A school haka performance is gaining millions of views across TikTok — and inspiring people around the world to learn about Māori culture. Performed inside a gymnasium and captured by TikTok user ...

A video of a father welcoming his son at the airport with an emotional Haka, a ceremonial dance of the Māori people, has warmed countless netizens’ hearts. The now-viral clip, shared by suspended ...

Sometimes it can feel as if the haka’s primal intensity is diluted by its sheer ubiquity. Take the recent America’s Cup, where New Zealand skipper Peter Burling filed into a Barcelona auditorium ...

The haka is one of rugby’s best known traditions, with the ceremonial Maori dance performed pre-match by New Zealand rugby sides before international fixtures. Haka were traditionally performed for a ...

Laie, Hawaii • You've seen it on TV or at a football game — men in formation, bending knees and arms in synchronized gestures, chanting unfamiliar words in unison, grunting, scowling. The exotic ...

New Zealand celebrated its gold medal in women’s Olympic Rugby 7s with a special version of the haka, showing all the fierceness and focus that had seen them become worthy winners against France in ...

WELLINGTON — Members of rival New Zealand gangs gathered in unity on Wednesday to slap their thighs, thump their chests and stick out their tongues in a traditional Maori haka to commemorate the ...

When the haka is used as a war dance, the idea is to threaten or warn your opponent - but this isn't its only theme As New Zealand mourns the victims of the Christchurch mosque shootings, traditional ...

A Kiwi actor has caused a stir after performing a naked haka at a 'sacred' place in Romania. Manu Bennett performed the act at Sarmizegetusa Regia, a Unesco World Heritage site in the ancient capital ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. In Wellington in 1996, the Australian rugby team turned their backs on the All Blacks' haka, focusing on their own warm-ups instead of ...

A major row has erupted over the disruption of a Sikh religious procession (nagar kirtan) by members of a far-right group in South Auckland, New Zealand.

A 'floor shaking' Haka briefly suspended New Zealand Parliament as Maori politicians opposed a controversial bill. The libertarian ACT Party, a minor partner in New Zealand's National Party-led ...