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To be a selected as a member of the New Zealand Maori rugby team you must be Maori or a descendant of Maori and identify yourself as Maori.
It is the Maori haka, a kind of challenge in the form of a chant with specific movements, that is most associated with New Zealand rugby. The NZ national team, the All Blacks, perform the haka before every match.
Maori are one of the two peoples that make up New Zealand (Maori and Pakeha). Maori as an individual people have every right to represent themselves in any field of endeavour that they choose including rugby. This right is enshrined in New Zealand's founding document, the Treaty of Waitangi. The Maori rugby team has as much right to exist as any other representative team.
No, the All Blacks are selected from all New Zealander players. The New Zealand Maori representative side is selected from Maori players.
The Haka is a form of cultural expression exclusive to the Maori of New Zealand. The haka that is most familiar to pakeha (non-Maori), the haka most likely to be performed by international sports teams such as the All Blacks, is Te Rauparaha's Haka, also known as 'Ka Mate! Ka Mate!'
Oh yes, you are unlikely to see an All Black rugby team without one ! (The National Rugby team of New Zealand are the All Blacks, and very good rugby players they are, as good as any.) Before the match the All Blacks perform the Haka, a Moari war dance.
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Rakapii is the Maori transliteration of the English word 'Rugby'.
Because it is apart of the new zealand Maori heritage.
The native people of New Zealand are known as the Māori. They are the indigenous Polynesian people who arrived in New Zealand around the 13th century. The Māori culture and language are an important part of New Zealand's identity.
Other Polynesian Peoples have their own individual versions of the Haka. Tonga and Samoa both perform ritual dances before rugby games in the same way that the haka is performed by New Zealand teams.
Ki-o-rahi is a Maori sport quite similar to rugby