Wellington: A Maori tribe has demanded protesters stop using their haka war dance, made internationally famous by the All Blacks, to promote opposition to the COVID-19 vaccination. The Ka Mate haka has been performed at numerous anti-mandate and vaccine protests, and leaders of the Ngāti Toa tribe said they had been made aware that it was planned for future events. “Our message to protesters who wish to use Ka Mate is to use a different haka,” Te Rūnanga o Toa Rangatira chief executive Helmut Modlik said on Monday morning. Protestors perform a haka during a Freedom and Rights Coalition protest at Parliament in Wellington, last Tuesday. Credit:Getty Images“We do not endorse the use of Ka Mate for this purpose.”

Source: Stuff November 15, 2021 06:33 UTC