Haka

Different Types of Haka

• The peruperu, performed on the battlefield with weapons, has been described as the fiercest haka. 
• Haka taparahi – a ceremonial dance  without weapons
• Tūtūngārahu  known as ngārahu or whakarewarewa is a divinatory dance performed by a war party with weapons, before elders and experienced warriors who judged from their performance whether they were ready to go into battle
• Ngeri – an exhortation to  a group to achieve its objective, there is no  weapons
• Peruperu – the war dance, performed with weapons when the warriors come up face to face with the enemy
• Puha – a kind of peruperu, which can be used to alarm and call kinsmen to arms, not on the actual battlefield but in their pa and homes. Also the  peruperu is used only in battle.