Te Pāti Māori’s extraordinary display of protest - interrupting the first vote on the Treaty Principles Bill - has highlighted the tension between Māori tikanga, or customs, and the rules of ...

which is a war cry written in 1820 by a Maori chief Te Rauparaha. It was first performed by the All Blacks in 1888, but only at away matches until 1986. The Ka Mate Haka is also performed during ...

England will hope that Joe Marler has not given New Zealand any extra motivation ahead of their Autumn Nations Series clash ...

CastlebridgeInspire teamed up virtually with organisers in New Zealand to help them break the Guinness World record for the ...

Even though those words may not be true ... the New Zealanders are honouring when performing the haka. A competitive, defiant ...

Sometimes it can feel as if the haka’s primal intensity is diluted by its sheer ubiquity. Take the recent America’s Cup, ...

England prop Joe Marler apologises for his "poorly articulated" social media post in which he said the haka "needs binning" ...

England rugby news as prop Joe Marler has issued an apology for his comments on the haka ahead of the match against New ...

We put the English words underneath the Maori words so they could tell what ... Remarkably, the All Blacks had never performed the haka on home soil before 1987. Now the players actually knew ...

There's no feeling like it." World Rugby rules limit how close opposing teams can get to each other when facing the Haka, a Maori war dance, and prevent them from crossing the halfway line.

England’s record under Steve Borthwick reads played 24, won 13, lost 11. Setbacks during that time have been forgiven due to ...

Helena Cody travelled with her kids from Kilkenny to take part, having Maori ancestry and had moved to Ireland a year ago. "She was great in helping the group to practice the haka words and ...