Sometimes it can feel as if the haka’s primal intensity is diluted by its sheer ubiquity. Take the recent America’s Cup, where New Zealand skipper Peter Burling filed into a Barcelona auditorium ...
With the world's attention on New Zealand as it plays host to the Rugby World Cup, a Maori group has given an indigenous dance a contemporary twist, creating the ...
Auckland engineering students performing a mock haka in the 1970s. Photo / supplied In May 1979, young Māori activists of the group He Taua confronted a bunch of Auckland University engineering ...