The sport in New Zealand is looking like many other countries. Some of the most popular sport in New Zealand is cricket, soccer, basketball and of course rugby. Rugby is the national sport of New Zealand, and the national team is called all blacks. Rugby has been known in New Zealand from 1870. It goes back to where the Maori people were playing a ball game named ki-o-Rahi. The skills used in ki-o-Rahi is common to those in rugby. So you can say rugby is in their blood because the natives in New Zealand were playing “rugby”. After the national team’s first tour in 1888, they saw showed New Zealand could compete with other nations, which had been a problem in the other national sport, cricket. All blacks are known for their pre-match ritual, haka. Haka is a traditional dance practiced by the Maori people. The haka has many different variations from tribe to tribe. The most popular haka dance a called “Ka Mate” and is the haka, all blacks use. Compared with the size of the country they really had success in most of the sports. Not only do they have a national sport, they also have a summer national sport which is cricket. New Zealand does also have winter sports, such as snowboarding and skiing.
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