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WATCH: Lions welcomed to Waitangi

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

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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