The Harlequins prop stirred the pot with his comments just days before New Zealand come to Twickenham. England prop Joe Marler has been criticised after posting that New Zealand’s haka “needs binning” and labelling it “ridiculous” ahead of Saturday’s match against the All Blacks. The injured loosehead prop claimed in a post on X that […]

1 year ago

Footage of the Dutch and Spanish sides appearing to mock the Haka has gone viral The Netherlands women’s team have denied that their players tried to mimic the Haka – the traditional Maori dance – and insisted that it was an exercise on “channeling your inner strength”. Spain’s women’s team have also come in for heavy […]

2 years ago

So much emotion  This is the emotional moment an 11-year-old boy performed a haka to honour his late great-grandmother. Zoe Gifkins, 32, from Hawkes Bay, New Zealand, captured the moment her son Jahrell broke down in tears as he led the haka in honour of his great-grandmother Ann Tiki. The heart-breaking scene was captured as […]

3 years ago

The tribe has condemned its use in the controversial protests The Māori tribe that holds the rights to the ‘Ka Mate’ haka, the most famous form of the iconic ceremonial dance, has urged anti-vaccine protestors to stop using it in their demonstrations. Ngāti Toa, who has legal guardianship of the haka popularised globally through its […]

4 years ago

The ceremonial dance has been a major part of the country coming to terms with the incident A group of schoolchildren in Christchurch have paid tribute to two classmates murdered in Friday’s terror attack with a powerful haka. A gun attack on two mosques in the New Zealand city killed 50 people and one man, […]

7 years ago

This will stir the blood.

10 years ago