Te Mana Haka

[Tupoho]

We had the mean crowd too lol, stinking hot day it was. Stoked you can't see me bahahaha, shot dirty....(white Aussie dude) lol.

[MoralInvasion]

To outsiders who's knowledge of Maoris is confined to romanticised images like this, they might appear to be some sort of 'proud warrior' race. Believe me nothing could be further from the truth. Maoris represent 14.3% of NZ's population and 51% of prison inmates, 59% of female inmates, half of all children in state care, 119 of the last 128 child murders, the highest rate of abuse related child head trauma in the world, ten times more likely to commit violent crime than any other race.

[babylin86]

its beautiful

[nahui007]

far, that white guy with the bone carving is going hard, thats mana.. hard

[MisKurAh01]

Chur pretty mean 4 an ozzy and american,shot bros

[4dooez]

shot mutz dog u the man!

[Denis40k]

Bang! Bang! Bang!......

[TheSirJecht]

That was awesome, if I ever say that on a battlefield I'd just run my ass away after staring in awe. Great vid.

[ljorgs84]

Shot HMNZS Te Mana lol, crack up finding this on youtube.

[krumptitan07]

che go dat pakeha fulla hez reppin hard shot cuzzie

[Flash13FLy]

mannn...datz awesome to c thiss.......good on those fallaz .......KA PAi !!

[Boimeirelles]

thats a culture.. what usa havent

[braveseaeagle]

what usa havent? theres alot more than400 or up different tribes or nations of natives in usa...its just different culture,custom and languages thats all theres some native reservations within upstate nyc (kahnawake rez) or akwesasne rez and much more that stil do the powwow n ceremonies and such.....just different cultures thats all much respect and love to maori...tai ku waitiau ke yukahu cacona guari.

[Anaidpala]

Im a girl from spain and this to me is very nice, and i dont know why wen i see haka, makes me feel full of strength, is like magical hehe, and would be very nice to speak Maori, souds nice ^^

[AceDaMuss]

Soy maorí y aprender español gracias por apreciar nuestra cultura.

[Anaidpala]

De nada amigo/ you are wellcome, friend!

[lughlamhfhada]

Vuestra cultura es muy interesante. Yo también aprendo te reo. ;-)

[br1malhpm]

ever come to nz =) , hit me up ill teach ya the basics ;))

[Anaidpala]

would be nice go there, but sadly is far away from spain hehe, but maybe some day! you are lucky to live there

[ttproleague]

i like their heart...they put alot of feelin in it (well i think so) also found that it looked good (probally cus i dont kno much bout the history eh buh say wat)

[nulla38]

that pakeha is staunch az

[mokopuna1]

LoL....he might not be a Pakeha....might be a (White Maori)

[kiwidiva]

he's an aussie (read the description!)

[Mangi132]

@kiwidiva with some Maori blood in him

[puwhenua62]

You bloody idiots. THATS THE FACE OF HAKA in Aotearoa. U ever been to high school nationals, then u should know & dont b so high and mighty when u see our lighter cuzzies doin da business.

EVERY1s whakapapa goes bak to a sailor, whaler, immigrant, TRUST me,being MAORI is da heart, coz we aint all that brown, so giv it up to the cuz "Patu-paiarere" who were treasured by the old people, AUE!

[kiwigalnz2001nz]

ignore last comment....just looked at Video Info!! pretty hard out if you ask me......anyone who puts that much passion into the haka gets my vote anyday

[kiwigalnz2001nz]

How do you know he's European??? Not all Maori are brown!

[McAndy89]

Maori or not, that was awesome. Its even better that even the non Maoris are embracing the native culture.

[brathaspartan]

lol ea fucken hell the look amateur azzz

[Bohemund]

The European man in the middle looks very unnatural in this ceremony. I know that it is integration. But it looks quite misplaced.

