KAPA HAKA
Haka Global. S1. Hawaii I tēnei wiki kei te raki pae whenua o Oahu, Hawaii a Mātai. Ka haere ia ki te Polynesian Cultural Centre. Ka pōwhiringia e ia ki runga i te marae. Ka tū ngā whakaaturanga kapa haka e whā ngā wā ia rā.
Kim Makekau, Mentor for Aotearoa PCC Hawaii explains what they do at the Polynesian Cultural Centre. Rahira Makekau, Tūhoe, Whakatōhea, Tūwharetoa, Te Whānau-a-Apanui has been brought up in Kapa haka all her life. Her role is to help train and teach her students. Ihipera Brown, Ngāti Tāmanuhiri has some experience, she lead the girls, has performed with Tū te manawa maurea. Chesser Cowan of Ngāti Kahungunu has also been in Kapa haka all his life.
Kei te Polynesian Cultural Centre a Mātai. Kei te ārahi haere a Kim Makekau i a ia.
The vision of the centre started with Matthew Cauley in 1963. Kim has worked at the centre since the 80’s, they have villages of the different islands, Samoa, Tonga, Cook Islands. In summer there are more than 2,500-3,00 visitors every day. Pomaika’i Krueger Hula Master Teacher, talks about the similarities between the cultures and match them up together.
Ka haere atu a Mātai ki te kura tuarua. Ka tūtaki ia i a Seamus Fitzgerald nō Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāpuhi, Tūhoe, ko ia tētehi mātua nō te kura, i tito ia i tētehi haka mō te kura. Ko te Polynesian Cultural Centre tētahi o ngā wāhi e toru o te motu nei, kei konei hoki Te Whare Wānanga o Brigham Young, me te Temepara Moromona o Chessar Cowan rāua ko tōna hoa wāhine a Lasi. Ka kōrero a Mātai ki a Ihipera, nō Muriwai rāua, e rua tau ia e noho ana ki Hawaii. Paul Maika’i is a Hula Teacher, the hula tells of their history, whakapapa, you can feel every part of your body blending into the dance. Mātai gives it a go.