What is the significance of the colour black for New Zealanders?

Question

They have the All Blacks and even their cricketers wear black.

Answer 1

way back in the late 1800's New Zealand took a rugby side over to Britain for a competition and a journalist who was reporting on the games the Kiwis were playing said that the New Zealand side were a team that played with all backs --- when it came to the printing of the paper --- a typo was made which read " New Zealand are a team of all blacks " the tag has stayed with all N'Z's ever since .

Answer 2

The New Zealanders are known as the "all Blacks" .