Should the Black Caps do the haka?

[Dick Rockett]

I don't think they should even bother with them. Our national anthem is crap and most other countries aren't far behind IMO.

 

[meatspx]

Our flag is crap too, time to change it to the silver fern & black flag.

 

[vic_orthdox]

National anthems before every Test would make me cry. Depending on whether it's a Thursday, it may also make me vomit.

 

[Dasa]

I don't think they should even bother with them. Our national anthem is crap and most other countries aren't far behind IMO.

Except the South African national anthem. It's great imo.

 

[KiWiNiNjA]

Yes. No haka or anthems

Except the South African national anthem. It's great imo.

Agreed. The best anthem around

 

[thierry henry]

ffs, NZ has a good anthem

btw Richard, turning 22 in 2 weeks, I feel your pain.

 

[KiWiNiNjA]

ffs, NZ has a good anthem

btw Richard, turning 22 in 2 weeks, I feel your pain.

If only they just sang the Maori part (and every verse, not just the first)

 

[_Ed_]

If only they just sang the Maori part (and every verse, not just the first)

Exactly.

I love the Maori one, always feel more than a touch of disappointment when the English version follows it. Strongly tempted to sit down after the Maori one when I'm at sports events when it's sung tbh.

Would be interesting to see the Black Caps do the haka by the way, if only to see Lou Vincent do it.

 

[marc71178]

I assume Bond would be prevented from doing it, knowing him he'd get injured.

 

[Corli]

I really don't think they should do the haka, for various reasons already mentioned...I'd like regular singing of anthems, though.

Except the South African national anthem. It's great imo.

The only problem is that, whoever sings the anthem, some part will be mispronounced. It's not very nice to hear your language being butchered in front of millions (even if they don't understand a word). There isn't an abundance of artists who are fluent in Xhosa, Sotho, Afrikaans and English, unfortunately.

 

[Dick Rockett]

ffs, NZ has a good anthem

Nah, it's a dirge, and the references to god are inappropriate in this day and age. The Maori version does sound marginally better though.

 

[thierry henry]

Disagree tbh, it's an epic, and I like that we do it in 2 languages

 

[Smudge]

I don't think many people like their own national anthem (the likes of TH excepted).

 

[Richard]

Well personally I think Jerusalem and LOHAG (I'll excuse your Kiwi innocence if such a thing exists) are top tunes, and I don't much like GSTQ.

And this from someone who is always, ALWAYS British and English only at the most insistent insistence.

 

[Johnners]

I don't think many people like their own national anthem (the likes of TH excepted).

Love ours itbt

 

[armchairumpire]

I assume Bond would be prevented from doing it, knowing him he'd get injured.

Add to that list Daniel Vettori and Kyle Mills and Mark Gillespie wouldn't be able to do the arm movements of the Haka either.

 

[_Ed_]

Think one of the team would manage to break a finger doing it too.