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 English) are a variety of ceremonial dances in Māori culture. A performance art, haka are often...

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

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...

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

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...

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...

This is a list of Māori deities, known in Māori as atua. Haumiatiketike, the god of uncultivated food, particularly bracken fern. Papatūānuku, the primordial...

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

a match is also a long-held tradition in association football. In Australian sports, the term "flag" is used in the same context. The first ever "flag"...

of tino rangatiratanga is important to New Zealand politics, as it is used in the Māori version of the Treaty of Waitangi to express "full exclusive and...

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

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

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...

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...

comes from an authority rather than a normative system. This is being tested in the New Zealand judicial system through a few legal cases. For an interpretation...

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...

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...

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...

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

Moriori are the indigenous people of the Chatham Islands (Rēkohu in Moriori; Wharekauri in Māori). Moriori are Polynesian settlers who came from the New...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

competitions. Spectator sports may be professional sports or amateur sports. They often are distinguished from participant sports, which are more recreational...

the phenomenon whereby tifosi of a sports team make a visual display of any choreographed flag, sign or banner in the stands of a stadium, mostly as part...