"Context will always be debated": Māori All Blacks cultural advisor backs TJ Perenara haka
The cultural advisor for the Māori All Blacks says he's completely comfortable with TJ Perenara's haka. The All Black ...
To haka, or not to haka? Who has the mana to decide?
As he launched into the haka, Perenara said "Toitū te mana o te whenua, toitū te mana motuhake, toitū te Tiriti o Waitangi," a statement which affirmed Māori sovereignty and the enduring significance ...
TJ Perenara's Tiriti haka addition welcomed by both Te Pāti Māori and David Seymour
Te Pāti Māori co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer has backed departing All Black TJ Perenara, after he used the side's haka ahead ...
Māori All Blacks adviser Te Wehi Wright calls for unity after TJ Perenara’s final haka
Māori All Blacks cultural advisor Te Wehi Wright is urging New Zealanders to embrace unity following TJ Perenara’s haka in ...
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Waititi defends Māori identity, challenges Parliament
Te Pāti Māori co-leader Rawiri Waititi hits back at Winston Peters and other MPs, whom he says are waging a desperate battle ...
TJ Perenara includes te Tiriti message in final All Blacks haka
Departing All Blacks halfback TJ Perenara included a message of support for Te Tiriti during the haka against Italy on Saturday. Te Pāti Māori co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.
All Blacks legend TJ Perenara issues support to New Zealand Treaty protests during haka against Italy
The legendary New Zealand scrum half bowed out alongside Sam Cane, with the two World Cup winners set to head to Japan to ...
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New Zealand’s post-Ardern populist pivot angers Maori community
in a show of anger at a proposed overhaul of a treaty underpinning Maori rights, as a conservative backlash against the ...