ASB Polyfest spokesperson Dean Wilson says this year’s 50th-anniversary celebration is extra special, with a record number of kapa haka groups performing.

It remains one of my proudest moments to date. Kapa haka taught me a lot about myself, my culture, and helped me to form friendships that will last a lifetime. On stage at Polyfest (Image ...

Have you performed the ritual dance of the haka savages, during which the performers stomp their feet, beat their thighs and chests and shout out the accompaniment? Otherwise, without it, sanctions do ...

Te Kuru Marutea vocalist Bailee Tava told Midday Report's Tuwhenuaroa Natanahira that the success of the song has been special for kapa haka in the South Island. "When we went to [Te Matatini] we were ...

"Waited 35 years for this dance to trend." Will Smith reunited with "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" co-star Tatyana Ali to recreate one of the most beloved moments from the popular sitcom.

Doechii first shared ‘Anxiety’, which is built around a sample of Gotye‘s 2012 hit ‘Somebody That I Used To Know‘, on YouTube in 2019. Recently, the song went viral, and the rapper ...

A haka was performed by Ukrainian soldiers to honour Dominic Abelen, a New Zealand soldier of Māori descent killed in 2022, whose body was recently returned to Ukraine, where he was awarded two ...

The clip, which reimagines a scene from Fresh Prince‘s 1990 pilot episode, sees Smith copying Ali’s dance moves before spotting the actor dancing along. Doechii then comes into the frame to jo ...

Twenty people have been fined $250 each after members of Destiny Church leader Brian Tamaki’s “Make New Zealand Great Again” protest entered the motorway network on foot to perform a haka.

Ukrainian troops paid a tribute to a killed New Zealand fighter by performing the haka dance next to his coffin. Dominic Abelen, 28, was killed while assaulting a Russian trench near Vuhledar ...

Kapa haka leaders in Te Tauihu o te Waka-a-Māui - the Nelson-Marlborough region - are confident the region is up to the job of hosting Te Matatini in 2027. Speculation has been rife that the region ...