A Māori tribe that claims New Zealand’s most famous haka as its heritage on Monday told anti-vaccine protesters to stop using the traditional performance to promote their message.

Nearly 175 years after his death, Te Rauparaha remains an intriguing character. He’s been immortalised in fiction, poetry, film, waiata and haka, and has his name on the side of an arena.

One of the most widely known haka is "Ka Mate" composed by Ngāti Toa chief Te Rauparaha around 1820. Today, it is frequently performed by New Zealand sports teams and individuals when travelling ...

Ka Mate dates back to 1820 and recounts the story of the heroic escape of Te Rauparaha, a chieftain, from capture by a rival tribe. Ngati Toa has previously spoken out against its misuse for ...

Te Rauparaha is etched in New Zealand history. Back in 1843 both he and his nephew Te Rangihaeta and the Ngati Toa Tribe gave the Wakefield Brothers, Edward, William and Arthur a bit of a "stir up ...

Maori Party Co-leader and Te Tai Hauauru candidate Debbie Ngarewa-Packer has called for an inquiry focused on “identifying and getting rid of racist monuments, statues and names from our ...

Kevin Milne's been reading, A Record of the Life of the Great Te Rauparaha. Kevin says he's quite a hero in Ngati Toa country, Kapiti, where he lives. It's lead him to wonder about the use of Te ...

New Zealand traditionally always sang a song called Ka Mate, which is a war cry written in 1820 by a Maori chief Te Rauparaha. It was first performed by the All Blacks in 1888, but only at away ...

A dream stretching back 20 years will be realised tonight when Porirua celebrates the opening of its $17.5 million indoor stadium. Te Rauparaha Arena, its name gifted to the complex by Ngati Toa ...

Vaccine protesters have performed the “Ka Mate,” a Māori haka composed in about 1820 by Te Rauparaha, war leader of the Ngāti Toa tribe, at their rallies over the past few weeks against ...

A Māori tribe that claims New Zealand’s most famous haka as its heritage on Monday told anti-vaccine protesters to stop using the traditional performance to promote their message.