Indigenous Maori lawmakers disrupted New Zealand's parliament with a stirring "haka" dance, voicing opposition to a race relations bill that has ignited protests across the country.

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.

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

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 ...

New Zealand's parliament descended into chaos during a vote over a controversial bill that proposed to dramatically change the way New Zealand’s treaty between Maori and the crown is interpreted. MP ...

Video shows the moment a former New Zealand rugby player performed the haka in a city centre pub. Zinzan Brooke, considered an All Blacks legend, and several other men were seen taking part in the ...

England rugby union star Joe Marler has walked back on his controversial comments about the haka - after receiving "an education" on the matter. "It's ridiculous," he initially wrote. "It's only ...

England prop Joe Marler in New Zealand last July (Photo by Fiona Goodall/The RFU Collection via Getty Images) “The haka needs binning. It’s ridiculous,” he wrote in his initial, controversy-igniting ...

LONDON (AP) — England prop Joe Marler apologized Thursday for calling for the All Blacks’ famous pre-match haka to be scrapped. Ahead of England's match against New Zealand on Saturday ...

Haka are ritual war dances that form a significant part of indigenous Maori culture, and for decades have been closely associated with the All Blacks, long one of rugby union's leading ...

There's renewed debate about the haka's purpose after Joe Marler suggested it should be banned. The English prop labelled it 'ridiculous' in a post on social media ahead of this week's rugby test ...

England prop Joe Marler has labelled the haka 'ridiculous' and claimed it needs to be scrapped altogether in a post on social media. Marler's not involved in this weekend’s test, sparing him the ...