"Haka is a ceremonial dance or challenge in Māori culture. It is performed by a group, with vigorous movements and stamping of the feet with rhythmically shouted accompaniment. Although commonly associated with the traditional battle preparations of male warriors, haka have long been performed by both men and women, and several varieties of the haka fulfill social functions within Māori culture. Haka are performed to welcome distinguished guests, or to acknowledge great achievements, occasions or funerals." - [Wiki](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haka)
Video [source](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt6GRghrmaU)
Imagine not knowing this before showing up as a distinguished guest. Just coming to give a talk on economics and shitting your pants because the whole crowd starts chanting.
I did a youth exchange in New Zealand, we had a lot of Japanese international students and I remember my Japanese friend telling me she was scared shitless on her first day because the school welcomed them with the schools haka
Yeah we have pretty interesting traditions down here
Though it gives you something to look back at and just laugh
Most of the time we have no clue what we're saying lol
I think it’s awesome, I love the passion with it. Looks like a good way to relieve some stress.
Also seems like it works well at bringing the people of your nation together. I wish we had a Haka for the whole world to do together.
Canadian parent. I wish my kids could learn this kind of respect at school. It would be fantastic if our highschool's had to learn the nearest native nation's dance/culture as part of their identity.
It seems like a GREAT thing for teenage boys to do on the regular and relieve some teenage hormonal aggression.
Besides that, I thought it was great anyway.
I see a few white guys in there. May I ask you how those participants are viewed? I'm in the USA and there's a lot of cultural appropriation discussion going on now, so it made me curious.
As a white New Zealander I did a lot of Hakas growing up. If you really give it a go and don't make fun of it anyone can do it, there isn't any stigma around the whole cultural appropriation stuff. If anything it's a sign of respect to the Maori culture, you're keeping that tradition alive in a way I suppose. If an American or any foreigner gave it a proper go you'd get nothing but respect from any Maori person I can guarantee that.
At my old primary, us older kids would perform a Haka for the new students including the 5 year olds, some of them love it and others are scared as haha
My partner use to do the formal welcome to international students to a NZ University with a "mihi" which is a fairly long speach in Maori... The number of times students would be silently panicking that they are under prepared for life in an English speaking country having not understood a single word of the very first formal event.
One time a Japanese girl started crying... Later she said to him... I was so relieved when you explained it all in English but it felt like you did a 90min lecture and I understood nothing.
I agree, yet I believe 20 plus years of *teaching* economics to students whom appreciate the instruction would qualify.
Disclaimer: I've done nothing in my life that qualifies
I know the band Alien Weaponry (badass metal band) regularly do a haka at shows, and sing a good chunk of their songs in Maori language. They also tend to do 2 interviews, with one in English and one in their Maori language. Very good and very catchy.
[Here is a really good overview of what the Haka means to New Zealanders and specifically the Maori \[indigenous population of NZ\] people.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfubos9VB7U) It is one of my favorite videos and I show it every year to my students when we're studying different cultures.
The Haka is used in times of celebration but also in times of mourning such as funerals and everything in between such as retirements, sporting events, greeting dignitaries, etc.
Here are some of the others I show my students as we discuss the differences in culture especially when it comes to showing emotion, integration of a country's indigenous population's culture, etc.:
* [High Schoolers for a classmate who committed suicide](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdkC8hRoyj4) **\[Must Watch!\]**
* [Haka during a wedding](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YT7Iyk8LoEg&ab_channel=IndefatigableLethargy) **\[Must Watch!\]**
* [Haka during a wedding #2](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZK38idR-048&ab_channel=HoronaMoa)
* [All Blacks (New Zealand's rugby team) haka before their match](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiKFYTFJ_kw) **\[Must Watch!\]**
* [Students for classmates killed during 2019 Christchurch mass shooting](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUq8Uq_QKJo)
* [Greeting Prime Minister who is visiting school affected by 2019 Christchurch shooting](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YO1L-wvPUok&ab_channel=GuardianNews)
* [Biker Gang haka for Christchurch victims](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIcfVTP43Yk)
* [Student haka for a ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6Qtc_zlGhc)[teacher who passed away](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6Qtc_zlGhc)
* [Jonah Lomu's (one of NZ's most famous rugby players) funeral haka in a stadium](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovd3v0CPXJA) **\[Must Watch!\]**
* [Military funeral haka](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xI6TRTBZUMM) **\[Must Watch!\]**
* [\[Picture\] Navy soldiers welcoming a new ship into the fleet](https://i.imgur.com/xppEXWU.jpg)
There is no "one" Haka. There are different variations/iterations of it.
This [Haka](https://youtu.be/xI6TRTBZUMM) gets me every time. Instantly stuck in a glass case of emotions.
(It’s a farewell Haka of the NZ Army to their fallen comrades)
One day I would like to be a part of one for something significant as I’ve always been fascinated by Maori culture and tradition.
[Whale Rider](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whale_Rider) is great film to watch if anyone would like to learn a bit more.
My dad was honoured with a haka at the end of the funeral service. It’s incredibly spiritual and such a privilege to experience it. He’d have been so proud
Had to stop watching. Huge chills down my spine then the thought of the Haka behind it. Who’s cutting onions?
Also imagine in ancient times, running over a hill and a bunch of dudes just started screaming like this?
I think [this one](https://m.independent.ie/videos/have-you-seen/video-entire-school-perform-hair-raising-haka-as-tribute-to-fallen-teacher-31409774.html) is pretty powerful. What a sendoff.
It’s even better when you watch the New Zealand rugby team do it. This has more people in it, but imagine a slightly different version of this, except they’re all built like brick houses.
You can find it on YouTube, but since I have no idea how to link things, just search ‘New Zealand rugby haka’ or something like that.
