Sir Robert’s casket was carried from the marae by his whānau, some holding his beloved 28 Māori Battalion flag he personally ...

When it was posted abroad, the Maori battalion – whom Shelford points out suffered the highest casualty rate of any New Zealand unit in the Second World War – would perform the haka.

It is principally a celebration of life and not – as it is often termed – “a war dance”, although the Maori battalion in the New Zealand armed forces would perform a haka before combat.

We convert Maori culture into tourist attractions. And we love to claim the Haka as our own too ... It shows the bodies of fallen New Zealand soldiers being fare welled by their battalion. The video ...

Parliament was briefly suspended on Thursday after Maori members performed a haka — a traditional ceremonial group dance — to disrupt the vote on a controversial bill.

Sir Robert ‘Bom’ Gillies KNZM, was the last remaining member of the famed 28 (Maori) Battalion / Supplied: NZDF Sir Robert Nairn Gillies KNZM, the last remaining member of the 28 (Maori ...

England accepted the challenge of New Zealand’s pre-match Haka as they stepped forward to the halfway line during the Maori war dance before the Allianz Stadium fixture. Joe Marler had described ...

Jamie George revealed he first thought about England stepping forward during New Zealand’s Haka a couple of weeks ... and all eyes were on the Maori war dance ahead of kick-off, which started ...

England prop Joe Marler reignited an old debate when he wrote on social media this week that New Zealand's haka — its Maori pre-match challenge since 1888 — was “ridiculous” and should be ...