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Skribentens beskrivelse af The all blacksThe first New Zealand rugby team to tour to international, played eight games in New South Wales, Australia, in 1884, they had their own show with "a Maori war cry" or haka before each of his matches. Ka Mate haka was not known at the time. In 1900, wrote a newspaper the New Zealand soldiers in the Boer War, chanting "Ka Mate! Ka Mate! Ka ora! Ka ora! Hae-haea! Ha!" The soldiers thought it meant "Kill him! Chop him up! Drop him!" But during the 1901 Royal Tour, came out of the Ngati Kahungunu again warriors Ka Mate, when it led out to welcome the Duke of Cornwall at Rotorua. Newspapers rewrote the full actions of this "old ngeri," print his full Maori words and an accurate translation. A cameraman recorded the performance. Ka Mate was famous, and was widely performed throughout New Zealand. Not less, when New Zealand played its first full international friendly against Australia in Sydney in August 1903, New Zealanders' warcry was "Tena Koe Kangaroo. They played very well, people were very quiet when they performed their haka In 1905 New Zealand made their first tour in Britain. This was the first time the team could use the name All Blacks, and this group also became known as "Originals". It is uncertain whether they performed a haka before each match, but at least they |
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