Matua Kahurangi: Sick of the haka, over the welcome to country?

The other night, I was sitting down watching some Australian live TV through Kodi when I was hit with one of those painfully predictable rituals - a "Welcome to Country." Just when I thought the haka had reached peak cringe in New Zealand, Australia said, "Hold my XXXX Gold."

Barend Vlaardingerbroek: The Dave Pellowe Case - What Exactly Is It About?

I refused to do a Welcome to Country at my Christian conferences. Now I'm being taken to the Human Rights Commission.

A conservative Christian minister claims he is being persecuted for refusing to include a 'Welcome to Country' ceremony at the start of his religious conferences - and that he is prepared to go to jail to defend his rights.