Stunning images show members of the Maori Battalion's 'C company' at a training camp in Helwan, Egypt as they presented the Ruamoko haka during a ceremonial parade in June 1941.

It is principally a celebration of life and not – as it is often termed – “a war dance”, although the Maori battalion in the New Zealand armed forces would perform a haka before combat.

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 one of the most vivid symbols of Maori culture — the indigenous group who make up just under a fifth of New Zealand’s population. Though New Zealand’s football team will not ...

Watch this valedictorian honored by her classmates with a heartfelt Haka The traditional dance is sacred to the indigenous Maori people of New Zealand.

New Zealand parliament suspends Maori MPs who performed protest haka Parliament voted to impose record suspensions on the trio of legislators for their protest haka.

Three Maori MPs have been suspended from New Zealand’s parliament for performing a haka during a sitting last year. On Thursday, the legislature voted to ban Rawiri Waititi and Debbie Ngarewa ...

The haka, a traditional Maori dance of challenge, has transcended its sacred origins to become a cherished cultural symbol for all New Zealanders. From sporting events to funerals and graduations ...

New Zealanders are marching, performing haka to protest divisive bill The Treaty Principles Bill seeks to revise New Zealand’s foundational agreement with Maori people and is hugely unpopular ...

What are the lyrics to the Haka and is it always the same song? New Zealand traditionally always sang a song called Ka Mate, which is a war cry written in 1820 by a Maori chief Te Rauparaha.

The haka is a ceremonial Maori war dance, with many of the country’s national teams across a variety of sports performing their own version before matches.

Members of the 2nd and 1st Battalion Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment performed the ancestral war cry to show their 'collective grief' during a funeral in Christchurch.