Destiny Church scrapped a public protest haka in Tauranga because of fears it would upset people.
The Enough is Enough haka was to have been staged in the Mid-City Mall on Sunday to continue voicing the view of almost 150 Western Bay of Plenty churchgoers who attended last week's march onParliament.
But it was called off at the last moment, with leaders saying the church's controversial views had been misunderstood.
Haka organiser Tauha Tekani said the church had wrongly been presented as anti-gay.
Mr Tekani, a Destiny New Zealand political party member, said although the Civil Union Bill, which proposes legal recognition of gay relationships, was part of the reason for the Wellington protest, the church was not against gays.