[javalu882005]

yea, that happens. Most Maori today are more white. I don't even think there are much Maori that are 60% pure.....

no offense to anyone

[toamaori]

we know that culture is more than genetics :)

[javalu882005]

ow it is =)

[Yzmaorigurl]

Dirty - too good alrite pakeha, not too late for haka practice.....

[dirtyhamilton1]

Cheers. Not bad for a dirty dingo. Will never forget my days on the Mana....

[kingi6030]

chur and the pakeha guy in the front going hard is mean bro..

[kingi6030]

my great great grand father wrote this haka.. pareire henare tomoana.. along with e pare ra and pokarekare ana..

[kiwidiva]

chur! that's a mean whakapapa you got bro!! too much - your koro was a very talented man. mean maori mean!!!

[99whiteman]

Cher bro who are these fallas cause I can see my cuzzie in the backround Matiu Kena in the 2nd rank his left been trying 2 find that blackass 4 ages last i heard he was in Devonport wif da Navy now cher .

[kiwidiva]

Ae - they are from the Royal NZ Navy... read the description for all the details. This was a few years ago now though so your cuz might not even be in the Navy anymore. Good luck finding him!

[castroneves]

Black, White or Brown, everyone knows the Haka kicks ass!

[honeheke4173]

Love the pakeha falla up front, shot bro.

[Flemo2140]

What is the first haka that is done before ka mate?

[kiwidiva]

Tika tonu...

[Flemo2140]

Oh thank you for that. My daughter and i were watching this video and she said she knew that haka as she learnt it when she was going to school in Raglan. Do you know much about its meaning or do you have an explanation for it?

[TSBNT]

its a worrior dance, theres a story to it but i think u need to ask mr kiwidiva...

[Flemo2140]

yeah i know what a haka is i am interested in the history of tika tonu tho.

[Maorish80]

Hey I'm no expert but this is my understanding of Tika Tonu. The message is of challenge, struggle, perseverance and achievement. It dates back to the 1870's and was performed by a three-hundred strong group to Sir George Grey while he was on his way to a hui with Heretaunga tribes. They were airing their concerns about injustices, especially in regards to land. Tika Tonu is a well known Kahungunu ki Heretaunga haka.

[Flemo2140]

Thanks for that info. How awesome would it have been to have seen that haka. A couple of my cousins know it as they were taught it as their footy team haka always good to see different haka rather than having ka mate busted out on every birthday/wedding.

[MaoriRepps]

CHUr NeAt AlRIte Bro but back in ma old skool ma haka group were full of pakihas lol

[Anzac1974]

This is awesome stuff. Keep up the Kia Kaha Bluey..you rock!and also the African American guy. Pure Warrior spirit!

[muliiaiinah]

Moiin as...wen they du this?

[kiwidiva]

2005 - it has some of the details in the full description.

[H0RIFurraH1]

Meke haka, and the white fullah, you almost showed the rest of them up, awesome!!

[PorangiNui]

You fullas make us proud! You did it properly az... lol

[ira9999]

Kia ora white man. ohhh! that white man in front is sooo cool to watch. He brings a smile to my dial each time I watch this vid. Who said whitemen can't jump. Tumeke.

[stepbaxx]

lol ira!

[ira9999]

Whose the white guy, he is so kool to watch? Is he married and how old is he? Yumeeee!

[bigbangerbison]

lol the aussie

[kiwidiva]

Haha - my husband is in Iraq at the moment. I should have taught him a haka before he left! Maybe he can make the Sunnis and Shi'ites laugh with a Samoan slap dance. LOL!!

[cebrownf]

Love seeing this, send them to Bagdad and scare the Sh*t out of the SUnnis an Sh'ites. Don't mess with New Zealand.

[seamichael]

Ae, tautoko

[EvilAtHeart]

Cheers mate, awesome video, its awesome to see such cross cultural harmony with an aussie and an american performing the haka along with our Kiwi armed forces servicemen. Awesomeee or in Kiwi CHOICEEEEEEEEEEEE!

:P