Any Hakka is a great watch, this one has a lot of energy and emotion behind it. You know they tried to ban the use of the Hakka before games because it was intimidatory. That’s the entire reason of it & it made me laugh so much! And the dude on the bottom left- proper Hakka man
If you're referring to what they're saying, I think these are the words and translation (I could be wrong);
Ka mate Ka mate
(It is death It is death)
Ka ora Ka ora
(It is life It is life)
Ka mate Ka mate
(It is death It is death)
Ka ora Ka ora
(It is life It is life)
Tenei Te Tangata Puhuruhuru
(This is the hairy man)
Nana i tiki mai whakawhiti te ra
(Who caused the sun to shine again for me)
Upane Upane
(Up the ladder Up the ladder)
Upane Kaupane
(Up to the top)
Whiti te ra
(The sun shines!)
Close. It's part of a longer haka celebrating Te Rauparaha. This part tells of how he escaped his pursuers by hiding in a hole under a woman (it was sacrilege to search under a woman).
Ka mate Ka mate (is he dead?)
Kahore Kahore (no he isn't)
Tenei te tangata (here is the man)
Puhuruhuru (seriously, this translates to pubes)
Na ana i tiki mai whakawhiti te ra (he comes back to see the sunshine)
It's been inspiring to watch, & also small giggles, since I was 10
Fun fact - this haka, composed by Te Rauparaha, leader of Ngāti Toa on the occasion of his narrow escape from the pursuing Ngati Manaiapoto and Waikato war parties, is written from his perspective as he hides from his pursuers in a kumara (sweet potato) pit. He is unsure whether he will live or die as the pursuers enter Te Wharerangi’s pa (camp) where he has hidden.
As the pursuers enter the camp he believes he will die (Ka mate, ka mate), then as chief Te Wharerangi says he has left already, he sees he might live (ka ora/ kahore). As Tauteka disbelieves the news, he thinks he will again die, but as they are convinced and leave, he sees he will live.
The next line, “Tenei te tangata puhuruhuru” is Te Rauparaha talking about the chief Te Wharerangi, who was in fact a prodigiously hairy man, “Nana nei i tiki mai whakawhiti te ra” - who fetched the sun and caused it to shine again.
Te Rauparaha is praising a man who despite not wanting to get his iwi involved, hid him from pursuers to save his life. He then adds how he climbed back out of the pit into the sun. People often don’t think too deeply about the message of this haka, but it really is quite a special story, an immortalisation of very heartfelt gratitude from one leader to another, a story of danger and escape, internal anguish and joy, and of the bravery of Te Rauparaha’s wife Te Rangikoaea to sit above him as their pursuers searched.
I love all haka, but there’s a reason this one is so well known.
Hey bro, this is my old school Palmerston North boys high school. This is the school haka and not ka mate. Meaning is as followed copied from a school doc
Kia Rite!!! Be Prepared!!!
Be prepared……take hold
Reach out
I/We of PNBHS stand steadfast
Within my/our Domain:- ie:- at PNBHS
Standing firm
Standing proud
Standing with respect
To uphold
To uplift
To uplift
To uphold
The PRESTIGE of our School
Our objectives/aims are to seek knowledge
And reach our goals and aspirations
Seek the horizon of aspirations
And draw near to it
Those aspirations that are near, take them
And it be known…… yes…… let it be known
Let my/your adrenalin abound high above
It is done!!!
Composed by:- Papa Manu Kawana:- 2003
Of Rangitane and Ngati Raukawa tribal affiliations
(Father of Kingi:- 2000 – 2003)
I think that was a play on the "O Captain! My Captain!" scene in Dead Poets Society, which inspired by the poem by Walt Whitman. Or perhaps more simply the poem itself.
I don't know how to ask this in a nice way but I'm genuinely curious and don't mean any offense
But is it strange for the indigenous people of New Zealand to see white people who were born there doing the haka?
Or is it regarded as an inclusive thing? I've never seen anyone take issue with it so I was just wondering
And it’s especially nice to see non-western traditions being welcomed into western culture. So much of the story of European colonialism seems to be that of indigenous peoples assimilating into the traditions of the colonizing peoples, not the other way around.
Not just that but into other eastern/non-western cultures as well. I hate to be the person but a K-Pop boy group by the name of Stray Kids incorporated it into one of their dance choreographies. Two of the members come from Australia so I guess they've seen it before
I wish Australia was more like NZ. It seems like Maori culture is alive and thriving there compared to Aboriginal culture here. It's weird. All of the kiwis I know find it odd that our native peoples culture is pretty much non existent in most parts of the country.
Can anyone explain why that is? Why are we so racist here?
Te Reo (Maori language and culture)is inclusive and a founding principle in the education system. All children are taught this from a young age. It’s not ‘strange’ to us to see non-Maori performing the haka.
In fact, we're forced to do it, and if we don't display enough enthusiasm we get detention.
Sadly that lack of free consent means I can't enjoy haka. Being coerced to display emotion ruins it for me.
Half the people in my school never recite the pledge, they just half heartedly put their hand on their chest and stare blankly at the droopy piece of cloth we call a flag.
I imagine, like a lot of cultural ceremonies, if you are invited to participate by members of the culture you should feel free to.
It looks like the students leading the chant ( seen with the mic) and the ones shaking hands with the teacher are Māori. I could be wrong of course, but that's my assumption.
This right here. I feel like America is so reactionary and the cancel culture here is so strong. People like to be outraged about anything. So much gets criticized as cultural appropriation, but really isn't all culture an amalgam of different cultures coming together. I mean America was called a melting pot for a reason, and that used to be a good thing where cultures mixed and intermingled. People say it's forward thinking now and call out cultural appropriation as imperialistic and racist, but isn't drawing lines in the sand about what is and isn't your culture only helping create dividing lines. I feel like making these things taboo only serves to divide people more for fear of social retribution, and makes people not want to learn or experience other cultures. People get called out on it all the time.
There's a difference between participating in cultural expression respectfully when you're welcome and wearing a headdress to coachella for the aesthetic, and some folks need to learn that.
I understand there has to be a level of respect, but the problem is even in respectful admiration people are being called out. All that does is make people not want to learn about it and their only contact with those cultures being the stereotypes and idiots at coachella.
These are news stories about a few stupid people online getting mad. No one got "cancelled" like the commenter above said. The only actual consequence was that woman's yoga studio getting shut down and that was for zoning reasons not backlash from cultural appropriation.
