In a controversial protest led by fundamentalist religious leader Brian Tamaki, protesters in Auckland desecrated flags ...

A kapa haka group with a difference is practising furiously for its first-ever public performance in Kerikeri this Matariki ...

The lawmakers performed the haka, a chanting dance of challenge, in November to oppose a widely unpopular bill, now defeated, that they said would reverse Indigenous rights.

New Zealand's parliament has voted to suspend three Māori MPs for their protest haka during a sitting last year. Opposition MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke, who started the traditional dance after being ...

Rawi Pere is one of the leaders of a Matariki project teaching Kapa Haka to beginners - Māori and non-Māori - which will perform publicly in Kerikeri this weekend.

Three Māori lawmakers in New Zealand received record suspensions of up to three weeks Thursday over a protest haka they performed against a contentious bill in Parliament last year. The lawmakers ...

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

Christianity” and performed ritualistic haka following the symbolic tearing and burning of flags representing Islam, Buddhism, Sikhism, LGBTQ+ Pride, and mainstream media. Flags; including rainbow and ...