WATCH: Lions welcomed to Waitangi

Name: VIDEO: Lions welcomed to Waitangi
Uploaded: 2017-06-04T23:22:52+12:00
Duration: 188 s
Description: Thousands of spectators filled the Treaty Grounds on June 4 to see up to 400 Ngapuhi warriors welcome the British and Irish Lions to Aotearoa with a series of challenges and spine-tingling haka. Video by Peter de Graaf.

Northern Advocate

4 Jun, 2017 11:36 AMQuick Read

The first warriors to welcome the Lions arrived on the waka Mataatua. PHOTO / PETER DE GRAAF

Watch as the British and Irish Lions are welcomed to Waitangi by up to 400 Ngapuhi warriors with a series of challenges and spine-tingling haka:

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