College haka gets facelift
“The bad pronunciation, embarrassing words and weak performance” of the College haka 'encouraged the Christ’s College second fiveeighths, Jamie Ruwhiu, to do something about it. He and the. College first XV captain, the No. eight, Brian Hutchinson, set to and rewrote the haka that College rugby sides had been performing for at least 50 years. Both boys were members of the Christ’s College rugby touring party to Australia earlier this year and worried about presenting their haka to opposition across the Tasman, so they got the necessary permission to rewrite their pre-match
challenge. Ruwhiu got the support from his headmaster, Dr Rosser, and from his father, William, who gave special help with wording for the start of the haka. “The new haka is slower, more deliberate, and suitable for performing by a large group,” says Ruwhiu. The haka has been well received by College pupils, school rules requiring all pupils to learn the College haka. The College first XV performed its new haka during the recent quadrangular inter-collegiate rugby tournament won by the college .on its home ground.
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Press, 30 September 1988, Page 28
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