This image from May 15, 2025 video shows New Zealand lawmaker Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke performing a Māori haka to protest a ...

New Zealand legislators have voted to enact record suspensions from Parliament for three lawmakers who performed a Māori haka ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The haka, a chanting dance of challenge, is sacred to New Zealand’s Māori people but it’s become a beloved cultural institution among New Zealanders of all races.

While the best-known haka is “Ka Mate”, the chant often performed by the All Blacks rugby team before games, there are many variants. November’s protest wasn’t the first time a haka has ...

Labour's not keen on a filibuster, while Te Pāti Māori's president says more tikanga Māori should be incorporated in the ...

Emotional haka have generated news headlines in the past year when performed by soldiers farewelling a New Zealander who died fighting in Ukraine, and in Paris by athletes from New Zealand’s Olympic ...

The debate on whether Te Pāti Māori co-leaders will face the toughest Parliamentary sanctions ever dished out continues today ...

While the best-known haka is “ka mate,” the chant often performed by the All Blacks rugby team before games, there are many variants. Last November’s protest wasn’t the first time a haka ...