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 ...

Harrington claimed bronze in the freeski slopestyle final to win the nation’s second medal in as many days following Zoi ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A school haka performance is gaining millions of views across TikTok — and inspiring people around the world to learn about Māori ...

The haka is one of rugby’s best known traditions, with the ceremonial Maori dance performed pre-match by New Zealand rugby sides before international fixtures. Haka were traditionally performed for a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A loving son honored his mom on her graduation day with a powerful haka, or Maori ceremonial dance, and the footage is bringing ...

It's what representing their country is all about — walking out in New Zealand's All Blacks jersey, facing their opposition, and delivering a spine-tingling, hair-raising Haka before the whistle blows ...

New Zealand celebrated its gold medal in women’s Olympic Rugby 7s with a special version of the haka, showing all the fierceness and focus that had seen them become worthy winners against France in ...

Laie, Hawaii • You've seen it on TV or at a football game — men in formation, bending knees and arms in synchronized gestures, chanting unfamiliar words in unison, grunting, scowling. The exotic ...

Say kia ora to the fiercest and cutest Maōri warrior the internet has ever seen. Herea Winitana from Rotorua, New Zealand (or Aotearoa if you're Kiwi), shared a video of an adorable baby over the ...

New Zealand on Sunday reclaimed the world record for the largest mass haka after more than 6,000 people performed the legendary Maori war dance, dethroning France. The record was broken in deafening ...

WELLINGTON — Members of rival New Zealand gangs gathered in unity on Wednesday to slap their thighs, thump their chests and stick out their tongues in a traditional Maori haka to commemorate the ...