77-455: " Ka Mate " ( [ ˈ k a ˌ m a t ɛ ] ) is a Māori haka composed by Te Rauparaha , the historic leader of the iwi of Ngāti Toa of the North Island of New Zealand during the Musket Wars . Te Rauparaha composed "Ka Mate" circa 1820 as a celebration of life over death after his lucky escape from pursuing Ngāti Maniapoto and Waikato enemies. He had hidden from them, on Motuopihi Island in Lake Rotoaira , in
154-834: A kūmara storage pit while a woman (wāhine) by the name of Rangikoaea straddled the pit to hide and protect him. Upon emerging from the pit and into the sun he was grateful to Rangikoaea and her hausband Te Wharerangi, composing the Ka Mate haka as a result. The haka as composed by Te Rauparaha begins with a chant: Kikiki! Kakaka! Kauana kei waniwania taku tara kei tarawahia, kei te rua i te kerokero! He pounga rahui te uira ka rarapa ketekete kau ana To peru kairiri mau au e koro e! Hi! Ha! – Ka wehi au ka matakana, ko wai te tangata kia rere ure tirohanga ngā rua rerarera ngā rua kuri kakanui i raro! Aha ha! Let your valor rise! Let your valor rage! Let us ward off these haunted hands to protect our wives and children! For thee, I defy
231-900: A Member of Parliament since 2023, protested a bill in New Zealand's parliament that attempts to clarify interpretations of an 1840 Treaty of Waitangi between the Māori and The Crown . She protested by tearing a copy of The Treaty Principles Bill in half during its first reading in Parliament, while leading the haka " Ka Mate ". Following this, the Speaker , Gerry Brownlee , suspended Parliament for 20 minutes as well as naming Maipi-Clarke for her actions, suspending her from Parliament for 24 hours and docking her pay. Haka Haka ( / ˈ h ɑː k ə / , / ˈ h æ k ə / ; singular haka , in both Māori and New Zealand English ) are
308-589: A collection of Māori and Pacific Island students ( He Taua , or The War Party) headed by Ngā Tamatoa , a prominent Māori activist group. For two decades people including Māori students at the university had asked the university and the engineering department to stop the tradition. In 1979, the protesters included Hone Harawira , later a Member of Parliament . Several of the engineering students were assaulted, and members of He Taua were arrested. Their court case in Auckland sparked anti-racism protests outside
385-613: A haka to challenge opponents before international matches has made the dance form more widely known around the world. This tradition began with the 1888–89 New Zealand Native football team tour and has been carried on by the New Zealand rugby union team (known as the All Blacks) since 1905. Although popularly associated with the traditional battle preparations of male warriors , conceptions that haka are typically war dances , are considered erroneous by Māori scholars, alongside
462-573: A historically all-boys all- Malay prestige boarding school in Malaysia adopted the haka for their own rugby team in admiration of the New Zealand All-Blacks' popularity in the 1970s under the tutelarship of Neil Jonathan Ryan. In return, said college's cheer team developed their own cry in similar energy known as the bungwak . Neighbouring Singapore 's Rugby Union in 2004 took on an attempt of collaborating with students all over
539-714: A match against the All Blacks: All of the above 60 games were won by the All Blacks except for one against the World XV on 18 April 1992. Numbers in brackets indicate how many times each team has faced the "Ka Mate" haka. Between 1998 and 2006, Ngāti Toa attempted to trademark "Ka Mate" to prevent its use by commercial organisations without their permission. In 2006, the Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand declined their claim on
616-451: A minute left, Read captained the All Blacks for the final few seconds of the final before earning his second World Cup victors' medal, becoming one of only 20 players to win multiple Rugby World Cups. In 2016, Read was promoted to Captain of the All Blacks, succeeding the long-serving McCaw who announced his retirement at the end of the 2015 Rugby World Cup. Read carried a heavy workload in 2016, starting as captain in every test but one. Read
693-411: A narrow 32–30 victory, with his Crusaders team-mate Richie Mo'unga converting a late Ardie Savea try to win. The 2018 end-of-season tour was a mixed tour for Read, who still hadn't fully recovered from injury. Read was praised for performances against Australia and England, but the All Blacks did lose to Ireland, 9–16, on 17 November 2018. Read was one of the poorer performing players on the field in
