‘Teach them young!’ Proud Maori father teaches his tiny baby how to do the haka war dance in heart-warming video shared by New Zealand rugby star Dan Carter
- Rugby player Sean Wainui did the haka with his eight-month-old son Kawariki
- The 24-year-old performs the Maori war dance while his happy baby joins in
- New Zealand rugby star Dan Carter shared the video on social media yesterday
This is the adorable moment a proud Maori father taught his tiny baby how to do the haka war dance in New Zealand.
In a video shared by New Zealand ruby star Dan Carter yesterday, eight-month-old Kawariki joins in with his father, rugby player Sean Wainui, 24, in the dance made famous by the All Blacks.
Kawariki squealed with delight as his father chanted and stamped his feet in the traditional Maori dance.
In a video shared by New Zealand ruby star Dan Carter yesterday, eight-month-old Kawariki joins in with his father, rugby player Sean Wainui, 24, in the dance
In the video, Mr Wainui starts the chant while his smiling baby standing on the sofa beams up at him.
Kawariki starts to slap his arms to the side, mimicking his father while he chants the traditional Maori words ‘ka mate’.
Mr Wainui continues to chant and stomp his feet, walking towards the baby who slaps his hands to his side in time.
For the last verse, Mr Wainui takes his son’s hands and moves them in time with the chant before the child lets out an excited giggle as the dance finishes.
Kawariki starts to slap his arms to the side, mimicking his father while he chants the traditional Maori words ‘ka mate’
Mr Wainui takes his son’s hands and moves them in time with the chant before the child lets out an excited giggle as the dance finishes
The video was shared yesterday by All Blacks fly-half Dan Carter (pictured), 38, who holds the record for the most points held in test match rugby
The video was shared by rugby legend Dan Carter who it made his day. People on social media showed their appreciation for the baby’s moves
Originally filmed in January, the video was shared yesterday by All Blacks fly-half Dan Carter , 38, who holds the record for the most points held in test match rugby.
He said: ‘Don’t know how I missed this. This made my day. Teach them young.’
Mr Wainui captioned the video originally shared on Instagram: ‘Haka practice. Happy eight months boy.’
Performing the haka at rugby games began with the 1888–89 New Zealand Native football team tour and has been carried on by the All Blacks since 1905.
Samoa, Tonga and Fiji also perform a haka before their international rugby games.