The haka is a war dance. If you’re going to stand there like that, then in the past people would have charged.” Over the ...

and represented by the quivering of the hands in the dance. Haka is the generic name for all Maori dance. Today, haka is defined as that part of the Maori dance repertoire where the men are to the ...

The haka is a traditional dance that reflects the passion, vigour and identity of the Maori race. Today it has been adopted by New Zealand sporting teams to 'challenge' their opponents! However, the ...

Watch as they perform the traditional dance before they take on the South Africans. The haka has become a part of popular culture thanks to the New Zealand All Blacks rugby team, but the country ...

KASHIWA, Chiba Prefecture--Some 9,000 kilometers from where the traditional Maori dance originated, children from a rugby club here gave a powerful rendition of the haka, famed for its iconic ...

When it comes to the Haka, the northern hemisphrere is infactuated on everything about it. It involves scary faces, lots of thigh-slapping and loud chanting. But there is so much history behind the ...

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The director of a new documentary says she lays bare a piece of New Zealand history that society has willingly tried to forget. The Haka Party Incident is a documentary based on a theatre play about a ...

A Christian fundamentalist group has clashed with police after it protested a rainbow Pride parade while performing a haka. Members of Brian Tamaki's Destiny Church held up the parade in central ...