Māori Party co-leaders Rawiri Waititi and Debbie Ngarewa-Packer were handed a suspension for 21 days while New Zealand's ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The haka, a chanting dance of challenge, is sacred to New Zealand’s Māori people but it’s become a beloved cultural institution among New Zealanders of all races.

New Zealand legislators have voted to enact record suspensions from Parliament for three lawmakers who performed a Māori haka to protest a proposed law ...

New Zealand legislators have voted to enact record suspensions from parliament for three politicians who performed a Maori ...

New Zealand's parliament hands record suspensions to three Indigenous Māori MPs after they performed a haka to protest a ...

The three lawmakers, whose record suspensions last up to three weeks, drew global attention last year when they performed the ...

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Inside and outside parliament, the haka has increasingly been welcomed as an important part of New Zealand life. The sacred chant can be a challenge to the viewer but is not violent. As Maori ...

and in Paris by athletes from New Zealand’s Olympic team. While the best-known haka is “ka mate,” the chant often performed by the All Blacks rugby team before games, there are many variants.

Each movement and chant carries historical and cultural ... of the Māori people.Most of the world knows the Haka thanks to New Zealand’s national rugby team, the All Blacks.