<P> On 20 July 2015, Dawson Tamatea, a teacher at Palmerston North Boys' High in Palmerston North died . Hundreds of his students performed a haka at his funeral . In the first month, the posted video had over 6,000,000 views . </P> <P> The University of Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team adopted the haka as a pregame ritual during the 2006 season . Originally, Tala Esera, who played high school football at Kahuku High School, introduced the haka to the team, and during the 2006 season, star quarterback Colt Brennan led the team in performing the haka . The team's 2007 campaign, which saw Brennan emerge as a Heisman Trophy finalist and lead the team to an undefeated regular season, as well as a berth in the Bowl Championship Series despite the Warriors not playing in a BCS conference, drew American attention to the haka . The Warriors are just one of numerous American football teams to perform the haka as a pregame ritual . </P> <P> In 2016, on the 15th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, New Zealand firefighters honoured the victims with a haka . </P>

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