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Terry Dalee's avatar

Hang on.... Isn't rugby a colonial construct?

Where is the acknowledgement of origin of the game?

Eileen's avatar

Good question Terry!! It's mind-blowingly embarrassingly STUPID.

Maxine Watson's avatar

Spot on again Matua!

I can’t even abide seeing the haka these days. We were playing ‘flick’ and watching Tattoo Fixers till the game started… France already had points on the board when we settled in to watch the remainder of the game.

Wendy Neal's avatar

Fully agree and whats with the new female presenter. She can waffle quicker than a horse race. Especially when flanked by two past all blacks who we’d rather listen to and were made to look like wallflowers. I don’t remember seeing a bloke present netball.

Mike D's avatar

Didn't Brendon Telfer used to do the netball?

Wendy Neal's avatar

Not sure, take yr word for it.

Jim Dowsett's avatar

Who cares, I don’t bother with the rugby much these days. Sick of the Haka, the woman running the talking heads and I’m so pleased to avoid all of this new Maori crap added on.

This will simply accelerate the loss of more fans who simply want to watch a game.

Eileen's avatar

Ya gotta laugh. Or cry at the cynical calculated exploitation.

fatzcat's avatar

Yep international matches for Haka only, at least they do it well.

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Jul 20, 2025
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Matua Kahurangi's avatar

Thanks for sharing that Boris. It's crazy that IKEA was told they had to invite 7 iwi groups - how ridiculous. It's just a grift at the end of the day.

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Matua Kahurangi's avatar

I'm starting to use the words whuk and whaka, quite a lot these days! #TeReo