Ngāti Toa

Following the presentation of the key, the attendant members of Justin’s rugby team performed Ka Mate, the Haka, or dance, made famous by the New Zealand All Blacks. The young men from his rugby club arranged themselves into a semi-circle two rows deep of about eight per row, and behind them a further twenty or so male and female, family members and friends. Haka is a term which refers to dancing and chanting as either a celebration or war dance or both. Men traditionally performed the haka with