770-494: A pregame rite during the 2006 season , and the practice has spread to a number of other teams overseas; there has, however, been some criticism of this as inappropriate and disrespectful. Non-traditional or inaccurate haka performances have been criticised by Māori academics, such as Morgan Godfery. In September 2024, thousands gathered in Eden Park in Auckland to break the record of the largest haka performance. France held
847-415: A specific haka, "Te Iwi Kiwi", was used instead. Since 2005 the All Blacks have occasionally performed another haka, " Kapa o Pango ". Since the introduction of "Kapa o Pango" the longest sequence of "Ka Mate" performances by the All Blacks is nine, which has occurred twice between 22 August 2009 and 12 June 2010 and also between 13 August 2022 and 19 November 2022. Before the end of the 2003 Rugby World Cup ,
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#1732791430363924-479: A toe injury. Read was captain of the Crusaders from 2014 to 2016, but disappointingly the team did not make the 2015 playoffs. Read was relieved of captaincy when new coach Scott Robertson took over for the 2017 season, with Read missing the first half of the season due to wrist surgery. Sam Whitelock succeeded Read as captain, with Matt Todd and Ryan Crotty as vice captains. Read only played in 7 matches for
1001-583: A traditional haka in Seoul , celebrating 50 years of diplomatic relations between South Korea and New Zealand. On 7 December 2014, at the 2014 Roller Derby World Cup in Dallas , Texas, Team New Zealand performed a haka on roller skates to the Australian Roller Derby team before their bout in the quarter-finals. Team New Zealand performed a haka before their debut game against Team USA at
1078-673: A variety of ceremonial dances in Māori culture . A performance art , haka are often performed by a group, with vigorous movements and stamping of the feet with rhythmically shouted accompaniment. Haka have been traditionally performed by both men and women for a variety of social functions within Māori culture. They are performed to welcome distinguished guests , or to acknowledge great achievements, occasions, or funerals. Kapa haka groups are common in schools. The main Māori performing arts competition, Te Matatini , takes place every two years. New Zealand sports teams' practice of performing
1155-457: Is a New Zealand former rugby union player. He played as a number 8 and is a former captain of the New Zealand national team, the All Blacks . Read played for New Zealand from 2008 to 2019. He is one of the most-capped players of all time , and the fourth-most-capped All Black in history, having played 127 tests, scoring 26 international tries. Read captained New Zealand 52 times. He was
1232-427: Is a form of indigenous dance that encompasses multiple ceremonial purposes in Māori culture. As Nathan Matthew explains, "it is a posture dance accompanied by chanted or shouted song... One of the main characteristics of haka are that actions involving all parts of the body are used to emphasise the words." According to Māori tradition, haka originated from a creation story. The sun god, Tama-nui-te-rā , had two wives,
1309-453: Is death, it is death, it is life, it is life It is death, it is death, it is life, it is life Or do I see a hairy man who brought back the Sun so it can shine on me once more? Then I will put one foot in front of the other— One foot, then the other—until the Sun shines on me! "Ka Mate" was conceived as a brief energizing haka of the ngeri type, where, in the absence of set movements,
1386-660: The 2011 Roller Derby World Cup , on 1 December 2011; however, it was unexpected and the arena music was still playing. It has since become an expected tradition. In 2017, actor Dwayne Johnson performed a haka with a girls soccer team in The Fate of the Furious . Actor Jason Momoa performed a haka with a group of performers on the red carpet at the Aquaman premiere in Los Angeles in 2018. In March 2019, following
1463-459: The 2019 Rugby World Cup , All Blacks scrum-half TJ Perenara , the team's designated haka leader at the time and a Māori who was raised in the region where Te Rauparaha lived, explained the process of selecting which haka will be performed before a given match: There's Ka Mate and there's Kapa O Pango . When we're in Wellington we perform Ka Mate , we're paying respects to Te Rauparaha and
