or more specifically a posture dance. I get tired of ignorant politicians and commentators referring to haka as a “war dance”. Certainly there were some that were done before battles ...

Indigenous Maori lawmakers disrupted New Zealand's parliament with a stirring "haka" dance, voicing opposition ... has accused the government of "waging war on our existence as Maori and on ...

The body of a Kiwi soldier killed fighting in Ukraine thee years ago has finally been recovered and farewelled in an ...

Tane-rore is the trembling of the air as seen on the hot days of summer, and represented by the quivering of the hands in the dance. Haka is the generic name for all Maori dance. Today, haka is ...

A star student received the honor of a lifetime when her classmates performed the Haka as a tribute ... The traditional dance is sacred to the indigenous Maori people of New Zealand.

A Maori man has performed a soul-stirring haka against the Dakota Access Pipeline on the protest frontline at Standing Rock, in North Dakota. SEE ALSO: Don't bother checking into the Dakota ...

KASHIWA, Chiba Prefecture--Some 9,000 kilometers from where the traditional Maori dance originated, children from a rugby club here gave a powerful rendition of the haka, famed for its iconic ...

When it comes to the Haka, the northern hemisphrere is infactuated on everything about it. It involves scary faces, lots of thigh-slapping and loud chanting. But there is so much history behind the ...

Maori dance tribute paid to fellow soldier Dominic Abelen, 28, whose body was returned after he died while assaulting trench in 2022 ...

Images and a video shared by the armed forces show soldiers performing the Haka, a traditional Māori war dance, around Mr Abelen ... of the proud son of the Maori people – a true warrior ...