Kapa o Pango Haka
Lyrics
| Taringa whakarongo! | Let your ears listen |
| Kia rite! Kia rite! Kia mau! Hī! | Get ready…! Line up…! Steady…! Yeah! |
| Kia whakawhenua au i ahau! | Let me become one with the land |
| Hī aue, hī! | (assertive sounds to raise adrenaline levels) |
| Ko Aotearoa e ngunguru nei! | New Zealand is rumbling here |
| Au, au, aue hā! | |
| Ko Kapa o Pango e ngunguru nei! | The Team in Black is rumbling here |
| Au, au, aue hā! | |
| I āhahā! | |
| Ka tū te Ihiihi | Stand up to the fear |
| Ka tū te Wanawana | Stand up to the terror |
| Ki runga ki te rangi, | To the sky above,! |
| E tū iho nei, tū iho nei, hī! | Fight up there, high up there. Yeah! |
| Ponga rā! | The shadows fall! |
| Kapa o Pango, aue hī! | Team in Black, yeah! |
| Ponga rā! | Darkness falls! |
| Kapa o Pango, aue hī, hā! | Team in Black, Yeah, Ha! |
Kapa o Pango was developed by Derek Lardelli of Ngāti Porou by modifying the first verse of “Ko Niu Tirini,” the haka used by the 1924 All Blacks.
It was first performed by the All Blacks before a Tri Nations match against South Africa on 28 August 2005 at Carisbrook in Dunedin.
