Members of New Zealand's parliament interrupted Thursday's session by erupting into a traditional Māori haka chant in response to a controversial bill which reinterprets a foundational treaty ...

A bill aimed at ending long-standing rights from the indigenous population has fuelled this year’s heated events.

The traditional haka dance traces its roots to indigenous Polynesian inhabitants of New Zealand (Aotearoa ... and powerful chants. It was not just a show of physical power, but also an embodiment ...

The national holiday marks the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi between Maori chiefs and colonising British forces, widely seen as the birth of modern New Zealand.

Festivals like the biannual Tāmaki Herenga Waka Festival in Auckland celebrate Māori culture with opportunities to sail ...

The centrality of the haka within All Black rugby tradition is not a recent development. Since an 1888 tour by the "New Zealand Natives" led by Joseph Warbrick the haka has been closely associated ...

The scrumhalf left by making a statement of unity as he led the Haka for a record 64th time. It came after peaceful protests had taken place around New Zealand in relation to the Treaty Principles ...

New Zealand has set the world record for the most people to perform the haka, a dance of the country’s indigenous Maori people. The title has been reclaimed from France. The record attempt was ...

The New Zealand All Blacks perform their Haka for one last time before facing off against South Africa in the 2023 Rugby World Cup Final.

Indigenous "Haka" chants boomed across New Zealand's capital Wellington, as tens of thousands of people rallied against a bill that critics say would alter the core of the nation's founding treaty ...