See: ‘True Intent’ – Kim, Kourtney Kardashian’s Children Perform Maori Haka

The Kardashians keep up with the haka.

The children of the US reality family have been featured in a new Instagram story, performing a Maori war dance, complete with actions and a pukana at the end.

Appearing on Scott Disick’s Instagram Story, Kim’s sons Saint, North, Kourtney’s daughter Penelope Disick, and two others are seen performing their own rendition of Ka Mate, a war dance that the All Blacks perform. before games around the world.

Standing on a flight of stairs, the five young people can be heard singing part of the lyrics as they perform the actions.

“Long live, long live, this is the brunette, who has made the sun shine, step by step, step by step, and step by step the sun shines”, they were heard singing with beautiful pronunciation.

The children then finished their performance of Ka Mate by shouting pukana.

The story was posted by Kourtney Kardashian’s former Scott Disick, who has 24 million followers.

He captioned it: “TikTok, don’t stop. There’s nothing about us!”

The Executive Director of the Māori Council, Matthew Tukaki, believes that it was done with good intentions and is a good exposition for Maori culture.

“On the one hand, it’s a great thing. On the other hand, I would love to have a conversation with them about what the haka means and what motivated them to do it.”

Tukaki said it’s great when Maori culture is shared online, within reason.

“It has to be done with real intention. It’s not just a good thing for Instagram or social media.”

However, not everyone was impressed, with one Kiwi saying “how about you teach your children Native American culture before incorrectly teaching them our cultural haka”?

Another added: “Cultural appropriation and lack of respect.”

While the video is going viral, it is not the family’s first connection to New Zealand.

In October, Khloé Kardashian confirmed her big Kiwi business move with the New Zealand-founded collagen brand Dose & Co.

“These last few months I have been working on something special. Introducing @doseandco. I am very proud to be the new global spokesperson and brand partner for these amazing collagen blends, which have become such an important part of my daily routine.” . publication read.

Kardashian also shared Instagram stories talking about her journey to partner with the brand founded by siblings Kiwi Libby and Ryan Matthews.

Speaking exclusively to the Herald, who released the story, Kardashian said: “I can see why Kiwis have such an amazing reputation because the team at Dose & Co has been working so hard to make our US launch a great one. success”.

Dose & Co’s parent company, Zuru Edge, contacted Kardashian with the help of its global content creative director, Steven Fernandez, who brought the product to Kardashian for testing.

Zuru co-founder Nick Mowbray said it was Kardashian who started the conversation that led to the global deal.

“The deal came about in a very organic way. With all of our Zuru Edge brands, the priority is finding authentic partners who share a passion for what we do. We sent Dose & Co to Khloe, she tried it, reached out to us and we got started. a conversation, “Mowbray told the Herald.