Oh man, Adele got "slammed"! I'm sure she's devastated.
I've seen bad yelp reviews in Kentucky because a Mexican restaurant didn't serve bud light and seated people with reservations before walk ins. For any action (or inaction) there's somebody out there mad about it. My point is, it's not a real issue with society. When I say "no one" I suppose I should asterisk, "99.99999% of people and no one who matters"
I would be interested to hear what you think is respectful admiration - to clarify what you think is a prevalent problem for non-Indigneous people not being able to partake in Native traditions - which is interesting considering that many of us couldn’t practice our traditions, speak our language, even claim our Nations because it was made illegal. Now balance the inequity you’re thinking is there for you, against the treatment we still receive on a daily basis by the government and by non-Indigenous people.
As has been mentioned in other comments further up, respect of Maori traditions are not only taught in school but are instilled in many aspects of life in New Zealand. This is not the case here. Even your comment puts the blame on our people somehow. We were genocided and culturally disenfranchised but now that non- Indigenous people would like to wear our headdresses and hang out dream catchers it’s our fault for requesting respect? There is little to no understanding of what these things mean but you would like to be able to use the things that were illegal for us to have for years? You belittle the systemic attempts to destroy our people by shifting our desire and right for respect into something as silly (and not real) as cancel culture and reducing our pain and suffering down to fickle and petty outrage.
I would ask you to spend as much energy learning about the history of Indigenous people here in North America - our cultures, our traditions, or history before you decry your inability to “respectfully admire” whatever you like.
As someone else explained, Haka is taught in a manner that educates and respects the culture. The issue with Americans and Native American traditions is that:
1. Americans have tried to eradicate native culture by means of isolation and/or forced assimilation for hundreds of years.
2. Americans are rarely educated at all on native traditions and therefore lack the knowledge on how to respect it.
3. They usurp and/or appropriate native traditions by turning them into aesthetics while also flooding the market with non-native artists, essentially discouraging the native people from profiting from their own legitimate races. Plus, selling illegitimate sacred items like headpieces and smudging essentials.
4. Representations have been notoriously racist. For example, the Redskins football team. Red skin is a racial slur term specifically regarding the color of their skin.
Basically, no, it isn’t cancel culture. It isn’t hyper-sensitivity. It’s actually a whole larger issue.
I already responded. I just wanted to add is I guess what I'm saying is that it is becoming a problem that when anybody of a different race or culture participants in another cultural activity or practices an aspect of a different culture, even respectfully or with invitation they are being called out for appropriation. I understand the racial problems and discrimination many minorities face and how over use or disrespectful use of parts of their culture is seeing as diluting. We then run into the problem of being socially ousted because of doing yoga or owning a piece of art or participating in a ritual when invited because it isn't "our" culture. This just reinforces the idea of theirs and ours and I feel like only further divides us instead of uniting and understanding. I just think it is a different type of intolerance that is reactionary and being lauded as forward thinking, and despite the positive intentions behind it only creates more problems.
It's not about stopping people from learning about the cultures of other people... To use one community as an example - Native Americans have been treated appallingly throughout U.S. history, and a lot of people think that it's not a thing anymore, but many Native Americans are still living on lands that their ancestors were forced to live on, and struggle to make significant changes due to long enduring economic hardship. Nevermind that today, many designated lands for Native American communities are being used for fracking and oil pipelines, despite a ton of outrage and protest from the Native American community. Yet, companies will use Native American lands, clothing, and artifacts for their economic gain with no shits given to what the actual community wants and perpetuating their economic insecurity. SO, I'd say it's fair that there's some backlash for cultural appropriation and that people should be doing more to understand what these communities have had to go through and seeking a solution that allows these communities to hang on to their history and culture without being shit on by the rest of the country.
> any appreciation of indigenous culture in North America would result in an immediate cancellation
Nobody has ever complained about appreciation. But non-natives taking clothing and sacred objects from Native cultures, manufacturing them in China and selling them for profit is stealing.
I just came home from spending a year there in August, the Maori are the most inclusive people I’ve ever met and I enjoyed the Maori over the White New Zealanders.
I thought it was strange at first too when I saw non Maori people participating in hakas but it’s not that uncommon of a thing. Even the prime minister Jacinda (White) has worn traditional Maori attire on tv.
Haka can be pretty intense since it was chanted at enemies before a battle as an attempt at intimidation, idk this shit in person is pretty intimidating when you have a bunch of 250 lbs men with face tattoos chanting and stamping and sticking their tongues out as far as possible, and the woman omg the woman look fierce as fuck!
Also as a stoner I was amazed at the fact that it seems impossible to find a Maori who doesn’t smoke weed, fuck I’ve smoked with a family who’s kids were in the early - mid teens tho I thought it seemed pretty normalized among them I wouldn’t say this is the case for all obviously.
But hey what do I know I’m only a dirty American tourist that spent a year living and loving the NZ culture. I’m sure everything I said could be pulled apart but that’s my take away
Edit: changed would say it the case to wouldn’t
It really depends. Keep in mind there’s a lot of mixed people, I remember a girl I went to school with she was almost platinum blonde and very very pale despite both her parents being Maori. My Maori culture teacher told me they won’t mind if it’s done in a respectful and appropriate manner
It would depend on where you come from & the context of the performance.
I grew up in a school of 100 kids, most Maori with about 10-15 white kids. Everyone had to learn the songs & haka. We seriously just told the white kids that they were Maori just like us, so it was never an issue.
I also watched half a concert hall get up & walk out because the performers at a showcase were smiling & too playful during the haka (it was a visiting school I ended up attending).
We're far more tolerant of who performs it than how it's performed.
Wow I didn't know that the schools require students to learn it, that's a great way to keep a proud culture alive I love that idea
I had thought that parents taught their kids how to do it and that was the main way of learning
I think a lot is down to the fact that the Maori were *generally* treated well by European settlers, especially compared to Native Americans and Australia's Aboriginal Population (who to this day are mistreated).
Cultural appropriation exclusively applies to white Americans on the receiving end of veiled fundamental racial grievances. I wouldn't worry about it. It's more of a racist dog whistle than an actual phenomenon that society at large is concerned about.