1540-590: The 2020 Super Rugby season started, Read confirmed that he would not re-sign with the New Zealand Rugby Union, following the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan. After missing a test against Argentina during the 2019 Rugby Championship , Read went on to Captain New Zealand in all four of the team's remaining warm-up tests before the World Cup, which included a draw against South Africa, retention of
1617-567: The Bledisloe Cup , as well as a 92–7 win over Tonga, in which Read scored his 26th and final career try. On 28 August, All Blacks Head Coach, Steve Hansen named Read as captain, amongst 31 players in New Zealand's squad for the 2019 Rugby World Cup . This was Read's third World Cup, also joined by Sam Whitelock and Sonny Bill Williams as one of three New Zealanders attending their third World Cup. After performing well in both pool stage tests he played in, Read lead New Zealand through to
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#17327914303631694-636: The Christchurch mosque shootings , school pupils and other groups performed haka to honour those killed in the attacks. The choreography in the " Miroh " music video by South Korean boy band Stray Kids featured haka elements. Three or four American football teams are known to perform haka as a pregame rite. This appears to have begun at Kahuku High School where both the student body and local community includes many Polynesian Hawaiians, Māori, Samoans, Tahitians, and Tongans. The University of Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team also adopted haka as
1771-612: The Crusaders in the Super 14 in 2007 as a blindside flanker. He moved to number 8 during the 2008 season, culminating in the squad winning the Super Rugby title. He first captained the side in 2011, standing in for an injured Richie McCaw . In 2012, Read led the team for their first 10 matches while McCaw was rested. In 2013, another extended rest for McCaw saw Read named captain, although he missed six consecutive games with
1848-656: The IRB Player of the Year in 2013 and a key member of New Zealand's 2011 and 2015 World Cup-winning teams, becoming one of only 43 players to have won multiple men's Rugby World Cups . Read played for the Crusaders in the Super Rugby competition, and played for Canterbury and Counties Manukau in the Mitre 10 Cup , before spending his final season in Japan with Toyota Verblitz . Read played his childhood rugby in
1925-516: The Ngāti Toa tribe. The "Ka Mate" haka is classified as a haka taparahi – a ceremonial haka performed without weapons. "Ka Mate" is about the cunning ruse Te Rauparaha used to outwit his enemies, and may be interpreted as "a celebration of the triumph of life over death". Concerns were expressed that the authorship and significance of this haka to the Ngāti Toa were being lost and that it had "become
2002-516: The inaccurate performance of haka by non-Māori . The group of people performing a haka is referred to as a kapa haka ( kapa meaning group or team , and also rank or row ). The Māori word haka has cognates in other Polynesian languages , for example: Samoan saʻa ( saʻasaʻa ), Tokelauan haka , Rarotongan ʻaka , Hawaiian haʻa , Marquesan haka , meaning 'to be short-legged' or 'dance'; all from Proto-Polynesian saka , from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian sakaŋ , meaning 'bowlegged'. Haka
2079-492: The men's national basketball team ("Tall Blacks"). In the lead up to the Rugby World Cup in 2011, flashmob haka became a popular way of expressing support for the All Blacks. Some Māori leaders thought it was "inappropriate" and a "bastardisation" of haka. Sizeable flashmob haka were performed in Wellington and Auckland, as well as London, which has a large New Zealander immigrant community. The music video for
2156-536: The 2015 season and second of the competition when the All Blacks thrashed France 62–13 in the quarter-final. Read continued to play an important part in the 2015 World Cup, playing the full 80 minutes of the semi-final's narrow 20–18 win over South Africa and the All Blacks' historic 34–17 victory over Australia in the final on 31 October 2015. With vice-captain Conrad Smith replaced by Sonny Bill Williams at halftime and Richie McCaw replaced by Sam Cane with only
