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In moving from 'Ka Mate' to 'Kapa o Pango', the All Blacks have shown that the Haka is a central part of their psychological build-up. ...
| The All Blacks perform two haka: the traditional Ka Mate dating back to the earliest All Blacks tours in the 1900s, and Kapa o Pango, first performed in 2005 and written especially for the All Blacks. It is Kapa o Pango that contains the violent motion ... See all stories on this topic » | The Conversation |
| All the fuss surrounding McCaw's 100th cap was extra pressure, as was the decision to trot out the throat-slitting Kapa O Pango haka rather than the more traditional, toned down Ka Mate. “That's a side issue,” French captain Thierry Dusautoir said ... See all stories on this topic » | Telegraph.co.uk |
| The traditional Haka used by the All Blacks is the Ka Mate, although since they have also been using the Kapa O Pango, which ends with a gesture of throat-slitting. For anyone who doesn't know their Ponga Ra from their Ka Ora, follow Indian comedian ... See all stories on this topic » | euronews |