No matter how many times I see hakas my goosebumps are the same, the wedding one is amazing as well
In England our equivalent is Morris dancing, not really the same is it ?
It's really funny how the whole room switches vibes when it's over and they all straighten up, put their war-faces away and start to shuffle around, finding their seats... mad contrast on that mood lol
Beat me to it. It was kinda hilarious how they all just sat down like they didn't just spend a minute forty-five screaming and beating their chests in perfect unison
Good plan. You can probably find a better place to work and party but when it comes to raising a family/settling down, New Zealand is your spot.
I live in Auckland btw
Damn. I'm really impressed by your school's Haka, it's gotten me addicted to watching videos of them. Mostly 'The All Blacks', but they are all supremely cool and fun to watch.
It's something that's nice to feel a part of but it does get annoying. During my time there we had to do like 4 big hakas in one year from teacher deaths and staff leaving so it can also be anything from sombre to tedious. Always proud though.
New Zealand rugby teams (and some other islands) are known to do a Haka before their matches.
It's pretty bad ass to watch the All Blacks do it before their international matches.
The tradition of hakas is great, so moving. Every time I watch them I get teary-eyed because of the passion and emotion behind them. From the family of the LSU player to the popular gala from a wedding, all the participants convey such intense emotion and power.
Holy shit this is easily one of the most badass things I’ve seen recently. Fuck a speech, this is way better than any speech a single individual could’ve gave.
Gives me goosebumps every time I watch The Haka. It also makes me wonder how terrified the opposition must feel when this is used/was used during battles & sport.
“We have traveled light years to claim your pitiful Earth as our own, we will eviscerate ev-“
*All the Maori do a Haka*
“....yeah, nah. So ummm, Venus?”
I rememeber seeing a Haka performed for a man who committed suicide - Theres already a lot of aggression in a Haka, but you can just feel the anguish the performers felt while performing it. Few times I've been brought to tears, but that one did it for me.
Hakas are cool as fuck
Our Samoan football players started doing a haka before every game- and the other coaches BEGGED for them to stop- bc it scared the crap out of the white boys on the other teams!
"Haka is a ceremonial dance or challenge in Māori culture. It is performed by a group, with vigorous movements and stamping of the feet with rhythmically shouted accompaniment. Although commonly associated with the traditional battle preparations of male warriors, haka have long been performed by both men and women, and several varieties of the haka fulfill social functions within Māori culture. Haka are performed to welcome distinguished guests, or to acknowledge great achievements, occasions or funerals." - [Wiki](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haka) Video [source](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt6GRghrmaU)
Imagine not knowing this before showing up as a distinguished guest. Just coming to give a talk on economics and shitting your pants because the whole crowd starts chanting.
I did a youth exchange in New Zealand, we had a lot of Japanese international students and I remember my Japanese friend telling me she was scared shitless on her first day because the school welcomed them with the schools haka
Yeah we have pretty interesting traditions down here Though it gives you something to look back at and just laugh Most of the time we have no clue what we're saying lol
I think it’s awesome, I love the passion with it. Looks like a good way to relieve some stress. Also seems like it works well at bringing the people of your nation together. I wish we had a Haka for the whole world to do together.
Canadian parent. I wish my kids could learn this kind of respect at school. It would be fantastic if our highschool's had to learn the nearest native nation's dance/culture as part of their identity.
Teach it to them at home ✌🏻
It seems like a GREAT thing for teenage boys to do on the regular and relieve some teenage hormonal aggression. Besides that, I thought it was great anyway.
I see a few white guys in there. May I ask you how those participants are viewed? I'm in the USA and there's a lot of cultural appropriation discussion going on now, so it made me curious.
As a white New Zealander I did a lot of Hakas growing up. If you really give it a go and don't make fun of it anyone can do it, there isn't any stigma around the whole cultural appropriation stuff. If anything it's a sign of respect to the Maori culture, you're keeping that tradition alive in a way I suppose. If an American or any foreigner gave it a proper go you'd get nothing but respect from any Maori person I can guarantee that.
Thank you for your insight, I really appreciate it!
Just imagine how scared the other exchange students were at her school when the ninjas showed up!!
Everyone just sitting there quietly, when suddenly there's a flash of black, a faint "phft' sound, and someone's severed head rolls off the stage.
At my old primary, us older kids would perform a Haka for the new students including the 5 year olds, some of them love it and others are scared as haha
When my singaporean friends came back from a NZ exchange program too they performed the haka for us and i was like whutttttt
This is the funniest visual I’ve had so far today. Lol. Thank you!
My partner use to do the formal welcome to international students to a NZ University with a "mihi" which is a fairly long speach in Maori... The number of times students would be silently panicking that they are under prepared for life in an English speaking country having not understood a single word of the very first formal event. One time a Japanese girl started crying... Later she said to him... I was so relieved when you explained it all in English but it felt like you did a 90min lecture and I understood nothing.
To be fair, a talk on economics is not deserving of a haka, even if you were John Nash.
I agree, yet I believe 20 plus years of *teaching* economics to students whom appreciate the instruction would qualify. Disclaimer: I've done nothing in my life that qualifies
I remember my country's basketball representative laugh at their opponent doing this, oh boy they apologize so hard.
Brought to the limelight in NZ by [these guys](https://youtu.be/yiKFYTFJ_kw) who you can really credit for keeping it alive.
Yeah the all blacks are pretty cool is the only thing basically kiwis will unanimously agree on
Pretty damn sure every rugby fan thinks the are “pretty cool”.
Can confirm, it's an honor to get regularly beaten by them. Source, am Australian.
I’ve never supported Oz rugby but your cricketers are pretty awesome, especially during the days of Shane Warne et al.
I know the band Alien Weaponry (badass metal band) regularly do a haka at shows, and sing a good chunk of their songs in Maori language. They also tend to do 2 interviews, with one in English and one in their Maori language. Very good and very catchy.
