To New Zealand’s great shame, the haka was even omitted at times during tours to apartheid-era South Africa—as were Maori players themselves, until the tour of 1970, when they travelled as ...

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 France.

The best-known haka is the Ka Mate — performed by New Zealand’s rugby team, the All Blacks. It derives from when an 18th-century chief, Te Rauparaha, hid from his enemies in a pit. A woman sat ...