New Zealand's parliament was brought to a temporary halt by MPs performing a haka, amid anger over a controversial bill seeking to reinterpret the country's founding treaty with Māori people.

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.

This traditional Māori dance of haka was first performed by the team, which used to be called The Natives, back in 1888 and 1889, when the Kiwi rugby team played in Britain and Australia.

The Other Way / Facebook A reality TV contestant who appeared to attempt a haka on-camera has come under fire for the “disrespectful” rendition of the traditional Māori war dance. The spin ...

Marler took to social media earlier this week to deride the haka dance performed by New Zealand players before each game, saying it "needs binning". Haka are ritual war dances that form a ...

There's renewed debate about the haka's purpose after Joe Marler suggested it should be banned. The English prop labelled it 'ridiculous' in a post on social media ahead of this week's rugby test ...

LONDON (AP) — After all the drama this week about the haka, the All Blacks broke the law on Saturday at Twickenham. England prop Joe Marler reignited an old debate when he wrote on social media ...

"The Welsh players are statues. There was a rumour Wales would respond to the haka. But there was no counter dance, only that mute acceptance." While Butler and the rest of us could enjoy the ...

LONDON, Oct 31 (Reuters) - New Zealand coach Scott Robertson defended his team's pre-match haka after England prop Joe Marler stoked up the tension ahead of Saturday's Twickenham clash by saying ...

Ahead of England’s 22-24 defeat to New Zealand at Twickenham, Marler, who has been capped 95 times and has won three Six Nations titles, said that their traditional Māori haka dance was ...

Marler has riled the All Blacks ahead of Saturday’s clash at Allianz Stadium by using social media to call for the pre-match Maori war dance to be ... and focus on haka as England face ...

LONDON – New Zealand rugby coach Scott Robertson defended his team’s pre-match haka after England prop Joe Marler stoked up the tension ahead of their Nov 2 Twickenham clash by saying it was ...