This week's most read story online was Rotorua Daily Post editor Kim Gillespie's editorial about the haka.
"I don't know why, but every year it seems we're bombarded with columns and stories having a crack at New Zealand's traditional Maori challenge ritual, generally in a sporting context.
"The catalyst, asit often is, is the impending All Blacks tour of the Northern Hemisphere," he wrote.
"The New Zealanders will this weekend play England at Twickenham, and before kick-off they will treat a massive crowd with no shortage of Antipodeans to a fiery display that will rouse passions on-field and off.
"And why shouldn't they? The English fans will be gleefully expecting it as much as the Kiwis, but if Daily Telegraph chief sports writer Oliver Brown has his way, the pre-match haka would be a thing of the past, a relic alongside leather rugby balls and four-point tries.
