A father welcomes his daughter home after six-months away with a haka dance at a New Zealand airport.

The daughter had spent half the year away on a mission with the Mormon church.

Writes the filmer: "Haka is an iconic tradition of the Maori people to show respect, honour and gratitude in a contemporary New Zealand society.

"The outside world may find it difficult to really understand its significance but just by watching videos like this explains it all."

This video is from the Newsflare archive and was filmed in March 2015.

RM stands for Return Missionary, a common abbreviation in the Mormon church community for those who just back from their one and half year mission for the girls and two years for the boys.

Haka is an iconic tradition of the Maori people to show respect, honor and gratitude in a contemporary NZ society.

The outside world may find it difficult to really understand its significance but just by watching videos like this explains it all.