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The All Blacks have performed the haka since 1905

Ka Mate was composed around 1820 by Te Rauparaha of Ngāti Toa

The New Zealand rugby team has performed the haka before its matches since the 1905 tour of Britain by the Original All Blacks. Ka Mate, the best known version, was composed around 1820 by the Ngāti Toa chief Te Rauparaha. Since 2005 the team has also performed Kapa o Pango on selected occasions.

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: Ka Mate was composed around 1820 by Te Rauparaha of Ngāti Toa. The figure is taken from Te Ara, the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a sports fact?: Yes. It sits on the Sports shelf, one of 1,090 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.