Opposition lawmakers performed the haka during a reading of a bill that would redefine the country’s founding treaty with its Indigenous people.

A heated protest erupted in New Zealand’s parliament on Thursday as Maori lawmakers performed a haka to oppose a controversial bill aiming to redefine the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi. Seahawks center ...

Māori lawmakers interrupted a New Zealand parliamentary vote with a Haka on Thursday to protest a proposed law that critics ...

Maori lawmakers vehemently oppose the bill, viewing it as a direct threat to the hard-won rights of their community. By ...

Many viewers were particularly disapointed with the sight of mostly empty stands in the background of the haka, as you can see in the video at the top of the page. One fan wrote on X ...

In its 39th year, the annual event brings together students from local schools to perform kapa haka, showcasing Māori waiata and kanikani (dances) many have been practising throughout the year.

While the march, or hikoi, was sparked by the bill currently before parliament, organisers hope it will ignite a broader conversation about New Zealand's relationship to Maori, he said.

England prop Joe Marler has reactivated his X account after posting that New Zealand's pre-match haka should be scrapped. Writing on the social media site ahead of England's game with the All ...

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.

Last time I did the Haka in public I was laughed at and even though I consider my Maori accent to be decent, I have been told it is endearing and cute at best, and patronising and bordering on ...

In its 39th year, the annual event brings together students from local schools to perform kapa haka, showcasing Māori waiata and kanikani (dances) many have been practising throughout the year. It is ...