2233-467: The 2018 Super Rugby Final on 4 August that year. Read produced a high-level performance in the game and helped his team beat the Lions once again in the final, with the Crusaders winning 37–18. This was the first time in 10 years that the Crusaders won a Super Rugby final at home and Read was the only remaining player from the 2008 Super 14 season 's final left. Read was first selected for the All Blacks for
2310-594: The All Blacks for the rest of 2017, scoring two tries in the second test against Argentina on 1 October 2017, bringing his career tally to 23 after being set up for his first try by Waisake Naholo and set up by newcomer Damian McKenzie for a second. Due to All Blacks Vice-Captain Ben Smith taking a sabbatical, Julian Savea being dropped at the end of the Lions series after poor performances internationally and in Super Rugby, as well as Israel Dagg 's season-ending knee injury, this meant Read had now extended his lead as
2387-546: The All Blacks for the year's final test, against Wales, in Read's absence. Read did not play in the All Blacks' three-test series against France during June 2018, having only recovered from injury in May. The All Blacks were captained by Sam Whitelock in Read's absence, with Ben Smith and Sam Cane as Vice-Captains. Highlanders loose forward, Luke Whitelock , stood in for Read at number 8 and cemented his place as Read's back-up during
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2464-586: The All Blacks to get through Australia 51–20 on 23 August 2014 and finishing the 2014 All Blacks season, scoring the final try against Wales on 22 November 2014. Read captained the All Blacks for the eighth time in his career earlier that year on 1 November 2014, leading the team to a 74–6 win against the United States in Chicago. On 17 June 2015, against Argentina at Christchurch, Kieran Read scored his 18th try and moved past former All Black Zinzan Brooke as
2541-464: The Crusaders that year, including starting in the final which was a 25–17 win over the Lions. Read scored 6 tries for the Crusaders that year, including two doubles. Read missed many Super Rugby games again in the 2018 Super Rugby season , struggling with injury. Read returned to professional rugby from injury following the Steinlager series against France. This saw Read start for the Crusaders in
2618-515: The Duke welcome." In modern times, various haka have been composed to be performed by women and even children. In some haka the men start the performance and women join in later. Haka are performed for various reasons: for welcoming distinguished guests, or to acknowledge great achievements, occasions or funerals. The 1888–89 New Zealand Native football team began a tradition by performing haka during an international tour. The common use of haka by
2695-458: The Ka Mate version of the haka: Numbers in brackets indicate how many times each player has led the "Ka Mate" haka. (correct as of 8 July 2023) In total all 22 international rugby union sides that have played the All Blacks have faced "Ka Mate" before a test match. There are ten teams that have faced "Ka Mate", "Kapa o Pango", another haka or no prematch haka: There are 12 international rugby union sides that have always faced "Ka Mate" before
2772-475: The Lions in the final for the second year in a row, winning 37–18. Read returned to international rugby as All Black captain for the 2018 Rugby Championship , with Sam Whitelock stepping down from Captaincy. Read led the All Blacks to win the Bledisloe Cup for the 16th year in a row in the first two rounds of the competition, as well as a third-round victory against Los Pumas, which was won by 46–24. Read
2849-564: The Summer Maid, Hine-raumati , and the Winter Maid, Hine-takurua . Haka originated in the coming of Hine-raumati, whose presence on still, hot days was revealed in a quivering appearance in the air. This was haka of Tāne-rore , the son of Hine-raumati and Tama-nui-te-rā. Hyland comments that "[t]he haka is (and also represents) a natural phenomena [sic]; on hot summer days, the 'shimmering' atmospheric distortion of air emanating from
2926-408: The World Cup, with his Crusaders teammates, Ryan Crotty and Matt Todd , as well as Sonny Bill Williams and fellow former All Black Captain, Ben Smith retiring as well. Read finished his international career as the third-to-most capped All Black of all time, as well as the tenth overall . Read also finished having Captained the All Blacks the second-most ever, behind Richie McCaw . Read also led
