Haka fans will come together this weekend to celebrate te ao Māori through haka, waiata and whanaungatanga at Tāmaki Hakangāhau - a non-competitive kapa haka event designed to bring audiences closer ...

Waioweka creates incredible kapa haka kids. Made with funding from NZ On Air. Children from Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Waioweka recently came second out of 56 schools at the Te Mana Kuratahi Kapa ...

The haka is one of the most vivid symbols of Maori culture — the indigenous group who make up just under a fifth of New Zealand’s population. ... rather than the alternative Kapa o Pango.

T he transformative power of kapa haka and a celebration of one Aotearoa's most revered songwriters and champion of Māori culture are the focus of two exhibitions at New Plymouth's Puke Ariki Museum.

Kapa Haka leader Junior Tana and his wife Kerrie-Anna formed Kōkō Tangiwai early in 2024 in response to the relatively small number of teams entering the Waitaha regional competition at the time.

One of the most widely known haka is "Ka Mate" composed by Ngāti Toa chief Te Rauparaha around 1820. Today, it is frequently performed by New Zealand sports teams and individuals when travelling ...

NEW ZEALAND will be performing their traditional Haka when they take on England in the Autumn Internationals. The big match at Twickenham is kicking off the long-awaited Autumn clashes. What are th… ...

Four Rotorua teams represented Te Arawa at Te Mana Kuratahi 2015 this week, each bringing home a prize showing the other regions how it's done. The primary schools national kapa haka competition ...

Kapa Haka recognition political correctness gone mad. Dr Nick Smith - National Education Spokesperson Recognising Kapa Haka in the NCEA is further evidence that the Government’s new school ...

Don Yaeger performs the haka at Eden Park stadium in Auckland, New Zealand. Greatness, Inc. Not sure how you’d answer, but when someone calls me and offers me the chance to fly 17 hours across ...

Kapa haka tutor Shane Ruwhiu, from Best Care Whakapai Hauora, said the groups had spent months perfecting their performances, but there were greater life lessons to be had.

Earlier in September the group featured on a Maori Television eight-part series called Kapa Haka Whanau which showcased Alesana and his Nelson whanau. "They came to school, it was a whole day and ...