Many rugby fans around the globe are familiar with the traditional dance performed by the countries of Oceania, the most familiar being New Zealand's haka, before each international game.

PHOTO/JOHN STONE Kapa haka, music, dance, a lot of food and activities for children can be expected at this year's Waitangi Day celebrations. While politicians and the Anti-P hikoi will be the ...

As if to emphasise this difference, prior to kick-off, the All Blacks will face their opponents and perform the Ka Mate haka - a traditional ... a traditional song and dance show.

The haka has earned international kudos as the means by which the All Blacks start tests, although sometimes too much emphasis can be focused on it, relative to the game. Photo / NZ Herald Shallow ...

It would just not be a Rugby World Cup (RWC) without a song and dance, quite literally, being made about the Haka ritual performed by the All Blacks just before kick-off. This was almost inevitable ...

Stan Walker, an Austrian musician and singer who led the Haka, said the singer was surprised by the dance. Members of the Beyhive are defending singer Beyoncé Knowles-Carter after a 2013 video ...

New Zealand legislators have voted to enact record suspensions from parliament for three politicians who performed a Maori ...

A war haka performed with weapons to show strength. Ngarahu: A semi-war dance performed to test warriors' readiness. Haka Tui Waewae: A non-combative haka expressing emotions like joy or anger.

A war cry from the Southern Hemisphere could be heard throughout Birmingham's Southside district on Saturday. The Haka, the famous chant and dance performed by the New Zealand All Blacks rugby ...