Loving your content, thx for the video, I’m in the uk and I love your videos. Thank you.

The haka is done everywhere in New Zealand, search for the " haka at the wedding", on RU-vid, even the bride and bridesmaids do it, it's fantastic to watch.

Is see and hear this. i get goose bumps..and im English..i just wish a kiwi lived nr me. i would learn the HAKKA..and be proud that a true Kiwi taught me, to stand along side him and know he also has my power as his.. signed by me . Oldshep. an English man.

There have always been Maoris in the NZ All Blacks, going back to the first official NZ representative side to tour Australia in 1893. In fact the captain of that 1893 team was a Maori, Thomas Ellison. For the three NZ tours of South Africa in 1928/49/60, the SA Union would not accept Maori players. But in 1967 NZ rejected the SA demands and cancelled the tour. From 1970 Maori have been selected for all SA tours.

Its not just for sport but in war as well. When surrounded in a UN camp with refugees the Maori battalion did the haka to let the Serbs know that they were ready to take up the fight, despite being outnumbered.

I recommend watching the start of the All Blacks vs. West Samoa, all Polynesian peoples have these kinds of greetings, challenges and rituals

It gives u goose bumps doesn't it

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Pronunciation assistance from a Kiwadian for 1:05 (Born Kiwi, parents moved to Canada when I was like 1 year old XD): Ka Mate = "kah maah-tey" Ngati Toa = uhN-gati toe-ah Te Rauparaha = tay roa-pah-rah-ha

I do love these! I will start with one and let it roll and hours later I’m still just amazed! There is a lot of emotion, power and pride in each one and some just bring me to tears and it’s not even my culture but I have so much respect for it! So yes, yes I do love them!

I'm a Kiwi and lived in Brisbane for a while (don't we all? lol)... I went to the Rugby World Cup match in 2003 at Suncorp and was privileged to witness, and feel, the haka/sipi tau dual challenges - watching this video still gives me epic goosebumps. It's simply awe inspiring: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-2rLjt1LDEfM.html

The Haka seems to be taken much more seriously now than when I first started watching the All Blacks in the late 1960s - if you watch an old clip from that era you'll see exactly what I mean, the players just went through the motions, almost a bit self-consciously. Today we see 15 snarling beasts, who really mean it!

If no-one has mentioned, women also have haka. The Black Ferns (world champions in Rugby 15s and 7s) have an awesome one. There is another theory as to the origin of the Ka Mate haka. But most people believe the Te Rauparaha theory. The other one is that it is based on the legend of Maui (a Maori jokster/hero god) who created the 24 hour day by capturing the sun and forcing it to slow down in the sky therefore allowing live to exist on the Earth. And the lyrics to Ka Mate do indeed fit with this famous legend. One of the most famous All Blacks was George Nepia from the 1924 squad. He was of Maori heritage so the All Blacks have almost always had the full cultural heritage of NZ involved. In fact NZRU refused to play in South Africa for 10 years (basically all of the 1960s) until ALL the players in the team were allowed into that country. The first ever All Blacks in 1884 even was multicultural. John Taiaroa played at half-back (Ngai Tahu).

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The old squeaky chair 😉. Man what a cool tradition. Appreciate you sharing.

The problem with the haka nowadays is that it is vastly overused. The haka has started to lose its aura, its significance, its poignancy through inappropriate overuse. Once upon a time it seemed that the Haka was performed only by the All Blacks before a rugby Test match. It was a special part of the event. It was exciting to watch and you could tell it was a great honour to be performing it. It was a battle cry that added real intensity and sense of occasion. However, in recent years the Kiwis have gone Haka crazy and are in danger of disrespecting it. Every time you turn around there seems to be another bunch of Kiwis performing the Haka. Things like sending someone off at a funeral, other New Zealand sporting teams performing it. Now there are even wedding Hakas. Sometimes I feel like we are getting to the point where we’ll be seeing spontaneous Hakas when someone posts a letter or receives their meal at a restaurant.

I always wonder how my grandfather reacted inside when he first faced a haka back in the 30's it wasn't something everyone was so aware of back then or had seen so he would only have the stories of his team mates who had faced it before.

The All Blacks have always been an ethnically mixed team, going right back to the start of the 1900s. Unfortunately, when the All Blacks played South Africa in South Africa and South Africa had the apartheid system in the 1970s and 80s the NZ Rugby Union agreed to bring an only white team to South Africa. This was hugely controversial in New Zealand and there were massive protests against the Rugby Union for allowing this to happen. These protests were instrumental in getting the apartheid system in South Africa removed.

300 years old, mate we've got doors in this country older than that.....good reaction as always

We haven't had alot of racism (not that there wasn't any because there was) here in New Zealand especially to the extent of the U.S for example. We had our own Moari Battalion during WW2 & actually the American Soldiers that came to New Zealand during the war couldn't believe how the Moari integrated on a daily basis with white Kiwi's. They were allowed in bars, shops and restaurants equally.

