The haka is far more than a war dance. It is an expression of identity, history, emotion, and intent. Its rhythms and ...

Opposition MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke, who started the traditional dance, was suspended for seven days, while her party's co-leaders Rawiri Waititi and Debbie Ngarewa-Packer were banned for 21 days.

The lawmakers drew global attention in November when they performed the haka, a ceremonial chanting dance of defiance that is a cherished cultural symbol of New Zealand.

The lawmakers performed the haka, a chanting dance of challenge, in November to oppose a widely unpopular bill, now defeated, that they said would reverse Indigenous rights.

New Zealand’s Parliament on Thursday suspended three opposition lawmakers over their performance of the haka, a traditional Māori dance, as a protest while the body was considering a ...

New Zealand ’s parliament agreed on historically lengthy suspensions for three Indigenous legislators who last year performed a haka, a traditional Maori dance, disrupting the reading of a ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand legislators voted Thursday to enact record suspensions from Parliament for three lawmakers who performed a Māori haka to protest a proposed law.

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 lawmakers from Te Pāti Māori, the Māori Party, performed the haka, a chanting dance of challenge, in November to oppose a widely unpopular bill, now defeated, that they said would reverse ...

The New Zealand Parliament yesterday agreed on historically lengthy suspensions for three indigenous lawmakers who last year performed a haka, a traditional Maori dance, disrupting the reading of a ...

The haka traces its origins to Māori cosmology. One version links it to Tāne-rore, the son of the sun god Tama-nui-te-rā and his wife Hine-raumati, the embodiment of summer. When Tāne-rore danced for ...

Before Siya Kolisi and his team run onto the field, an important ritual takes place – three strong, bare-chested men in ...