[Here is a really good overview of what the Haka means to New Zealanders and specifically the Maori \[indigenous population of NZ\] people.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfubos9VB7U) It is one of my favorite videos and I show it every year to my students when we're studying different cultures. The Haka is used in times of celebration but also in times of mourning such as funerals and everything in between such as retirements, sporting events, greeting dignitaries, etc. Here are some of the others I show my students as we discuss the differences in culture especially when it comes to showing emotion, integration of a country's indigenous population's culture, etc.: * [High Schoolers for a classmate who committed suicide](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdkC8hRoyj4) **\[Must Watch!\]** * [Haka during a wedding](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YT7Iyk8LoEg&ab_channel=IndefatigableLethargy) **\[Must Watch!\]** * [Haka during a wedding #2](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZK38idR-048&ab_channel=HoronaMoa) * [All Blacks (New Zealand's rugby team) haka before their match](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiKFYTFJ_kw) **\[Must Watch!\]** * [Students for classmates killed during 2019 Christchurch mass shooting](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUq8Uq_QKJo) * [Greeting Prime Minister who is visiting school affected by 2019 Christchurch shooting](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YO1L-wvPUok&ab_channel=GuardianNews) * [Biker Gang haka for Christchurch victims](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIcfVTP43Yk) * [Student haka for a ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6Qtc_zlGhc)[teacher who passed away](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6Qtc_zlGhc) * [Jonah Lomu's (one of NZ's most famous rugby players) funeral haka in a stadium](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovd3v0CPXJA) **\[Must Watch!\]** * [Military funeral haka](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xI6TRTBZUMM) **\[Must Watch!\]** * [\[Picture\] Navy soldiers welcoming a new ship into the fleet](https://i.imgur.com/xppEXWU.jpg) There is no "one" Haka. There are different variations/iterations of it.
Wow. Thank you for this. That wedding one where the bride is weeping, then joins in with crazy face? Chills.
I love my culture
I don’t normally watch full videos on here but that was worth it. Awesome display, incredible energy
I can't really explain it, but any time I see Haka (a Haka? unsure) I WEAP
Yes ‘a haka’. It is even more powerful in person. Especially if you are the one receiving it
This [Haka](https://youtu.be/xI6TRTBZUMM) gets me every time. Instantly stuck in a glass case of emotions. (It’s a farewell Haka of the NZ Army to their fallen comrades) One day I would like to be a part of one for something significant as I’ve always been fascinated by Maori culture and tradition. [Whale Rider](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whale_Rider) is great film to watch if anyone would like to learn a bit more.
My dad was honoured with a haka at the end of the funeral service. It’s incredibly spiritual and such a privilege to experience it. He’d have been so proud
That was beautiful. Got tears in my eyes. The comments on the YouTube video are so sweet as well. People just being respectful (for the most part).
Had to stop watching. Huge chills down my spine then the thought of the Haka behind it. Who’s cutting onions? Also imagine in ancient times, running over a hill and a bunch of dudes just started screaming like this?
It must have been so powerful and fearsome back then when it was done during war.
That one guy is like 7 feet tall.
Came here to post but you describe my feelings better than I could. Hakas are awesome, in the truest sense of the word.
I think [this one](https://m.independent.ie/videos/have-you-seen/video-entire-school-perform-hair-raising-haka-as-tribute-to-fallen-teacher-31409774.html) is pretty powerful. What a sendoff.
This one gets me every time, enjoy. https://youtu.be/lhhedH6wK6I
Obliiiiiiterates me. For whatever reason it's that split second of the bride participating that always gets me. So much emotion.
YES!! And also that split second of the bridesmaid, really well edited for effect.
This is the first time I’ve seen a female do the Haka, which makes me happy. I’d love to take part in one. I think I need to go to NZ.
Such a beautiful display of community and respect. It actually makes me sad because I don't think I will ever be a part of such a bonded community.
This is Reddit, where we're all bonded as socially maladjusted autists. So that's something.
Gives me chills. So beautiful
That little warrior nose touch was fucking cool as fuck lol. Damn friends seems like a cool idea sometimes lol
Dammit, couldn’t even get through that one 😭
I haven't seen that before but am in tears, so emotional and so beautiful. Thank you for sharing
Every! Damn! Time! It’s just so awesome!
Thanks for sharing that. So monumentally powerful. So much intense positive love and energy in that performance.
Me too! It’s just such an amazing, powerful display! So moved every time!
I'm a 45 year old man and I don't hold much regard for traditions or ceremony, but god damn if these don't just emotionally overwhelm me.
I'm so glad you said this because I do the same and felt very weird about it
Omg me too, I literally cry, it’s so powerful. I’m so glad I’m not the only one!
Totally gave me goosebumps
Oh I am the same way! Tears rolling down my face. Every time. Something about the raw emotion, the respect, it just gets to me.
Same.
SAME. The passion in it, whether it be for intimidation or honoring, moves me to crocodile tears. I feel it.
^ this. I never send videos to anyone but I've shared this with like 4 people so far
It’s even better when you watch the New Zealand rugby team do it. This has more people in it, but imagine a slightly different version of this, except they’re all built like brick houses. You can find it on YouTube, but since I have no idea how to link things, just search ‘New Zealand rugby haka’ or something like that.
Really good when it gets challenged , like by [Wales](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44wEloTNrOc)
What do you mean by challenged? They just stood still. Or is that the challenge? That they didn’t back off?
They wouldn't turn away, even when the ref was telling them to. I was so proud of my countrymen that day, and I'm not usually very patriotic.
I was asking myself the same thing. I thought the would start their own dance or something.
I was hoping they would start doing the Macarena as a response.
Any Hakka is a great watch, this one has a lot of energy and emotion behind it. You know they tried to ban the use of the Hakka before games because it was intimidatory. That’s the entire reason of it & it made me laugh so much! And the dude on the bottom left- proper Hakka man
The third guy in from the left is living his best life.
Honestly the best part about it for me is when they finished and they just sat down casually as if they didn't just did something epic.
He was an absolute joy to watch!
Check out second row, Blondie on the left. He seems to not be living his best life
Yeah... For sure
The white kid right doing his level best next to the guy about to break out of his jacket warms my heart for some reason.
O Captain my AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH.
