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‘Please don’t do haka’

- Stuff.

New Zealand Rugby confirmed it has ‘‘respectful­ly and formally asked’’ a South African university side to stop performing the Kapa o Pango haka before matches. Walter Sisulu University (WSU), from East London in the Eastern Cape, attracted criticism after performing the haka and after consulting Kapa o Pango’s composer, Sir Derek Lardelli, NZ Rugby says it has been in touch with the team to say enough is enough. ‘‘On reflection, and after discussion with Sir Derek Lardelli, we have respectful­ly and formally asked the university to stop performing Kapa o Pango,’’ All Blacks manager, business and operations, Darren Shand told

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