

A few videos below are made to be amusing and even include Santa and gingerbread men doing a haka dance.Ka rere a Whānui ka tīmata te hauhake i ngā kai te potonga o ngā kai ka mahia ngā mahi a Ruhanui, koia ēnei: ko te tūperepere, ko te tōreherehe, ko te kai whakatāpaepae, ko te kokomo, ko te tūmahana, ko te kaihaukai, ko te haka, ko te poi, ko te whakahoro taratahi, ko te tā pōtaka, ko te pōtēteke, ko te taupiripiri, ko te mū tōrere, a te whai, a te pānokonoko, o te tararī, a te kīkīporo, a te pākuru, a te tārere, a te kūī, a te kūrapakara, a te rere moari, me ērā atu mea katoa (TWMNT :110). Here you will predominantly find video clips of the ka mate haka, the most common haka dance seen today. However, this is not the case for all types of haka, many of which include women or children. The traditional Haka "war dance"was performed exclusively by men. Haka is used today for a variety of different purposes including greetings, before sporting events, to acknowledge great achievement, at special occasions or just for fun. If you are planning a trip to New Zealand you will more than likely visit a Maori cultural event in which haka dances are performed. I am not Maori, I am Pakeha, so this page is written from a non-Maori perspective. Maori are the indigenous people of New Zealand. Simply translated, haka is any form of Maori dance. At first I didn't understand that there was much more to this dance than just an ancient tribal custom. I remember the first time we saw a traditional haka dance in New Zealand.



The Maori Haka Dance is a Must See in New Zealand!
