Emotional Haka Dance from UoA

Anyone who’s ever seen the New Zealand national rugby team play knows how intimidating the haka war dance can be.

But history tells us the haka was used for more than just intimidating your enemies before a battle. The indigenous Maori people of New Zealand used the haka to welcome guests or mark moments of great occasion, such as expressing gratitude towards your host. 

The University of Auckland dancers gave our Director of Music, Ms Mary Giles a surprise haka dance at the end of the concert. If you were there in person, you would definitely feel every second of each word. As a result, almost everybody had tears in their eyes when they left. Ms Giles sure had. 

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Our students had a great time dancing together with our UoA dancers in the finale dance. One that they will never forget. 

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