Copa said:what happens?? Has it ever happened? How would NZers react?
Copa said:The translation of the Haka hints at a belief system and world view that some may be vehemently opposed to ....
Perhaps the Haka has transcended the actual roots and meaning of the Haka in the minds of some?
Is this inreference to my first or second sentence?Te Kaha said:No it doesn't... not in the slightest.. and if you actualy reasearched it you would know that.
Tenei Te Tangata Puhuruhuru
Nana i tiki mai whakawhiti te ra
Upane Upane
Upane Kaupane
Whiti te ra
Tighthead said:What's your point Copa?
Until someone refuses to do the Haka, isn't it moot?
thanks... isn't there another, less accepted, view that it was a woman sitting beside the pit with her pubic hair exposed?Te Kaha said:The short answer is Te Rauparaha of the Ngati Toa tribe was being chased by enemies. He hid in a food-storage pit. He climbed out to find someone standing over him, who, instead of killing him, turned out to be another chief friendly to him.
It has nothing what so ever to do with.. what was it?..." the Haka hints at a belief system and world view that some may be vehemently opposed to "
Copa said:I just got thinking..... my section head is a Kiwi, mad All Blacks fan, bores us to tears with the continual repeating of stories about the good old days back in paradise (NZ) and aboout his plans to return to paradise one day...
He said the other day he is not really interested in the Haka after someone said that if only he was a good enough RU player he would have had the chance to perform the Haka on a world stage. He said "that stuff" is good to watch but had nothing to do with his family or background.
So.... I got wondering... what if someone didn't want to do it.
Copa said:thanks... isn't there another, less accepted, view that it was a woman sitting beside the pit with her pubic hair exposed?
Is it? :lol:SpaceMonkey said:I mean it's kind of like asking "if an NZer was selected for the ABs but didn't want to wear shorts, would he still be selected?"