Te Hui Ahurei o Te Tai o Poutini 2019

Te Hui Ahurei o Te Tai o Poutini 2019 

On Monday the 23  September the kapa haka group of Westland High School went to the annual Te Hui Ahurei Kapa Haka Festival held in the Greymouth Regent Theatre. The night before te hui ahurei kapa haka festival my friend Ani and I  stayed the night at our tutors house. In the morning, my older cousin Whakataerangi woke Ani and I up at 6:00 am to prepare ourselves for the day. I thought we looked quite good and presentable prior to walking out the door. We drove to Westland High School and from there we traveled to the Greymouth Regent Theatre. When we arrived our first role of the day was to participate in the pōwhiri. Mana whenua sat on the stage and welcomed the manuhiri into the venue. We went to the stage where Hokitika Primary School were already sitting. Following the pōwhiri my uncle Tihou was the MC for the event. It was his job to welcome everyone and announce the teams prior to their performance on the stage. My cousin and I went searching for snacks to eat before the first performance of the day.  Thankfully, after a long and difficult search I managed to find lollies . The first performance by Greymain Kapa Haka Group was very enjoyable, my cousins were in this particular group. A few hours went by then our kapa haka group left the theatre to prepare for our performance. The tutors, the tuakana, and us younger students were doing our hair, getting into our uniforms and practicing our bracket, making final polishes before our performance. As our time to perform drew near I became more and more anxious as the seconds ticked by. I feared my poi or my rau would fall out. It was finally 3:30 pm and it was time to perform. My anxiety had been replaced with excitement. We walked onto the stage the stage and our performance began. As each item went by I could feel the excitement of the audience.  Before I knew it twenty minutes had passed and our performance had finally finished. People were clapping, crying and cheering. I was glad that it was finally over. The next day my peers and I found out we would be performing in another Kapa Haka festival with a whole new bracket in Christchurch in 5 weeks! I am super excited to perform there and at the next annual Te Hui Ahurei Kapa Haka Festival. 

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Te hui ahurei o Te tai o Poutini 2019

Hei te Rāhina  te 23  Mahuru Ka haere nga roopu kapa haka o Westland High School

ki te Hui Ahurei Kapa Haka o Te Hui Ahurei i tu ki te Whare Pikitia o Greymouth Regent.

I te po i mua, i noho maua ko toku hoa ko Ani i te whare o nga kaiwhakaako. I te ata,

ka oho taku taina tuakana o Whakataerangi ka whakaarahia matou ko Ani a te 6:00 i te ata ki te whakarite ia matou mo te ra. Ki taku whakaaro he pai te ahua o te maatau ki mua o to maatau i waho o te tatau. I haere atu mātou ki te Kura Tuarua o Westland, mai i reira ka haere matou ki te . I to matou taenga ki ta matou mahi tuatahi o te ra ko te whai wāhi atu ki roto i te pōwhiri. I noho te Mana Whenua ki runga i te atamira, ka manako ki te manuhiri ki roto i te waahi. I haere matou ki te atamira i noho ai te Kura Tuatahi o Hokitika. Whai muri i te poaka ko taku matua ko Tihou te MC mo te huihuinga. Ko tana mahi te whakatau i nga tangata katoa me te panui i nga kapa i mua i a raatau mahi i runga i te atamira. I haere au ko toku tungane ki te rapu kai parekai hei kai i mua i nga mahi tuatahi o te ra. Ma te mihi, i muri mai i te rapu roa me te uaua te whakahaere i nga hua a lollies. Ko te whakakitenga tuatahi a Greymain Kapa Haka Group he mea tino pai, i noho oku teina i roto i tenei roopu. He ruarua haora i hori atu ana ka wehe atu te roopu kapa haka ki te whare tapere ki te whakariterite i a maatau mahi. Ko nga kaiwhakaako, ko te tuakana, me ngā Aaonga taiohi kei te mahi i o matou makawe, tae rawa ki ta matou kaakahu me te mahi

i to taatau taiapa, ka mutu ngā pirihimana whakamutunga i mua i a maatau mahi. Ka tata ana te wa ki te mahi i te wa

ka piki ake taku maaramatanga i te wa i tirohia ai ngā hēkona. I mataku ahau ka hinga taku poi me taku rau. I te mutunga ko te 3:30 pm a he

wa ki te mahi. Kua hurihia taku awangawanga ki te koa. I haere mātou ki runga i te

atamira i te atamira ka tiimata ana mahi. I te haere o ia taonga, ka taea e au te paanui i

te hunga whakarongo. I mua i taku mohio kua rua tekau meneti kua paahitia, kua oti ta

matou mahi.

I patipati te iwi, ka tangi, ka tiimata. I koa ahau i te mutunga kua pau. I te ra i muri mai

ka mohio maua ko aku hoa ko taatau e mahi ana i tetahi atu huihuinga Kapa Haka me tetahi

whare hou i Otautahi i ngā wiki 5! He tino pukumahi ahau ki te mahi i taua waa me te huihuinga o Te Hui Ahurei Kapa Haka a-tau.

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