The traditional haka dance traces its roots to indigenous Polynesian inhabitants of New Zealand (Aotearoa) - the Maori people. It was designed to replicate the opponents with synchronised ...

New Zealand's parliament was brought to a temporary halt by MPs performing a haka, amid anger over a controversial bill seeking to reinterpret the country's founding treaty with Māori people.

Have you ever come across intricate tribal tattoos or heard the powerful chants of the Haka and wondered where they ...

Perenara launched into an impassioned haka, stating ... in 1840 and brought peace between the Maori and European settlers and established New Zealand as a colony. February 6, the anniversary ...

New Zealand's Parliament was briefly suspended on Nov 14 after Maori members staged a haka to disrupt the vote on a contentious Bill that would reinterpret a 184-year-old treaty between the ...

Māori lawmakers performed a traditional haka dance to protest a New Zealand bill. On Thursday, Nov. 14, Parliament was suspended after opposition lawmakers performed the dance while the bill was ...

New Zealand's parliament witnessed dramatic scenes as a controversial bill proposing to redefine the country's founding treaty between Māori and the British Crown passed its first vote.

PHOTO: This frame grab taken from a New Zealand Parliament TV feed dated Nov. 14, 2024, shows Maori lawmakers performing the Haka, a traditional ceremonial dance, disrupting parliament in a ...

Police colleagues perform a haka following the funeral for Senior Sergeant Lyn Fleming at Nelson's Trafalgar Centre on Thursday. Photo / George Heard A flag folding ceremony - of the New Zealand ...

Until just a few months ago, this clip was believed to be the most-viewed video of a haka in any form. However, in New Zealand parliament last month, the Maori party performed a haka in front of ...

Booming Indigenous Maori "haka" chants rang out across New Zealand's capital on Tuesday, as thousands rallied against a conservative proposal accused of stoking racial divisions. An estimated ...

Māori lawmakers interrupted a New Zealand parliamentary vote with a Haka on Thursday to protest ... cultural preservation efforts granted to the Maori people under the Treaty of Waitangi.