Perenara appeared to show his support to those contesting the ACT Party's new legislation, with the 33-year-old half-back, who was born in Porirua and grew up in Titahi Bay, beginning the Haka by chanting: 'Toitū te mana o te whenua, toitū te mana motuhake, toitū te tiriti o Waitangi.'.
Inside the shock haka that divided the All Blacks as players accuse star of 'blindsiding them' with a controversial move All Blacks great TJ Perenara bowed out from his glittering Test rugby career last November, following New Zealand's victory against Italy.
A nine-day hikoi, a peaceful protest, was held in the country back in November after the coalition government in New Zealand proposed a new bill that will have an impact on rights and obligations included in the Treaty of Waitangi.
It was Perenara's 89th cap for New Zealand, with the Kiwis going on to seal a 29-11 victory in Turin.
But they opted not to remove Perenara from the squad seeing such a move could be problematic and subsequently agreed that he could make the unity statement before the match but they add: 'the spicifics of what exactly would be said were never discussed'.
