The 'running man” dance challenge has hit the Bay of Plenty, first it was New Zealand's women's sevens team who were based at Mt Maunganui. Now it appears a Bay kapa haka group are set to do one.

Now SunLive have heard Rotorua kapa haka group Te Matarae-i-Orehu are busy making a video up to challenge other groups in New Zealand to get involved in the challenge.

New Zealand women's sevens team doing the running man. Photo: You Tube.

The video sensation started by two high-schoolers in New Jersey, USA began about two weeks ago. But last week, New Zealand Police put a recruitment video out challenging other police around the world to take up the challenge. The video has since gone viral.

It's now seen police from several different countries take up the challenge and has even spread to other emergency services.

The New Zealand women's sevens team put their challenge out to their Australian rivals this week, who have made their own video and now passed the challenge onto their counter-parts; England, USA and Canada.

SunLive understands Te Matarae-i-Orehu will begin filming their video this weekend. The group are well known for their video challenges. A few years ago the group made the 'Harlem Shake” video which proved popular getting more than 100,000 views. Click here to see the Harlem Shake video.