The fearsome Maori war dance is traditionally reserved for the world champion All Blacks but New Zealand's five Super Rugby sides all plan to lay haka challenges to the Lions.
"It will be interesting to see how they go, Ben went very well in that first game", said Gatland of Saturday's centre duo Te'o and Davies.
"You've got Jared Payne, Robbie Henshaw, Jonathan Joseph, and we could put Elliot Daly in there. The midfield is going to be one of the toughest calls for us on tour, getting the balance and combination right".
"Not that many players get the opportunity to play in a British and Irish Lions tour, and to do that in front of a sellout crowd at AMI Stadium in our Crusaders colours is going to be an awesome occasion for the team and for the fans in the stands".
The experienced lock, who replaced official Lions captain Sam Warburton as Wales skipper in January, takes over from global teammate Ken Owens for the third match of the trip following Wednesday's hugely disappointing and ill-disciplined 22-16 loss to the Blues at Eden Park.
"Hugely disappointed, we came here to build on Saturday's performance, we got a good victory up in Whangarei, and we came here to get another win but unfortunately we've got a defeat", Lions captain Ken Owens said.
British and Irish Lions coach Warren Gatland speaking to Sky Sports: "It felt like there were lots of positives from today, our set-pieces were good but we will need to impress on the team the need to focus on the penalty concession".
The visitors delivered an unconvincing win against the semi-professional Provincial Barbarians in their opening game and on Wednesday lost to the Blues, New Zealand's worst-performing Super Rugby side this season.
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Also on Saturday, England tackle Argentina in the first game of a two Test series, with three Saracens players pushing for selection. He previously led the Lions in the third Test in Australia in 2013 as well as playing in all the Tests in South Africa in 2009.
"Our discipline was poor and we've given away a lot of penalties in our first few games", the Welshman said.
They will face another step up in class on Saturday when they face the unbeaten Crusaders in Christchurch. Dan Biggar has a six day turnaround, that's the protocol, so he's not available.
Lions team: Hogg, North, Davies; Te'o, Williams, Farrell, Murray; Vunipola, George, Furlong, Jones (capt), Kruis, O'Mahony, O'Brien, Faletau.
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Replacements: K Owens (Wales), J McGrath (Ireland), D Cole (England), M Itoje (England), CJ Stander (Ireland), R Webb (Wales), J Sexton (Ireland), A Watson (England).
Israel Dagg, included in the 33-man New Zealand Test squad to face Samoa and the Lions announced earlier on Thursday, will start at fullback.
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