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.
Yep, it's cheap and nasty tokenism. Years ago I recall feeling the same way about how certain companies and corporates "stole" Cooks name for profit. This is similar. I guess it will die a natural death but not as long as governments throw large sums of money at it and cheap pan-handling Prime Ministers travel with Haka support......
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.
Yup, certainly embarrassing to watch. Of course, it is all about asserting power and dominance (and the financial grift that comes with it all).
Simon Court (ACT) speaks here to the Ikea example you have raised before.
I am still trying to work out just exactly why anyone or anything Maori is accorded a degree of special status based entirely on their fractional connection to someone who live a couple of hundred years ago. There is no logical, nor legal basis for this. Have read the Treaty many times, nuffink there at all on this idiocy, maybe there are more articles that I am yet to find??
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.
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.
Hang on.... Isn't rugby a colonial construct?
Where is the acknowledgement of origin of the game?
Good question Terry!! It's mind-blowingly embarrassingly STUPID.
“Pardon my te reo, but whuk” … great line - made me laugh out loud!
I'm starting to use the words whuk and whaka, quite a lot these days! #TeReo
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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.
Yep, it's cheap and nasty tokenism. Years ago I recall feeling the same way about how certain companies and corporates "stole" Cooks name for profit. This is similar. I guess it will die a natural death but not as long as governments throw large sums of money at it and cheap pan-handling Prime Ministers travel with Haka support......
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.
Didn't Brendon Telfer used to do the netball?
Not sure, take yr word for it.
Yup, certainly embarrassing to watch. Of course, it is all about asserting power and dominance (and the financial grift that comes with it all).
Simon Court (ACT) speaks here to the Ikea example you have raised before.
I am still trying to work out just exactly why anyone or anything Maori is accorded a degree of special status based entirely on their fractional connection to someone who live a couple of hundred years ago. There is no logical, nor legal basis for this. Have read the Treaty many times, nuffink there at all on this idiocy, maybe there are more articles that I am yet to find??
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/z9CYD_ozUaI
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.
Bread and circuses...
Bread for the corporate entities and their woke pressure tactics,
Circuses of clowns to entertain all relevant meaning out of the original show.
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.
Ya gotta laugh. Or cry at the cynical calculated exploitation.
Yep international matches for Haka only, at least they do it well.