A year in the making, Kapa O Pango was written for the team by Derek Lardelli, an expert in tikanga Maori (Maori culture and customs) of the Ngati Porou iwi. Its words and actions celebrate the land ...

It will be an afternoon rugby double for fans in Northland on July 5 with a Black Ferns v Black Ferns XV trial match kicking off at 1.05pm, followed by the Māori All Blacks hosting Scotland at 3.35pm.

Barbie has released its first ever Maori doll, modelled after New Zealand ... world cups with New Zealand's women's team - the Black Ferns. She later went on to become a sports journalist.