i love being a new Zealander but most of all being maori seing our people doing the haka is about who we are as a people our culture and our pride and as a country....
+Olivia Kelly his name is Shannon Paku went to a Maori boys high school known for doing haka well played against him a few times over the years when were teens
I started watching Rugby when I watched the Haka and I'm an All Blacks fan for my sins. I love those guys. They're fierce before, during and after performance
This is the Maori all blacks the reason Maori is in the name is cause off this reason,Maori all blacks is a team of people with Maori blood and heritage that can be verified, the all blacks is a team for all New Zealand citizens. Maori all blacks are the best native pacific island team in history. We too good to play the other island teams every year, the losing was starting to make their records look more average, we we asked to leave the comp, in return get a spring series and autum internationals. More Maori in the normal all blacks then all the other islands combine, read a roster from the past and present , can tell you just a small poly trying to big lol. Maori can play any position, I never seen a great or even good island first five or half back, were as Maori, or first and halves are the worlds best. Our outside backs are smart and physical and our forwards are uncompromising and intelligent , the rest of the islander rugby players seem dumb, cause off silly mistake and amateur moves. Makes me wounded how they got to the top level, like luaiki, what a dumb fuck he was lol. Good too see that the coaches in nz rugby have finally noticed how dumb they are and reduced the amount off dumb cunts in the abs, and wallla we got. Our win rate back up to 90%
Maori team looks stacked, hosea gear, piri weepu, isaac ross, hikawera elliot, leeam messam, tamati ellison, latimer tanerau etc the last Maori team had nothing on this team
Good luck this year, I love Los puma. I'm Maori and I thoroughly enjoy your style off play, very similar to our style, great set piece, tough uncompromising and straight. One off the toughest coward packs walking this earth. Leguizamon, tuculet,crevvy are all in my world fifteen and I hope your nations World Cup campaign is a successful one . Peace brother
Where on earth are their supporters - the fans? How sorry to walk out onto the field and see the stands nearly empty. Sad. Maybe the seat fee is way too high. :(
@rbsadler hey it was a genuine question and its good to see questions rather than assumptions. Tongans do live in nz where maori are native but the culture is very different. Their challege is called sipi tau and the nz one is haka. This haka is called timatanga and tells how we will stand strong and firm striving to win and to the lengths we ll go to achieve it. Not sure with the tongas but would think its pretty similar.
+brokeskull616 Same here, I want to start using this along with peaceful protest and hunger strikes to send a strong statement of resistance. It seems like it might be better for us to have our own US version though, I think if I was Maori I would not want my culture used by American's for non-Maori business. Maybe we should make our own 'Maori inspired' war dance, without being the exact same as the Haka. Maybe an Apache/Maori fusion, to celebrate and honor their warrior cultures?
the Sipi Tau was penned by King Tama Tu'i Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV in 1994, but its origins can be traced back much further. In Tonga in the pre-1800s there were no challenges before war. Indeed talking was considered a sign of weakness in battle.
@SAPCmafi umm actually NZ Maori won this game. They went undefeated in the Pacific nations comp that year. I was there when they beat Australia A in the final.
I love how the maori take the pre-game rituals so seriously. I especially how they baited the tongans to go first just so that they could have the last word. good stuff.
Football teams in the USA should have a similar tradition.. It would be great to get the team pumped up before the game.. The main objective being to Psych your opponents out..
i'm an Indian and we all love Haka, Cheers to ALL BLACKS, i dont know y some hate or disrespect Haka? i think any guy who have a tradition and proud of it will definetly enjoy ALL BLACKS HAKA.
Quisiera ver el partido completo ya que lo jugó Fangatapu Apikotoa que juega en estos momentos en la Uniò Esportiva Santboiana División de Honor Española. Si alguien me puede ayudar se lo agradezco.
this is just intense. i have friends that are both tongan and soman and they do this before football games. im white and i think its the coolest shit ever. i dont understand it but i appreciate what it means to them and they way they share it with everyone else.
i went to a football camp in UO this week ( just got back) and some somoans straght from american somoa came, and in the end of the camp when they were giving awards they showed us their haka. its fucking badass! best thing i ever seen lol
Why are the stands so empty?! it looks like no one is there! beautiful haka, Timatanga is my favorite of all the hakas, I like the lyrics of Kapa o Pango, but the actions of Ka Mate.
KIA WIRI! TU WHAKAMAUA! KIA TINA! Tina! Hui e! Taiki e!! I TE TĪMATANGA KO TE KORE* Ko Te Pō-nui Ko Te Pō-roa Ia, ha ha! Wehenga mātua** Herenga tāngata He toa rangatahi He toa rangatira. Whakaki te maunga Tae ki te whenua Hoki ki te rangi Tae ki te pukerunga Ia, ha ha! Piki ake, piki ake Ki te ara poutama Ki ngā taumatatanga e Wairua, Hinengaro Tinana Aue, aue, aue, hi!
Part 2. I have heard theories that the idians entered America through the northern russia/alaska passage. I have also heard theories that people came to Australia/New Zeeland by boats from Indonesia. You probably have a better knowledge of that though, since you are from NZ. Anyway, since the definition of native is somewhat like original habitants of an area I would say, yes - the maori are native. Europeans came into the picture much much later on as far as I know. Sorry for the essay!
Firstly, thank you to everyone for your positive and informative responses. I really appreciate you all. As for what kind of information I'm looking for, I'd like books, articles, and anything that can give me the history of your people. I would really be interested in the role women played (still play) in the development of your culture and what their role is like even now. Whatever way you can direct me, it would be great. Thanks so much! Can't wait to hear from you.
