The Football Team.—At the dinner given by members of both Houses at Bellamy’s, when Sir Maurice O’Rorke had proposed tho health of the guests, and Webb had duly responded, Warbrick arose, enveloped in a veritable dogskin mat, with an ancient taiaha in his hand, and at his signal the whole team sprang to their feet and shouted “ Kea kaha 1 ” Tho effect was so startling that it nearly created several vacancies in the Legislative Council. “ Kea kaha ” (be strong) was adopted by the New Zealand team as their war whoop, and the way they shouted it on going into battle is said to have made their opponents quake.
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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume I, Issue 185, 17 July 1884, Page 2
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108Untitled Poverty Bay Standard, Volume I, Issue 185, 17 July 1884, Page 2
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