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[QUOTE="Moose, post: 2944139, member: 1785"]
Maori culture is a part of New Zealand culture in a way that is not usually seen in other parts of the world. Kia ora is an accepted greeting that can be used by anyone. My kids are in a New Zealand daycare and they have weekly kapa haka lessons (Maori performing arts); the kids have these lessons irrespective of their cultural identity.

Other rugby teams have tried to respond to the haka by ignoring it, or offering various responses in the past. I believe it is considered respectful to listen to the haka and respond (i.e., with a war dance as the other polynesian teams do, or just generally with a display of national pride). Ignoring the haka is considered disrespectful, and on the occasions that this has happened, iirc it just fired up the All Blacks even more, with the opposing teams losing big time, and I think this is why opposing teams usually don't ignore the haka. Of course, it helps that the All Blacks have been the worlds' most dominate rugby team for generations.
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