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The New Zealand women's rugby team performed the Haka after winning their second straight gold medal. The Black Ferns defeated Canada 19-12. The Haka is a ceremonial dance in Maori culture.
“It is truly a privilege to experience the culture of New Zealanders, especially Haka from Maori culture,” Naomi Sai Antiporta said. “I want to acknowledge the people I have met along the way.
The New Zealand women's rugby sevens team performed a traditional victory act, haka, after retaining their title by defeating Canada in the recent match-up at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Nature: Gannets in New Zealand 02:00. 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 ...
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 ...
The committee said the legislators were not being punished for the haka — which is a beloved and sacred cultural institution in New Zealand life – but for “the time at and manner in which it ...
New Zealand’s Parliament was temporarily suspended on Thursday as Māori lawmakers performed a haka, a traditional group dance, demonstrating their community’s anger and fear over a bill that ...
Māori lawmakers interrupted a New Zealand parliamentary vote with a Haka on Thursday to protest a proposed law that critics say would erode the land and cultural rights of Indigenous New Zealanders.