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Waipapa Marae, University of Auckland campus. Shutterstock

March 16, 2022

To truly embrace diversity, university leaders sometimes need to find the humility to be students again

Nic Smith, Queensland University of Technology

Childhood dreams of being an All Black helped give a senior academic leader the courage to adopt the humble posture of a pupil with much to learn.

New Zealand All Black’s perform the haka. Reuters/POOL New

September 18, 2015

Haka nation: how the iconic rugby war challenge binds New Zealanders together

Paul Whitinui, University of Otago

The history and culture of rugby’s most famous tradition.

Australia’s Bumala-y Yuurrama-y seems to be accepted only when confined to matches between Indigenous players, yet all New Zealanders feel able to embrace the Haka. AAP/David Crosling

July 30, 2015

We all know and admire the Haka … so why not one of our own?

Marcus Woolombi Waters, Griffith University

While AFL player Adam Goodes polarised Australians by performing an Indigenous war dance, New Zealanders unite in celebration of the Haka. The difference in approach to Indigenous culture is telling.

The All Blacks’ haka is culturally important for everyone in New Zealand. AAP/AFP pool/Phil Water

October 23, 2011

All Blacks’ proud tradition of the haka insulted in Rugby World Cup

André Brett, The University of Melbourne

RUGBY WORLD CUP – When New Zealand’s All Blacks take on France in the final tonight, they will be proud to perform a haka. They’ve taken some criticism for it in the past, but, as André Brett of the University…

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