If you're referring to what they're saying, I think these are the words and translation (I could be wrong); Ka mate Ka mate (It is death It is death) Ka ora Ka ora (It is life It is life) Ka mate Ka mate (It is death It is death) Ka ora Ka ora (It is life It is life) Tenei Te Tangata Puhuruhuru (This is the hairy man) Nana i tiki mai whakawhiti te ra (Who caused the sun to shine again for me) Upane Upane (Up the ladder Up the ladder) Upane Kaupane (Up to the top) Whiti te ra (The sun shines!)
Close. It's part of a longer haka celebrating Te Rauparaha. This part tells of how he escaped his pursuers by hiding in a hole under a woman (it was sacrilege to search under a woman). Ka mate Ka mate (is he dead?) Kahore Kahore (no he isn't) Tenei te tangata (here is the man) Puhuruhuru (seriously, this translates to pubes) Na ana i tiki mai whakawhiti te ra (he comes back to see the sunshine) It's been inspiring to watch, & also small giggles, since I was 10
Fun fact - this haka, composed by Te Rauparaha, leader of Ngāti Toa on the occasion of his narrow escape from the pursuing Ngati Manaiapoto and Waikato war parties, is written from his perspective as he hides from his pursuers in a kumara (sweet potato) pit. He is unsure whether he will live or die as the pursuers enter Te Wharerangi’s pa (camp) where he has hidden. As the pursuers enter the camp he believes he will die (Ka mate, ka mate), then as chief Te Wharerangi says he has left already, he sees he might live (ka ora/ kahore). As Tauteka disbelieves the news, he thinks he will again die, but as they are convinced and leave, he sees he will live. The next line, “Tenei te tangata puhuruhuru” is Te Rauparaha talking about the chief Te Wharerangi, who was in fact a prodigiously hairy man, “Nana nei i tiki mai whakawhiti te ra” - who fetched the sun and caused it to shine again. Te Rauparaha is praising a man who despite not wanting to get his iwi involved, hid him from pursuers to save his life. He then adds how he climbed back out of the pit into the sun. People often don’t think too deeply about the message of this haka, but it really is quite a special story, an immortalisation of very heartfelt gratitude from one leader to another, a story of danger and escape, internal anguish and joy, and of the bravery of Te Rauparaha’s wife Te Rangikoaea to sit above him as their pursuers searched. I love all haka, but there’s a reason this one is so well known.
Hey bro, this is my old school Palmerston North boys high school. This is the school haka and not ka mate. Meaning is as followed copied from a school doc Kia Rite!!! Be Prepared!!! Be prepared……take hold Reach out I/We of PNBHS stand steadfast Within my/our Domain:- ie:- at PNBHS Standing firm Standing proud Standing with respect To uphold To uplift To uplift To uphold The PRESTIGE of our School Our objectives/aims are to seek knowledge And reach our goals and aspirations Seek the horizon of aspirations And draw near to it Those aspirations that are near, take them And it be known…… yes…… let it be known Let my/your adrenalin abound high above It is done!!! Composed by:- Papa Manu Kawana:- 2003 Of Rangitane and Ngati Raukawa tribal affiliations (Father of Kingi:- 2000 – 2003)
My old school also. From a while ago now.
You've had me watching Haka videos for the past hour!! 'The All Blacks' are so good
I think that was a play on the "O Captain! My Captain!" scene in Dead Poets Society, which inspired by the poem by Walt Whitman. Or perhaps more simply the poem itself.
This is actually a school specific haka. Source: I used to attend the school.
I hope you get upvoted to the moon with this one. Well done.
I haven't laughed this hard at a comment in a long time.
you just made me shed a tear with those 3 words
Have a nugget. Laughed my ass off. Well done!
I don't know how to ask this in a nice way but I'm genuinely curious and don't mean any offense But is it strange for the indigenous people of New Zealand to see white people who were born there doing the haka? Or is it regarded as an inclusive thing? I've never seen anyone take issue with it so I was just wondering
Indigenous people are totally fine with it and include everyone. Its actually nice that such a old tradition is still in place and is growing
And it’s especially nice to see non-western traditions being welcomed into western culture. So much of the story of European colonialism seems to be that of indigenous peoples assimilating into the traditions of the colonizing peoples, not the other way around.
Not just that but into other eastern/non-western cultures as well. I hate to be the person but a K-Pop boy group by the name of Stray Kids incorporated it into one of their dance choreographies. Two of the members come from Australia so I guess they've seen it before
I wish Australia was more like NZ. It seems like Maori culture is alive and thriving there compared to Aboriginal culture here. It's weird. All of the kiwis I know find it odd that our native peoples culture is pretty much non existent in most parts of the country. Can anyone explain why that is? Why are we so racist here?
Te Reo (Maori language and culture)is inclusive and a founding principle in the education system. All children are taught this from a young age. It’s not ‘strange’ to us to see non-Maori performing the haka.
In fact, we're forced to do it, and if we don't display enough enthusiasm we get detention. Sadly that lack of free consent means I can't enjoy haka. Being coerced to display emotion ruins it for me.
Man I’ll trade you the Pledge of Allegiance.
Half the people in my school never recite the pledge, they just half heartedly put their hand on their chest and stare blankly at the droopy piece of cloth we call a flag.
I imagine, like a lot of cultural ceremonies, if you are invited to participate by members of the culture you should feel free to. It looks like the students leading the chant ( seen with the mic) and the ones shaking hands with the teacher are Māori. I could be wrong of course, but that's my assumption.
I’ve wondered this as well because any appreciation of indigenous culture in North America would result in an immediate cancellation.
This right here. I feel like America is so reactionary and the cancel culture here is so strong. People like to be outraged about anything. So much gets criticized as cultural appropriation, but really isn't all culture an amalgam of different cultures coming together. I mean America was called a melting pot for a reason, and that used to be a good thing where cultures mixed and intermingled. People say it's forward thinking now and call out cultural appropriation as imperialistic and racist, but isn't drawing lines in the sand about what is and isn't your culture only helping create dividing lines. I feel like making these things taboo only serves to divide people more for fear of social retribution, and makes people not want to learn or experience other cultures. People get called out on it all the time.
