English▸ noun [mass noun] New Zealand English the Māori activity of dancing and chanting in groups as an expression of cultural identity:
he was mystified by our collective passion for kapa haka
[as modifier] there will be a kapa haka performance.
▪ [count noun]
(plural kapa haka)
a group that performs Māori dancing and chanting: the verse was an old favourite from her time in her school's kapa haka.
– ORIGIN Māori, from kapa ‘line’ and haka ‘dance’.