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WATCH: Air New Zealand staff perform powerful haka for All Blacks as they leave for the World Cup

The All Blacks left our shores yesterday to begin their defence of the Rugby World Cup in Japan, but not without a proper goodbye first.

Air New Zealand staff made sure to give our boys the send-off they deserved with a rousing haka on the airport tarmac, with players Aaron Smith, TJ Perenara and Rieko Ioane all in attendance.

The whole performance was beautifully captured and released in a video last night, which has already amassed 215K views and 3.6K shares.

Check it out down below!

Check it out down below!