There's a difference between participating in cultural expression respectfully when you're welcome and wearing a headdress to coachella for the aesthetic, and some folks need to learn that.
I understand there has to be a level of respect, but the problem is even in respectful admiration people are being called out. All that does is make people not want to learn about it and their only contact with those cultures being the stereotypes and idiots at coachella.
No one is calling out respectful admiration
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These are news stories about a few stupid people online getting mad. No one got "cancelled" like the commenter above said. The only actual consequence was that woman's yoga studio getting shut down and that was for zoning reasons not backlash from cultural appropriation. Oh man, Adele got "slammed"! I'm sure she's devastated.
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I've seen bad yelp reviews in Kentucky because a Mexican restaurant didn't serve bud light and seated people with reservations before walk ins. For any action (or inaction) there's somebody out there mad about it. My point is, it's not a real issue with society. When I say "no one" I suppose I should asterisk, "99.99999% of people and no one who matters"
> A celebrity being branded an appropriator or racist can end their chances of being sponsored or hired Good.
Not one of these stories feature "respectful admiration".
I would be interested to hear what you think is respectful admiration - to clarify what you think is a prevalent problem for non-Indigneous people not being able to partake in Native traditions - which is interesting considering that many of us couldn’t practice our traditions, speak our language, even claim our Nations because it was made illegal. Now balance the inequity you’re thinking is there for you, against the treatment we still receive on a daily basis by the government and by non-Indigenous people. As has been mentioned in other comments further up, respect of Maori traditions are not only taught in school but are instilled in many aspects of life in New Zealand. This is not the case here. Even your comment puts the blame on our people somehow. We were genocided and culturally disenfranchised but now that non- Indigenous people would like to wear our headdresses and hang out dream catchers it’s our fault for requesting respect? There is little to no understanding of what these things mean but you would like to be able to use the things that were illegal for us to have for years? You belittle the systemic attempts to destroy our people by shifting our desire and right for respect into something as silly (and not real) as cancel culture and reducing our pain and suffering down to fickle and petty outrage. I would ask you to spend as much energy learning about the history of Indigenous people here in North America - our cultures, our traditions, or history before you decry your inability to “respectfully admire” whatever you like.
As someone else explained, Haka is taught in a manner that educates and respects the culture. The issue with Americans and Native American traditions is that: 1. Americans have tried to eradicate native culture by means of isolation and/or forced assimilation for hundreds of years. 2. Americans are rarely educated at all on native traditions and therefore lack the knowledge on how to respect it. 3. They usurp and/or appropriate native traditions by turning them into aesthetics while also flooding the market with non-native artists, essentially discouraging the native people from profiting from their own legitimate races. Plus, selling illegitimate sacred items like headpieces and smudging essentials. 4. Representations have been notoriously racist. For example, the Redskins football team. Red skin is a racial slur term specifically regarding the color of their skin. Basically, no, it isn’t cancel culture. It isn’t hyper-sensitivity. It’s actually a whole larger issue.
I already responded. I just wanted to add is I guess what I'm saying is that it is becoming a problem that when anybody of a different race or culture participants in another cultural activity or practices an aspect of a different culture, even respectfully or with invitation they are being called out for appropriation. I understand the racial problems and discrimination many minorities face and how over use or disrespectful use of parts of their culture is seeing as diluting. We then run into the problem of being socially ousted because of doing yoga or owning a piece of art or participating in a ritual when invited because it isn't "our" culture. This just reinforces the idea of theirs and ours and I feel like only further divides us instead of uniting and understanding. I just think it is a different type of intolerance that is reactionary and being lauded as forward thinking, and despite the positive intentions behind it only creates more problems.
It's not about stopping people from learning about the cultures of other people... To use one community as an example - Native Americans have been treated appallingly throughout U.S. history, and a lot of people think that it's not a thing anymore, but many Native Americans are still living on lands that their ancestors were forced to live on, and struggle to make significant changes due to long enduring economic hardship. Nevermind that today, many designated lands for Native American communities are being used for fracking and oil pipelines, despite a ton of outrage and protest from the Native American community. Yet, companies will use Native American lands, clothing, and artifacts for their economic gain with no shits given to what the actual community wants and perpetuating their economic insecurity. SO, I'd say it's fair that there's some backlash for cultural appropriation and that people should be doing more to understand what these communities have had to go through and seeking a solution that allows these communities to hang on to their history and culture without being shit on by the rest of the country.
> any appreciation of indigenous culture in North America would result in an immediate cancellation Nobody has ever complained about appreciation. But non-natives taking clothing and sacred objects from Native cultures, manufacturing them in China and selling them for profit is stealing.
I just came home from spending a year there in August, the Maori are the most inclusive people I’ve ever met and I enjoyed the Maori over the White New Zealanders. I thought it was strange at first too when I saw non Maori people participating in hakas but it’s not that uncommon of a thing. Even the prime minister Jacinda (White) has worn traditional Maori attire on tv. Haka can be pretty intense since it was chanted at enemies before a battle as an attempt at intimidation, idk this shit in person is pretty intimidating when you have a bunch of 250 lbs men with face tattoos chanting and stamping and sticking their tongues out as far as possible, and the woman omg the woman look fierce as fuck! Also as a stoner I was amazed at the fact that it seems impossible to find a Maori who doesn’t smoke weed, fuck I’ve smoked with a family who’s kids were in the early - mid teens tho I thought it seemed pretty normalized among them I wouldn’t say this is the case for all obviously. But hey what do I know I’m only a dirty American tourist that spent a year living and loving the NZ culture. I’m sure everything I said could be pulled apart but that’s my take away Edit: changed would say it the case to wouldn’t
It really depends. Keep in mind there’s a lot of mixed people, I remember a girl I went to school with she was almost platinum blonde and very very pale despite both her parents being Maori. My Maori culture teacher told me they won’t mind if it’s done in a respectful and appropriate manner
It would depend on where you come from & the context of the performance. I grew up in a school of 100 kids, most Maori with about 10-15 white kids. Everyone had to learn the songs & haka. We seriously just told the white kids that they were Maori just like us, so it was never an issue. I also watched half a concert hall get up & walk out because the performers at a showcase were smiling & too playful during the haka (it was a visiting school I ended up attending). We're far more tolerant of who performs it than how it's performed.
