Talk:Haka in popular culture

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[edit] Aotearoa

Aotearoa does not mean New Zealand, as stated on the main page.

It does mean New Zealand. Kahuroa 19:34, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Contradiction

In the "University of Hawaii Haka/Controversy" section we have a paragraph that contains the following:


"The haka also specifically mentions 'Aotearoa'..."

and then later on "(...Also the Warriors do not say "Aotearoa" or New Zealand when they perform their version)."

So which is it? If someone could find the text of the Haka the U of Hawaii team performed, perhaps we could cleanup this section.

167.80.244.204 14:51, 13 April 2007 (UTC)Chevalier3

Sounds like a poorly written article. The original haka (read here) contains 'Aotearoa', but the version performed by the UH Warriors do not. -JT 03:10, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Ka Panapana

Is Ka Panapana the Black Ferns' haka? I thought I'd better ask, because I've seen the Black Ferns' haka (when they played against Canada earlier this month) and I'm not sure if it's "Ka Panapana" or some other haka. Scott Gall 05:10, 14 September 2006 (UTC) PS: And I was mildly disgusted at the throat-slitting action at the end of whatever haka they did, but at least Canada went down 66 points to 7.

Maybe it's the Black Ferns version of "Kapa o Pango"? Nil Einne 16:31, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] BYU Haka controversy

I took the time to cleanup a section about the BYU Haka being perceived as offensive. This section is factually based, cites its sources, and is NPOV. This, and the previous section, have been removed several times by editors who often make sweeping changes to other BYU/LDS articles. I think the section uses NPOV language and is sympathetic to all involved. Changing the language is entirely possible, but this section is entirely relevent to how Haka is perceived in popular culture. Please, lets discuss this before it becomes an edit war. Oasisbob 15:35, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] William Lawson's

Added the section regarding the recent viral video for William Lawson's scotch. BruceWiley 04:27, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Spice Girls

Didn't the Spice Girls get criticised for doing a Haka? apparently only men were allowed to do it. Totnesmartin 21:40, 8 April 2007 (UTC)