Parliament was briefly suspended on Thursday after Maori members performed a haka — a traditional ceremonial group dance — to disrupt the vote on a controversial bill.

The Haka is a traditional Mãori dance that originated in New Zealand and holds deep cultural significance for the Mãori people, the indigenous Polynesian population of the country.

Moreover, traditionally, haka was a traditional or customary way of welcoming the visiting tribes. However, Haka was also performed as a ceremonial dance or challenge performed by warriors before ...

The suspended lawmakers from the Māori Party performed the haka, a dance of challenge, last November to oppose a widely unpopular bill, now defeated, that they said would reverse Indigenous rights.

A decade-old video of Beyoncé experiencing the Māori Haka dance has ignited fresh conversations about cultural exchange and respect in the entertainment world. The footage, captured during her ...

New Zealand’s parliament was briefly suspended on Thursday after Maori members staged a haka to disrupt the vote on a contentious bill that would reinterpret a 184-year-old treaty between the ...

The lawmakers performed the haka, a chanting dance of challenge, in November to oppose a widely unpopular bill, now defeated, that they said would reverse Indigenous rights.

A post on X claims that the first reading of a bill during a Parliamentary session in New Zealand was cancelled after Māori tribal representatives started doing a traditional Haka dance. Verdict ...