Haka, traditional dances of the Māori people, have been used in sports in New Zealand and overseas. Haka are performed to challenge opponents before matches...

Haka (/ˈhɑːkə/, /ˈhækə/; singular haka, in both Māori and New Zealand English) are a variety of ceremonial dances in Māori culture. A performance art,...

familiar worldwide, and various haka have been adopted by sports teams outside New Zealand, particularly American football teams in the United States. Though...

"Ka Mate" ([ˈkaˌmatɛ]) is a Māori haka composed by Te Rauparaha, the historic leader of the iwi of Ngāti Toa of the North Island of New Zealand during...

Kapa haka is the term for Māori action songs and the groups who perform them. The phrase translates to 'group' (kapa) 'dance' (haka). Kapa haka is an important...

Māori descent in the Australian delegation. The New Zealand national rugby union team and many other New Zealand sports people perform a haka, a traditional...

Sports betting is the activity of predicting sports results and placing a wager on the outcome. Sports bettors place their wagers either legally, through...

Māori-language name for New Zealand. The name was originally used by Māori in reference only to the North Island, with the whole country being referred...

This is a list of Māori deities, known in Māori as atua. Note: there are two Mythologies relating Tangaroa, Papatuanuku and Ranginui (Raki) Haumiatiketike...

The deceased lies in state, usually in an open coffin flanked by female relatives dressed in black, their heads sometimes wreathed in kawakawa leaves,...

phrases in retrospective analyses of the treaty amid debate surrounding the obligations that were agreed to by each signatory. The phrase features in current...

waka (migration canoe). These steps are emphasised in Māori genealogy as a person's whakapapa. In pre-contact Māori tribal organisation the whānau historically...

Both categories merge in whakapapa to explain the overall origin of the Māori and their connections to the world which they lived in. The Māori did not have...

has competed in New Zealand kapa haka competitions since 1988. Several Australian-based Māori have built successful careers in various sports including rugby...

poi, haka ("war dance"), stick game, hymn, ancient song and/or action song, and sung exit. The group that performs it is known as a kapa haka, and in the...

Moriori are the first settlers of the Chatham Islands (Rēkohu in Moriori; Wharekauri in Māori). Moriori are Polynesians who came from the New Zealand...

Māori oral histories recount how their ancestors set out from their homeland in waka hourua, large twin-hulled ocean-going canoes (waka). Some of these traditions...

Hineahuone ("Earth made Woman") is the first woman in Māori Mythology made by Tāne from the clay native to the mythological location of Kurawaka. She bore...

they are welcomed with a pōwhiri and will lie in state for at least two nights, usually in an open coffin, in the wharenui. Throughout the tangihanga, the...

In New Zealand, tangata whenua (Māori pronunciation: [ˈtaŋata ˈfɛnʉ.a]) is a Māori term that translates to "people of the land". It can refer to either...

A marae (in New Zealand Māori, Cook Islands Māori, Tahitian), malaʻe (in Tongan), meʻae (in Marquesan) or malae (in Samoan) is a communal or sacred place...

is a fundamental principle in Māori culture. Reciting one's whakapapa proclaims one's Māori identity, places oneself in a wider context, and links oneself...

and prose, often in the form of karakia, whaikōrero, whakapapa and karanga, and in performing arts such as mōteatea, waiata, and haka. The English word...

(Māori pronunciation: [ˈiwi]) are the largest social units in New Zealand Māori society. In Māori, iwi roughly means 'people' or 'nation', and is often...

Taha Māori is a New Zealand phrase, used in both Māori and New Zealand English. It means "the Māori side (of a question)" or "the Māori perspective" as...

party in Parliament. She will recontest the Ikaroa-Rāwhiti electorate as a Māori Party candidate. On 10 May, Ngarewa-Packer and Waititi held a haka (dance)...

official residence of Tūrangawaewae marae in Ngāruawāhia in the Waikato. In 2024, the koroneihana was held in August to coincide with the 18th anniversary...

In Māori and New Zealand English, a hapū ("subtribe", or "clan") functions as "the basic political unit within Māori society". A Māori person can belong...

Traditional Māori arts play a large role in New Zealand art. They include whakairo (carving), raranga (weaving), kapa haka (group performance), whaikōrero (oratory)...

The word pā (Māori pronunciation: [ˈpaː]; often spelled pa in English) can refer to any Māori village or defensive settlement, but often refers to hillforts...