We are almost ready! Just a few weeks to go until the Christchurch Primary Schools Cultural Festival is to be held at the Horncastle Arena. Our group has been practising and polishing our set for a while now and it is getting better every week.
Here it is!
Here is a link to the Christchurch Primary Schools Cultural Festival website which has a lot of extra information about the performances during the week of 29 August to 3 September.
https://sites.google.com/site/culturalfestival2016/home
Here is another link to You Tube clips of schools which were in the Cultural Festival in 2015. There are some fantastic performances here.
https://www.youtube.com/user/culturalfestivalchch
And finally here is a mob haka from the 2015 festival!
Maumahara Moku E
Maumahara Mo Ake
Ko Taku Tau Moku E
I Te Po I Te Ao
I Te Ao I Te Po
Maumahara Moku E
(Repeat from the beginning.)
Maumahara e
Maumahara e
Ko Taku Tau Moku e
Nga Kura katoa
kua tae mae nei ki te ra
whakahirahira.
Matariki no io
matua kore matariki
Ahunganui.
Hei tohungia te tau hau mo tatou te iwi
Maori e
Anei matou te Kura Rakahuri.
Mihi atu
Nga Kura katoa
kua tae mae nei ki te ra
whakahirahira.
Ashley school
Kapa Haka 2016 – Newsletter
The Ashley School kapa haka group this year has almost 100 students ranging from Year 1 to Year 8. We are most fortunate to have Matua Maaka Tau as our tutor again in 2016. He has the ability to get the absolute best from our students through his positive attitude and through the rigour which he applies to every Monday morning session between 9.30 am and 10.30am. We are delighted to have whanau come along and attend the weekly kapa haka sessions in the hall, where you can join in and learn the waiata which the children are doing. Come along when you are able.
This year, our group has been accepted to participate in the Christchurch Primary Schools Cultural Festival which is held annually in the city at the end of August, beginning of September. This is the 34th year that the festival has been on in Christchurch, and it is a huge event at which 70 schools participate over a week of performances. We have elected to perform in one of the evening shows at Horncastle Arena and will have plenty of information about this as the time approaches.
So far we know that our performance will be on Wednesday 31 August at the 6.45pm show. We expect all of the group members to be there on the night. Tickets will be on sale some time in the future for families to come along and support our school.
In the meantime, we are conscious of the fact that our large group will need to be clothed for this event as well as other occasions both at our school and outside it. To this end, we plan to organise a few sewing bees in the hall, to get our school kapa haka costumes made.
If you are able to help with cutting out, sewing, pressing, making cups of tea to sustain, then please let Chris Meehan know by emailing at c.meehan@ashley.school.nz
If there are any problems or questions please don’t hesitate to get in touch with me.
Chris Meehan – Kapa Haka coordinator.
Here is a great video from Melville Intermediate School in Hamilton, showing how to make the really professional looking poi.
We will be making a new set of poi for the school, but in the meantime it would be great if all of the girls made a poi for themselves, by following this clip.
Kakitea Toru, Wha
Kakitea ki te tonga
Ko taku Raukura he iti Kahurangi e
Papaki kau ana ki runga te Maunga
Aoraki e koro e
Tu ana ki te rangi heke ana ki te papa
Ko taku turanga e
Ko te Waipounamu ko
Tahu Potiki taku tupuna e (REPEAT ALL OF THE ABOVE)
Haere mai Hi, Hi, Hi ha
E Nga Waka Toia mai
Toia mai ki runga Waitaha e.
Kakitea ki te tonga
Ko taku Raukura he iti Kahurangi e
Papaki kau ana ki runga te Maunga
Aoraki e koro e.
Tu ana ki te rangi heke ana ki te papa
Ko taku turanga e
Ko te Waipounamu ko
Tahu Potiki taku tupuna e.
Ru ana te Whenua 
Ka takatakahia tahuri to aroaro
Ki tenei Kupenga Hau
Taku rakau ki runga taku rakau ki raro
Ka poupoua, werohia werohia werohia ra
Tena Karawhiua
Karawhiua, Karawhiua
Tuitui te kakano o tenei reo ara
Haimana
Mataku Reo Rangatira
Hei Arahi Ahau
Tu Te Winiwini,
Tu Te Wanawana
Kia Tu Matara E
Anei Ahau He Tukunga Iho
No Aku Tupuna E
Anei Ahau Ka Tu Whakamowai
Tu Whakaiti E
Mataku Reo Rangatira
Hei Arahi Ahau
Tu Te Winiwini,
Tu Te Wanawana
Kia Tu Matara E
Whaia Te Iti Kahurangi E
Te Aho Matua
Matauranga, Mohiotanga
Ko Taku Oranga
Ka Pu Te Ruha,
Ka Hao Te Rangatahi
Te Whakatauki E
Kia Mau Tonu, Ki nga Tikanga
O Aku Tupuna
Mataku Reo Rangatira
Hei Arahi Ahau
Tu Te Winiwini,
Tu Te Wanawana
Kia Tu Matara E