Hana-Rawhiti Kareariki Maipi-Clarke, a young New Zealand MP, captivated global attention with her energetic Haka performance upon entering parliament. Recently, she made headlines again by tearing ...

A star student received the honor of a lifetime when her classmates performed the Haka as a tribute. Naomi Sai Antiporta finished top of her class at her school in the Bay of Plenty region of New ...

A SCREENGRAB of Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke of New Zealand’s Māori party beginning a soaring Haka during the session. It was so bizarre and inane it could have been mistaken for a Babylon Bee article.

The haka will be the main topic of conversation when New Zealand travel to face England at Twickenham in the 2024 Autumn Nations Series curtain-raiser on Saturday. This traditional Māori dance of ...

Several international rugby teams perform the haka before matches, including New Zealand. England face the All Blacks at Twickenham on Saturday and will be met with the haka ahead of kick-off.

Māori lawmakers disrupted a parliamentary vote in New Zealand by performing a protest Haka on Thursday, to resist a proposed law that critics say would roll back the rights of Indigenous New ...

New Zealand head coach Scott Robertson has responded to Joe Marler after the England prop called for the haka to be scrapped. Ahead of England and the All Blacks' autumn opener on Saturday at ...

A post on X claims that the first reading of a bill during a Parliamentary session in New Zealand was cancelled after Māori tribal representatives started doing a traditional Haka dance.

“The haka for us is a custom. It is part of who we are, our DNA. You can welcome somebody, it is for celebrations, for joy, and also for challenge and we use it as a challenge.

In light of the haka performed in Parliament last week, it’s important to understand what was on show. Culturally, haka is the ability to express thoughts and views in a way that provides ...

“The Haka needs binning. It’s ridiculous,” Marler, who is not in Steve Borthwick’s squad this weekend, said. “It’s only any good when teams actually front it with some sort of repl ...

Speaker Gerry Brownlee suspended the House and ordered the public gallery cleared. A massive haka started by Te Pāti Māori MPs and joined by those in the public galleries forced the Speaker to ...