A haka workshop puts your whole room on its feet. We perform first, talk and engage, then teach your team the words, the actions and the meaning — and finish with everyone performing it together.
Workshops run 45 to 60 minutes, or longer where you want the team to hold on to more of it. No experience is needed, nobody is singled out, and nobody performs alone. It works as a conference opener, a mid-afternoon energiser or an away-day session.
It brings culture, context, theme and energy together in a way that connects participants and gets them moving. It lets participants feel something and make noise, and it leaves a message behind rather than just a mood.
It is used most often to open a conference, to restart an afternoon, or to bring a team back together after a restructure. The common thread is a moment that requires a different lens — something people will still be talking about at dinner.
Talk to us about your event
Tell us the date, the room, roughly how many people and what the moment is for. We will come back with a written proposal.
LondonWaiata performed above the ThamesCarnegie Hall, New YorkPerforming Kia Hora Te Marino by Christopher TinGreenwichPerformance in GreenwichVeniceHeralding the call of challenge in a Venetian palazzoPower and Prestige, VeniceAt the exhibition of Oceanic taongaDubai World Expo 2021Performance at the Dubai World Expo 2021ParisOpen-air performance, Olympic Games 2024WhākanaThe widening of the eyes, held with a kotiateVeniceMuseum karakia (blessing) in VeniceCommonwealth Games, 2022Teaching haka to the New Zealand team, BirminghamLondon, 2022Cultural support to then Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern — funeral of Queen Elizabeth IITe MatatiniTranslating haka live at the national championship — the Olympics of hakaCultural advisoryExamining a kākahu held in a museum collectionCultural advisoryA feathered kākahu assessed in a collection storeCultural advisoryA kahu huruhuru in a museum conservation laboratoryHe Toi OraCo-author — book and exhibition launchCarnegie Hall, New YorkPerforming Kia Hora Te Marino by Christopher TinGreenwichPerformance in GreenwichVeniceHeralding the call of challenge in a Venetian palazzoPower and Prestige, VeniceAt the exhibition of Oceanic taongaDubai World Expo 2021Performance at the Dubai World Expo 2021ParisOpen-air performance, Olympic Games 2024WhākanaThe widening of the eyes, held with a kotiateVeniceMuseum karakia (blessing) in VeniceCommonwealth Games, 2022Teaching haka to the New Zealand team, BirminghamLondon, 2022Cultural support to then Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern — funeral of Queen Elizabeth IITe MatatiniTranslating haka live at the national championship — the Olympics of hakaCultural advisoryExamining a kākahu held in a museum collectionCultural advisoryA feathered kākahu assessed in a collection storeCultural advisoryA kahu huruhuru in a museum conservation laboratoryHe Toi OraCo-author — book and exhibition launch
Haka International
Māori kaihaka living in London. Haka performances, workshops and leadership programmes, led and taught by Māori, across the UK, Europe and worldwide.
Haka International is a trading name of Māori Consulting Limited, a company registered in England and Wales, company number 16605852.
