The entertainment schedule seemed a bit off, with music, pyrotechnics, and an A380 flyby occurring during the last minutes of the Haka.
We are all familiar with the Haka as the famous motivational war cry performed by the All Blacks before their games. But you’ve never seen it quite like this before.
It’s not just the New Zealand rugby side that draws on the Haka’s power, as the ‘Tall Blacks’, New Zealand men’s basketball team, has shown.
During the pre-match haka on Saturday, Irish fans belted out an old folk song. Given the eventual scoreline, you might say that move backfired.
Following the massacre of 50 people in a terrorist attack in New Zealand on Friday, tributes like this moving Haka have been honouring the victims.
At the premiere of ‘Aquaman’ earlier this week, Kiwi Jason Momoa, his two children and some fellow members of the cast bust out the famous Maori war dance.
Today saw an emotional final farewell to rugby’s first global superstar, the big man being given the ultimate respect with a fiery Haka.
The All Black Seven’s team have a habit of ripping off their shirts when they win a tournament, but fans were in for a special treat in Hong Kong this past weekend, when the weather gods conspired to deliver a sopping wet shirtless haka.
For most of us, the haka is something the All Blacks do before a rugby test, and not much more. In reality though, hakas are performed throughout New Zealand, not only by Maori. This moving, farewell haka performed by a passionate military unit captures the emotional weight of the war cry and has captivated thousands of viewers around the world.
John Smit dropped us this little gem of pre-Rugby World Cup media. Enjoy it with your midmorning coffee.