Haka is a posture-dance with shouted vocal chanting accompanied by hand actions, foot-stamping and facial expressions. Though many people associate haka with men and war there are many types of haka performed by women and children. Haka are used in a variety of situations to welcome visitors to Marae, meetings, weddings and on significant cultural occasions, like the America's Cup in downtown Auckland.

Haka can also be performed to honour the dead, either during a welcome or a final farewell. In that sense haka becomes a taonga to honour a person.

In this section you will find a selection of images depicting the performance of haka.