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Stunning images show members of the Maori Battalion's 'C company' at a training camp in Helwan, Egypt as they presented the Ruamoko haka during a ceremonial parade in June 1941.
An accomplished haka dancer has been anointed the next Māori leader over her elder brothers in an emotional coronation attended by thousands. Nga Wai Hono i te po Paki, 27, the only daughter ...
As the Globe to Globe Festival begins in London, the director of a Maori version of Troilus and Cressida explains how she put the haka into Shakespeare's Trojan war tragedy.
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 ...
How controversy over Maori haka sparked chaos in New Zealand parliament. The haka is a cherished cultural symbol, but this one has ignited a fiery debate. Charlotte Graham-McLay.
Parliament was briefly suspended on Thursday after Maori members performed a haka — a traditional ceremonial group dance — to disrupt the vote on a controversial bill.
Ivana Andrés, the captain of the Spanish women’s national team, has apologized after the country’s football federation (RFEF) posted a now-deleted video on social media of four players ...
Three Maori MPs have been suspended from New Zealand’s parliament for performing a haka during a sitting last year. On Thursday, the legislature voted to ban Rawiri Waititi and Debbie Ngarewa ...
The haka is an example of Maori culture that is recognised worldwide - both for its origins in centuries worth of Maori legend or its modern use by the All Blacks in rugby. Front and centre in the ...