3003-636: The Year and Sports All-rounder of the Year. Read was a talented cricketer, representing Northern District age-group teams and being selected for the New Zealand Under-17 tournament side in 2002. Despite his age-group success as a cricket batsman, Read focused his efforts on rugby. One year after leaving school, he began his professional career in the Canterbury development squad. Read played his first National Provincial Championship game in 2006, his second year out of college. Read played for
3080-401: The Year nominee Owen Farrell . Read was replaced by Scott Barrett with four minutes left of the first test, with the All Blacks winning 30–15. Read captained the team in his 100th test, becoming only the eighth All Black to do so, in the third test of the Lions series, on 8 July 2017, ending in a drawn series to the two sides after the third test was a 15–15 draw. Read continued as captain of
3157-466: The Year, being chosen over Richie McCaw who was named World Rugby's Player of the Year for the third time and second year running. Read was named in the All Blacks' 30-man squad for the 2011 Rugby World Cup, which was hosted by New Zealand. He played in four of the team's seven matches – the pool game against Canada, the quarter-final against Argentina, the semi-final against Australia, and the final against France. The All Blacks became world champions for
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3234-443: The body of the haka into a ballad in C major. In the 2019 DLC for Civilization VI , Gathering Storm , the main theme for the added Māori civilization is "Ka Mate" and " Pōkarekare Ana ". The theme has four renditions, each corresponding to a different era in the game. These renditions were composed by Geoff Knorr and Phill Boucher . On 14 November 2024, the lawmaker Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke , representing Te Pāti Māori as
3311-501: The courthouse and was supported by a range of people including the president of the Auckland University Students Association. The choreographed dance and chant popularized around the world by the All Blacks derives from " Ka Mate ", a brief haka previously intended for extemporaneous, non-synchronized performance, whose composition is attributed to Te Rauparaha (1760s–1849), a war leader of
3388-413: The end-of-season tour in 2008 , making his debut in a 32–6 win against Scotland on 8 November. Read started at blindside flanker and played the full 80 minutes that match. Read came off the bench for another three fixtures on the tour. In 2009 he was retained for the All Blacks' two-test series against France, starting in the first test which was lost by the All Blacks 22–27. Read started against France
3465-470: The first half of 2013, Read was named captain of the All Blacks for the three-test series against France in McCaw's absence. On 15 June 2013, Read captained the team for the third time in his 50th test, which coincided with All Blacks' 500th test match, in the second game of the series between New Zealand and France at AMI Stadium . The All Blacks won 30–0. Read captained the All Blacks another three times in
3542-409: The following week at number 8, his preferred position and finished off the All Blacks' 14–10 win having played every minute of the series. Read started in tandem with Jerome Kaino as blindside flanker- this was a combination the All Blacks would continue to use for the better part of a decade. Read started another seven times in 2009 and became the All Blacks' first-choice number 8 that year, displacing
3619-413: The ground is personified as 'Te Haka a Tānerore'". Haka includes various forms serving different ceremonial purposes. These functions include: The peruperu is a war haka that uses weapons, while haka taparahi is performed without weapons and is the more common ceremonial form. Other forms include: Various actions are employed in haka performance, including facial contortions such as showing
3696-419: The grounds that "Ka Mate" had achieved wide recognition in New Zealand and abroad as representing New Zealand as a whole and not a particular trader. In March 2011, New Zealand Rugby Union came to an amicable agreement with the iwi not to bring the mana of the haka into disrepute. In 2009, as a part of a wider settlement of grievances, the New Zealand government agreed to: In 2021, Glenn Osbourne turned
