Tens of thousands of Māori and non-Māori stand against a bill that would rework the country's founding document.

Naomi Sai Antiporta finished top of her class at her school in the Bay of Plenty region of New Zealand’s North Island. To ...

Indigenous Maori lawmakers disrupted New Zealand's parliament with a stirring "haka" dance, voicing opposition to a race ...

The Treaty Principles Bill seeks to revise New Zealand’s foundational agreement with Maori people and is hugely unpopular, ...

Self-proclaimed 'misogynist' influencer Andrew Tate has used a homophobic slur to mock the haka after the war dance was used to protest a contentious bill in New Zealand's parliament. Tate, who ...

A post on X claims that the first reading of a bill during a Parliamentary session in New Zealand was cancelled after Māori ...

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.

The Māori make much of their “warrior culture,” hence the Haka war dance. And they reportedly did commit one of the worst genocides in history against the Moriori tribe of the Chatham Islands. Surely, ...

The essence and energy of Haka The Haka has now become the most famous identity of the Maori people. And although traditionally it was a war dance, the Haka serves various purposes today.

The haka is not merely a dance; it is a powerful narrative of the Māori people's resilience, heritage, and connection to ...

Maori Party MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke, who is the parliament’s youngest MP, started the traditional haka war dance as she tore up a copy of the proposed bill. Parliament was briefly suspended ...