Larry Gelwix - Highland Rugby

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Read full story ...Hollywood Hijacks Haka...(stuff News NZ)

Forever Strong is based on a high school rugby team in the United States, the Highlanders, who perform the haka before big matches.

Highlanders coach Larry Gelwix said in an earlier interview that the team had great respect for the haka. He said movie executives had flown cultural advisers over from New Zealand, but Mr Parai said he had no knowledge of this.

He said the advisors should have been Ngati Toa.

"You can call any tribe in the country and they'll tell you who [this haka] belongs to."

Crane Movie Company, the representatives for Forever Strong, did not respond to enquiries

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