Entire school performs haka in touching tribute to teacher Incredible emotional performance of war dance by schoolboys at funeral Pupils at a Palmerston North .\rbr\rbrHaka is used throughout New Zealand by many, not only Māori, to demonstrate their collective thoughts. There is a haka for each of the Services, as well as the .\rbr\rbrA group of students and teachers at a school in New Zealand have given a very fitting and emotional tribute to a teacher who died suddenly.Dawson Tamatea .