3773-432: The island to create a "Singapore Roar" inspired by the haka, even though the majority of its demographic is Chinese . In Indonesia , a culture of doing the 'Haka-haka' or its more commonly known variation 'Yel-yel' exist and performed by groups such as military personnel, law enforcement , civil servants, students, and others. In the 21st century, kapa haka has been offered as a subject in universities, including
3850-541: The lands that he walked on. And then outside of that Reado [captain Kieran Read ] and myself will usually talk [on match eve] or earlier in the week about what we'll do; what haka we'll do for that week. And it's usually just a vibe thing; how we feel; how we feel like our footy's going and who we're playing against. There's no massive reason for doing either one except for when we're in Wellington we always do Ka Mate . Incomplete list of All Blacks players that have led
3927-542: The leader of the Church Missionary Society mission in New Zealand, aimed to replace haka and traditional Māori chants ( waiata ) with hymns . Missionaries also encouraged European harmonic singing as part of the process of conversion. The use of haka in welcoming ceremonies for members of British royal family helped to improve its standing among Europeans. Prince Alfred , the Duke of Edinburgh ,
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#17327914303634004-568: The limbs during which the tongue is frequently thrust out incredibly far and the orbits of the eyes enlarged so much that a circle of white is distinctly seen round the Iris: in short nothing is omitted which can render a human shape frightful and deformed, which I suppose they think terrible. From their arrival in the early 19th century, Christian missionaries tried to eradicate haka, along with other forms of Māori culture that they saw as conflicting with Christian beliefs and practice. Henry Williams ,
4081-412: The loss to Ireland, earning him criticism from the media. Although Read was criticised by the media for his performance against Ireland, he finished the year off Captaining the All Blacks to a 66–3 victory over Italy. Read equalled the record of former teammate Tony Woodcock , for the third-to-most capped All Black in history during the victory over Italy, and is set to overtake Woodcock in 2019. Before
4158-588: The loss. Read would also later reveal he played in the semi-final despite a torn calf muscle. New Zealand bounced back from losing to England, finishing the World Cup in third place, beating Wales by 40–17. Having previously signed to play for Toyota Verblitz in the Japanese Top League , prior to the World Cup, the Bronze Final was Read's last test for New Zealand. Read was one of five New Zealanders to retire from international rugby following
4235-546: The most performed, the most maligned, the most abused of all haka", and was now "the most globally recognised form of cultural appropriation ". Specific legal challenges regarding the rights of the Ngāti Toa to be acknowledged as the authors and owners of "Ka Mate" were eventually settled in a Deed of Settlement between Ngāti Toa and the New Zealand Government and New Zealand Rugby Union agreed in 2009 and signed in 2012. The Malay College Kuala Kangsar ,
4312-580: The most prolific try-scorer of any player in New Zealand's 2017 Rugby Championship squad. Despite this, Read was surpassed as the highest try-scorer in the current team by 2016 and 2017 World Rugby Player of the Year, Beauden Barrett , later in the year when New Zealand beat Scotland 22–17 at Murrayfield. This was also Read's 100th start in the number 8 jersey and his last test for the 2017 season, due to his need for back surgery to relieve chronic pain in his leg. Crusaders captain Sam Whitelock captained
4389-520: The most prolific try-scoring New Zealand Number 8 at test level. Read played in all seven All Blacks matches in the 2015 Rugby World Cup , which was held in England and ultimately won by New Zealand. He captained the side to a 47–9 win against Tonga during the Pool rounds of the competition when Richie McCaw was rested. Read started in all three knockout rounds of the World Cup, scoring his third try of
4466-460: The national rugby union team before matches, beginning with The Original All Blacks in 1905, has made one type of haka familiar. Some events have caused protests. The 1979 annual "haka party" parade at the University of Auckland – in which engineering students persisted in parodying haka by painting male genitals on their body and performing with sexually obscene gestures – was disrupted by
