SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - The sight of young men doing the haka war dance that originated with the Maori people of New Zealand has become commonplace at college and high school football games across Utah, ...

The haka is the traditional dance form of the Maori of New Zealand. Dances may contain stamping of the feet, slapping of the thighs, pounding of the fists, smacking of the elbows. This is accompanied ...

The proposed bill could redefine the country's relationship with Indigenous people Marina Watts is a Digital Writer, Music at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024. Her work has previously ...

WAITANGI, New Zealand – Thousands of New Zealanders watched indigenous Maori dancers twirl white "poi" balls in a blur of motion and take to traditional canoes, or waka, in the picturesque Bay of ...

Parliament was briefly suspended on Thursday after Maori members performed a haka — a traditional ceremonial group dance — to disrupt the vote on a controversial bill. The haka is a powerful ...

Rugby fans can look forward to seeing the All Blacks perform the famous Ka Mate haka before World Cup matches this summer after a landmark deal was struck with a Maori tribe Te Runanga o Toa Rangatira ...

Packer, co-leader of the Māori Party in Aotearoa, or New Zealand, was suspended last year after participating in a haka on the Parliament floor in protest of the Treaty Principles Bill.

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Members of the Māori community have paid tribute to the victims of the New Zealand terrorist attack, by performing a traditional dance outside one of the targeted mosques. Bikers from the Black Power ...