Chur chur brother you are a fuckin GOOD MAN (HUMANITY/ EMPATHY) THE WORLD NEEDS MORE OF YOU ESPECIALLY AMERICA STAY SAFE OH HAIRY ONE

Loving your reactions and insight on your channel bud.. keep it up.. Kia Ora from New Zealand.

Pnbhs haka is a video on RU-vid, of high school kids, honoring a teacher who had past on, with a different haka. If your interested

The Haka was a war chant meant to intimidate the enemy long before the one that is well known now and done by the All Blacks. There are different kinds of Hakas.

Imagine being a British Colonial Soldier between 1860-1869 in what is now known as New Zealand, & witnessing some thing akin to this, (1:34) & feeling at lest some what terrified, watching the enemy, as far as that British Colonial Soldier is concerned, chanting some thing unearthly in a mutually unintelligible language not known to Europeans, & as far as he's concerned, terrifying displays of Barbarism, Worrier & Tribal like Culture, And thinking, This is a far cry from the safety of the colony in New South Wales, & as far as he's concerned, Civilization. Dam, Those New Zealand Tribe's men would know all to well how to instil fear, deep, in to their enemy. It's a testament to any battle hardened soldier who doesn't at the site of all that, drop weapon, tern & run. Being well Drilled & Disciplined, would be one of the only things stopping that from happing. I think we all can see now why you Kiwi's are some of the most feared fighter's in The Commonwealth. Absolut Mad Lads ! God Bless The Kiwi's. & God Bless The The Commonwealth & The Anglosphere.

Maori culture is encouraged in NZ (who else would?) Each school/team/group has its own Haka. I was at school B4 the Maori Renaissance (+1980s), B4 Maori was taught in schools or uni. On my 2nd day at a mixed state highschool, (1970s) we learnt my school's Haka (performed often), months b4 the school song. The original AB Haka "Ka Mate, Ka Mate... Ka Ora, Ka Ora" "I Die, I Die? I Live, I Live?" The new Haka is "Ka Ponga" -Warriors in Black

I'm English, and I have no shame in saying we might have invented Rugby, but the All Blacks are the greatest Rugby team on Earth. Rugby is a religion in New Zealand.

Can’t get enough of the Haka,seen some awesome performances. Have seen clips of NZ teams of the 50s, the Haka was weak and devoid of any pride.Since the inclusion of a more diverse team,it’s something else. Samoan rugby have a similar thing Siva tau.

2021. Thankyou dude. I am what you love. Man noone loves me! I am half maori, half irish. You know our shit. You are so cool Need to watch Janiz Joplin

Kia Ora mate , another aspect is I think most New Zealanders have a connection to the land and their ancestors , especially the Maori. Having that connection to the land is also a connection to your ancestors that walked that land. There are many spirits in this country that guide and protect us as a people. It may sound weird but people from any country that spend time in the nature of they home will understand. I'm not talking about literal ghosts , just a feeling you get when you spend some time in nature ( Bush, Coast, mountains,desserts) etc..

Britain formally annexed the New Zealand in 1840 . I do believe that NZ is one of/or the youngest countries in the world

Te Rauparaha composed this Ngere after his life was saved by his enemy Te Wharerangi. He sat under the genitals of Te Wharerangi's wife Te Rangikoaea. This made the magic of the Tohunga useless. it is not about war, it is about laying down you life for your enemy. Te Wharerangi is murdered for saving Te Rauparaha, by those they sought to kill Te Rauparaha. This story is carved on the poutokomanawa of my marae (Meeting House) on Okahukura.

I love all the comments, but I seem to read it in a NZ accent. Good on ya bro.

You got it brother to a T!

At a presentation night Will Carling who had captained England was asked if standing watching the Haka ever got to him. " No, it's just 15 blokes dancing" I'm not sure I believed him!

Check out Jonah Lomu's funeral service on YT. Very powerful and emotional. I think there are 4 Hamas. That'll give you an even deeper appreciation of the significance. The teacher one mentioned below is awesome too. Great beard, great videos. Thanks man.

Half way through I was going to comment and just could not get my thoughts on it how I wanted. having watched all of it, I detect you were struggling to express it the way you wanted, but the point is, everyone recognises something in it that makes it so special, that is hard to put into words.

The haka is also sometimes performed at funerals

Even when they're playing against England (my native country), I absolutely adore the Haka

Haka emotional content can be found in tons if you watch Jonah Lomu's funeral.

I am from nz and we are ruthless.

Fiji and Samoa also have and do their version of the New Zealand Haka.

I like the British response to the haka....The stand off