4543-673: The now retired 62-test veteran and former stand-in captain Rodney So'oialo from the starting team. Read scored his first international try for the All Blacks on 12 June 2010 when the team beat Ireland 66–28. Read's opposite Jamie Heaslip was red-carded, while Read ran rampant on the Irish defence. Read carried a heavy workload that year and started in all 14 tests for the All Blacks in 2010, being one of only two players to do so, with captain Richie McCaw also playing in all 14 tests. Read
4620-514: The performance of the Ka Mate by the All Blacks usually ended with a mid-air leap. Prior to 1985 the All Blacks haka was not performed with the usual performance, as most players of European ancestry had no full training on the ceremony. It took two Māori during this time ( Buck Shelford and Hika Reid ) to revolutionise the way it was delivered, culminating in a style close to the original haka. The non-Māori players from this point on learned how to perform. In an interview with ESPN shortly before
4697-558: The performers are free to extemporize their chanting and movement as they feel fit, without any need for synchronization. "Ka Mate" is the most widely known haka in New Zealand and internationally because a choreographed and synchronized version of the chant has traditionally been performed by the All Blacks , New Zealand's international rugby union team, as well as the Kiwis , New Zealand's international rugby league team, immediately prior to test (international) matches until 2013, when
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#17327914303634774-584: The previous official world record since 2014. On 14 November 2024, MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke led a haka inside the New Zealand Parliament to protest the Treaty Principles Bill , joined by Debbie Ngarewa-Packer , Rawiri Waititi , and other MPs. Debate was temporarily paused and the house voted to suspend Maipi-Clarke. Similar dances Kieran Read Kieran James Read ONZM (born 26 October 1985)
4851-631: The quarter-finals, where they beat Ireland by 46–14. Read was subsequently retained as Captain for the semi-final of the World Cup, against England. The test took place on 26 October, Read's 34th birthday. To Read's dismay, the All Blacks lost to England 7–19, meaning this was New Zealand's first Rugby World Cup loss since losing to France 20–18 in the 2007 Rugby World Cup quarter-final , before Read had even debuted for New Zealand. This also saw New Zealand lose their number-one ranking in World Rugby. "It's not what we came for", Read stated in response to
4928-409: The second time by beating France 8–7 in the final. Read had another big year for the All Blacks in 2012 and played 12 tests that year. On 17 November 2012, Read became the 66th All Blacks captain when he led the team for the first time, against Italy at Rome's Olympic Stadium in 2012, scoring a try to help the All Blacks win the match 42–10. Following Richie McCaw's decision to take a sabbatical for
5005-513: The series. Read returned to Super Rugby following the end of the French tour, having made his debut for Counties Manukau the week after the series finished. Read made a full recovery from injury and started for the Crusaders in all three playoff matches of the 2018 Super Rugby season , including the final on 4 August 2018. Read played a big part in the Crusaders' victorious effort in the final and had returned to peak form in time. The Crusaders beat
5082-512: The small town of Drury in the Counties Manukau region, just south of Auckland . He attended Opaheke Primary where his mother taught and Rosehill College , with a one-year interlude at Saint Kentigern College in 2000. Read excelled in all aspects of school life, but especially on the sports field. He gained excellent marks through to the end of seventh form. He was Head Boy of the 2000-student Rosehill College, as well as Sportsman of
5159-490: The song " Poi E " (1983) by the Pātea Māori Club , written by Dalvanius Prime and Ngoi Pēwhairangi , used a mixture of kapa haka and hip-hop choreography. This was then mixed with moves from Michael Jackson's Thriller music video as the outro song parody for Taika Waititi's movie Boy (2010) . In November 2012, a Māori kapa haka group from Rotorua performed a version of the " Gangnam Style " dance mixed with
