Some commercials featuring the Allblacks

Adidas All Blacks Haka (Black is Thicker than Blood)


allblacks haka ads NEW


Haka vs. Iveco (commercial)
All Black - IVECO Trucks
IVECO - ALLBLACKS - Haka
iveco massif aka all blacks
iveco stralis

Rugby World Cup 2007 TOYOTA video clip

Scotch Whisky Commercial HAKA Kilts


(Reminds me of Braveheart.)


It's probably good for the NZ national union rugby team to celebrate Māori culture. But for this to be used by Adidas and Toyota and whomever else for their commercials? The things people have to do for corporate sponsorship and advertising revenue. It must be said though that without the commercials I probably wouldn't have learned about the haka in the first place.

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All Blacks Haka


All Blacks Haka - Kapa o Pango


Haka


All Black's Haka (Good quality)


All Blacks Commercial

All Blacks 'Captains' Ad


All Blacks Powerade add
Coke Zero & All Blacks TV Commercial

Adidas/All Blacks - Rugby World Cup 2007



The first and only Haka for the Queen (at her place)(All Golds)

Maori Haka


Haka 2


The Māori have their haka--perhaps the Greeks and Romans had something similar, once. I think the British army employed chants or yells during attacks (something I recall from the movie The Last of the Mohicans). And there's the "Rebel yell" of the Confederate Army. I suppose beyond a certain stage of social and warfare development war chants and dances are rendered impractical. But to learn them as a ritual of male initiation? It is true that the actual combat skills are probably more important.

See Michael Gilleland on "Battle Cry."

Ancient Greek Battle Cries


More on the Haka:
Maori Haka & the Ka Mate Haka
The Maori Haka
The Haka - New Zealand Maori War Chant
Allblacks: Haka
New Zealand All Blacks and the Haka: Origins of the Maori Haka

Maori Haka V's Aboriginal War Cry Rugby League



Maori