According to Maori ethos, Tama-nui-to-ra, the Sun God, had two wives, Hine-raumati, the Summer maid, and Hine takurua, the Winter maid. The child born to him and Hine-raumati was Tane-rore, who is ...

KASHIWA, Chiba Prefecture--Some 9,000 kilometers from where the traditional Maori dance originated, children from a rugby club here gave a powerful rendition of the haka, famed for its iconic ...

Picture: Hannah Peters / POOL / AFP WELLINGTON - Bare-chested Maori bellowed haka chants Thursday to mark New Zealand's national day, holding spirited ceremonies as critics accuse the government ...

New Zealand has set the world record for the most people to perform the haka, a dance of the country’s indigenous Maori people ... around 1920 by Te Rauparaha, chief of the Ngati Toa iwi ...

The world loved her identity, the representation she gave to the people, and of course, the energy that came with Haka, the traditional Maori dance. And then a few days ago she made headlines ...

In May 1979, young Māori activists of the group He Taua confronted a bunch of Auckland University engineering students in their common room as they prepared for their traditional annual capping ...