5236-508: The storms of hell while my enemies stand there unknowingly! To think I would tremble to a pack of wolves either seeing fear or running away, because they would surely fall into the pit of shame as food for the hounds to chow down on in delight!! Then follows the main body of the haka: Ka mate, ka mate! Ka ora, ka ora! Ka mate, ka mate! Ka ora, ka ora! Tēnei te tangata pūhuruhuru Nāna nei i tiki mai whakawhiti te rā Ā, upane! ka upane! Ā, upane, ka upane, whiti te rā! It
5313-499: The study of haka, and is practiced in schools and military institutions. In addition to the national Te Matatini ("many faces") festival, local and regional competitions attract dozens of teams and thousands of spectators. The All Blacks' use of haka has become the most widely known, but several other New Zealand sports teams now perform haka before commencing a game. These include the national rugby league team ("the Kiwis"), and
5390-601: The whites of the eyes ( pūkana ), and poking out the tongue ( whetero , performed by men only), and a wide variety of vigorous body actions such as slapping the hands against the body and stomping of the feet. The body serves as the instrument and vessel of delivery, with the key aspect being the words and the message they contain. The earliest Europeans to witness haka described them as being "vigorous" and "ferocious". Joseph Banks , who accompanied James Cook on his first voyage to New Zealand in 1769, later recorded: The War Song and dance consists of Various contortions of
5467-441: The year, scoring two tries against South Africa in the first 20 minutes of the game, but missed out on the chance to score a third after being yellow-carded with six minutes to go. Read won the 2013 IRB Player of the Year title after playing in 13 of the 14 All Black tests that year, becoming the third New Zealander to win the award after teammates Dan Carter and Richie McCaw . He also won the top national rugby player award. Read
5544-497: Was not subbed off all year, only missing 20 minutes of the 13 tests he played due to yellow cards against South Africa and England. Read missed the first two tests of 2014 due to concussion, with Jerome Kaino starting at number 8 in his absence. Read made his return to international rugby from injury on 21 June 2014 when the All Blacks beat England 36–13. Read only played for 40 minutes against England, with Liam Messam replacing him at half-time. Read scored two tries in 2014, assisting
5621-543: Was only subbed off once that year, being replaced with four minutes to go in the second test against Argentina by Highlanders flanker Elliot Dixon . Read returned from a broken thumb to captain the All Blacks against the British & Irish Lions in 2017, making worldwide headlines with a performance that won him the Man of The Match award and included a bone-crushing tackle on Lions first-five and three-time World Rugby Player of
5698-417: Was replaced in the 58th minute of round three by Luke Whitelock. The Rugby Championship's fourth round bought the biggest shock of Read's career, with the All Blacks losing to a resurgent South Africa, at home, on 15 September 2018. Read stayed composed until the end of the game, which could have been a late win but for Beauden Barrett 's goal-kicking. Following the narrow 34–36 loss against South Africa, Read
5775-472: Was rested for round five, with Ardie Savea starting at number 8, and Sam Whitelock captaining the team in his place. Read returned from rest on 6 October for the Rugby Championship's last test, in the sixth round, which was against South Africa. Although South Africa threatened to win against the All Blacks for the second time in a row, following Read being penalised, Read lead the All Blacks to
5852-537: Was the first royal to visit New Zealand, in 1869. Upon the Duke's arrival at the wharf in Wellington , he was greeted by a vigorous haka. The Wellington Independent reported, "The excitement of the Maoris becomes uncontrollable. They gesticulate, they dance, they throw their weapons wildly in the air, while they yell like fiends let loose. But all this fierce yelling is of the most friendly character. They are bidding
5929-430: Was the second-to-highest try-scoring All Black in 2010 and, second only to fullback Mils Muliaina who scored 7 tries in 2010. Read scored another 5 tries in 2010, scoring tries in wins against South Africa, Australia and England. Read finished his 2010 season with world-class performances against Ireland and Wales, scoring the first double of his career in a 38–18 win over Ireland. Read was named New Zealand Rugby Player of
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