NEW  ZEALAND
FOLK * SONG 		Ka Mate

7. New Zealand rugby songs
Ka Mate
1. The Ka Mate chant
2. The Ka Mate actions
3. Responding to Ka Mate
4. Historic AB warcries
5. Haka of the 1924 ABs
6. Haka of the 2005 ABs
7. NZ rugby songs
8. What is a haka?
9 Ka Mate's ancient origins
10 Ka Mate to Kikiki
11 Te Rauparaha's haka
12 Te Rauparaha's life
 
 
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    On the Ball
          Written in Palmerston North in 1887. Sung a lot in NZ during the 1956 Springbok tour.


    Rugby, Racing and Beer
          "Because of your great parentage, You have a national heritage, Of Rugby, Racing and Beer."



    My Old Man's an All Black
          "Fee-fee, Fi-fi, Fo-fo, Fum -- There's no Horis in this scrum!" The Howard Morrison Quartet first sung this in 1960 when the ABs couldn't take their Maori players to South Africa.


    Big Bad Don
          Don Clarke won an All Black test match with a goal kick from his own 25.


    Pokarekare Ana
          This song has heaps of emotion and everybody knows it, so belt out the first verse and chorus to show how much you love our national game. "Ka mate ahau, I te aroha e."


    Ferdinand
          With this song, Taranaki supporters gave their team the courage to hold the Ranfurly Shield against 29 challenges.




Ka Mate webpage written by John Archer. Nov 1999. Revised Jan 2002.
Lost, and reinstalled 13 March 2003. Revised 2006, 2007, 2008
Content divided into eight smaller pages Sept 2008
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