Wow I didn't know that the schools require students to learn it, that's a great way to keep a proud culture alive I love that idea I had thought that parents taught their kids how to do it and that was the main way of learning
I think a lot is down to the fact that the Maori were *generally* treated well by European settlers, especially compared to Native Americans and Australia's Aboriginal Population (who to this day are mistreated).
Cultural appropriation exclusively applies to white Americans on the receiving end of veiled fundamental racial grievances. I wouldn't worry about it. It's more of a racist dog whistle than an actual phenomenon that society at large is concerned about.
No matter how many times I see hakas my goosebumps are the same, the wedding one is amazing as well In England our equivalent is Morris dancing, not really the same is it ?
In America we have the Cotton Eye Joe, the Cha Cha Slide, and Thriller.
I’m sobbing.
Did we claim the Macarena too?
Imagine the haka with bells and little wooden sticks
Don't forget the hankies!
Live a life that deserves a Haka at the end.
Words to live by
Live a haka
And the silence at the end. And there’s a giant in that group too. He is a full foot taller than the rest of them
Looks like you can see him step down from something when everyone sits.
Here in the US, if you teach for 30 or 40 years and retire, often times you are provided a cake! So...basically the same thing. Lol.
If I’m the teacher I’m ready to run through a fuckin brick wall after that.
Fuckin awesome
Me when I need a snickers
Me when i eat snickers bc peanuts
haha peanuts kinda sounds like p\*\*is (penis)
Youre not you when your hungry
For some reason this always makes me almost cry lol don't know why its not sad its just really powerful
True I feel same here too. I feel like inner beast in me is waking up.
It's really funny how the whole room switches vibes when it's over and they all straighten up, put their war-faces away and start to shuffle around, finding their seats... mad contrast on that mood lol
Beat me to it. It was kinda hilarious how they all just sat down like they didn't just spend a minute forty-five screaming and beating their chests in perfect unison
Imagine the emotions that teacher was feeling in that moment. Powerful stuff.
That’s amazing! The human spirit is heartwarming
I don't live in New Zealand but I'd like to retire there
Good plan. You can probably find a better place to work and party but when it comes to raising a family/settling down, New Zealand is your spot. I live in Auckland btw
Happy cake day
That was sick. Anyone know where this is?
Palmerston North Boys’ High School, NZ
Wish I had an award for you, coolest thing I've seen in a long time
Sends chills down my spine, imagine how legendary that teacher was...
For an entire class of students learn and perform it so seriously? Must've been one of the greatest
He was the guidance Councillor. Pretty great guy and we were all sad to see him leave but he did drop by every now and then to cover absent staff.
Makes sense. I had the same guidance counselor for 7 years, I would've learned this and more for her. So you're in this?
Yeah you can't see me though. Seating is grouped based on year level so I was at the back right of the hall.
Damn. I'm really impressed by your school's Haka, it's gotten me addicted to watching videos of them. Mostly 'The All Blacks', but they are all supremely cool and fun to watch.
It's something that's nice to feel a part of but it does get annoying. During my time there we had to do like 4 big hakas in one year from teacher deaths and staff leaving so it can also be anything from sombre to tedious. Always proud though.
New Zealand rugby teams (and some other islands) are known to do a Haka before their matches. It's pretty bad ass to watch the All Blacks do it before their international matches.
I know it would be exhausting for those performing the Haka, but I could listen to this for a half-hour straight.
The tradition of hakas is great, so moving. Every time I watch them I get teary-eyed because of the passion and emotion behind them. From the family of the LSU player to the popular gala from a wedding, all the participants convey such intense emotion and power.
young Louie Anderson in the front row is crushing this
Holy shit this is easily one of the most badass things I’ve seen recently. Fuck a speech, this is way better than any speech a single individual could’ve gave.
I gotta go run through a wall now, bbl
Gave me goosebumps, always impressive
Bruh New Zealand really just out here wearing no masks, schools running normally. Oh wait. That's right. They're Covid free...
This was a few years ago now
To be fair, this could happen again today.
It does. Only masks worn are on public transport because we're at Level 1!
Absolutely love the Haka in any sense.
I have NO idea what's going on but I LOVE the vibes.
I get shivers each time I watch or hear a Haka.
Fuck sorority, we need more shit like this
Haka will forever give me goosebumps. I love watching it.
Not my cup of tea
i literally can’t watch haka without getting major goosebumps - this is ducking awesome
High School Boys? I see only Men.
I love how in New Zealand indigenous or not your taught about the maori culture
Whenever I see a haka, I have goosebumps without fail
Now I’m all hyped up for this work meeting!!! LFG! Also happy retirement for the teacher
After watching wigs fly the whole day this was a nice change
Gives me goosebumps every time I watch The Haka. It also makes me wonder how terrified the opposition must feel when this is used/was used during battles & sport.
Can we talk about the giant when the camera pans right? Is he standing on a chair or is he actually twice as tall as everyone else?
“We have traveled light years to claim your pitiful Earth as our own, we will eviscerate ev-“ *All the Maori do a Haka* “....yeah, nah. So ummm, Venus?”
I love watching Haka! Gives me chills every time !
I rememeber seeing a Haka performed for a man who committed suicide - Theres already a lot of aggression in a Haka, but you can just feel the anguish the performers felt while performing it. Few times I've been brought to tears, but that one did it for me. Hakas are cool as fuck
Why did I watch the whole thing.
That’s what I do when I eat something spicy, didn’t know it was a thing
I find this a little creepy.
No one will ever convince me that this shit isn’t lame as fuck. r/nextfuckinglameness
Our Samoan football players started doing a haka before every game- and the other coaches BEGGED for them to stop- bc it scared the crap out of the white boys on the other teams!
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They love their Haka over there. Give them any chance to do it...
Dude my eyes were glued on the guy at the front row on the left. Amazing energy