Whakaeke - Entrance

A strong entrance rehearsal yesterday.....very stirring! Kia manawanui Te Rangatahi - go hard!

Te Atua - Sign language actions

Kia ora koutou - Firstly Ka mau te wehi practice yesterday. As promised here is Hariata performing the sign language actions to Te Atua.  See you all apōpō :)

New waiata - Te Atua

Kia ora everyone. Please be familiar with this waiata for Sunday's practice this weekend :) The kupu/ words are in the waiata section in the above tab just scroll down. Looking forward to seeing everyone there! 

PĀNUI- Upcoming Events for TE RANGATAHI

Kia ora koutou

Come along and support our kapa haka group in the following events. All welcome!

• Pipitea Marae Kapa Haka Festival - Sunday 6th September
• St Brigids Kapa Haka Festival - Saturday 19th September

More details to come! 

A REMINDER -
We have our Weekend Te Rangatahi Practice this coming Sunday.
Date: Sunday 23rd August
Time: 12.30 - 4pm
Venue: School Hall
Please bring your afternoon tea and a drink. Parents are welcome to attend.

Ngā mihi 
Miss Fa'alogo

Whakaeke - Entrance

We rehearsed our entrance called Whakaeke today as part of our performance bracket, this is definitely work in progress. Kia manawanui!

Whakaeke - Entrance

Kia ora koutou! 

Te Rangatahi - Thank you all for today's effort. Could you please learn this Whakaeke (entrance) performed above by Hariata, as much as you can by next Tuesday 30th June. The words/ kupu have been posted in the Waiata tab above, just click and scroll down.  

Ngā mihi

How to find Matariki

Matariki is found low on the horizon in the north east of the sky. Try looking here between 5.30 a.m. and 6.30 a.m.

The pot

1. First find the pot (the bottom three stars of the pot are also called Tautoru, or Orion’s Belt). To find Puanga (Rigel) look above the pot until you see the bright star. To find Matariki, keep going.

2. To the left of the pot, find the bright orange star, Taumata-kuku (Alderbaran).

3. Follow an imaginary line from Tautoru (the bottom three stars of the pot), across to Taumata-kuku and keep going until you hit a cluster of stars.

4. That cluster is Matariki. If you have good eyes you should be able to pick out individual stars. If it looks fuzzy, look just above or just below and the stars will be clearer.