TE HUI AHUREI 2019
On Monday, 23 September the Westland High School Kapa Haka
Group attended the annual Te Hui Ahurei o Te Tai o Te Tai o Poutini
Haka Festival. This was a long day for the roopū. We performed at
3:30 pm that afternoon. To get the day started I ate breakfast, then went
to the school to catch the van heading up to Greymouth for the festival.
We arrived at the Greymouth Regent Theatre where the festival was held
and waited in the foyer for the pōwhiri to begin. We were called in by the
kaikaranga and we meandered into the venue and sat down. We listened
to the kaikōrero who welcomed us. Following the pōwhiri the MC went over
the health and safety procedures and then the first group of the day, Greymain 1
performed. I watched all the groups including Hokitika Primary School.
There was one group left to perform and that would be the end of the first
quarter. A Preschool group performed while everyone was having lunch.
Later on, I discovered there was free sausage sizzle outside. I at about 4
sausages. There wasn’t much else to do but until 1 o’clock. At 1 pm it we
were instructed to go to the changing rooms to practice and get changed into
our performance uniform. An hour and a half passed and it's time to go
on stage. I could feel the excitement flowing through me. We were on and I was
ready for what was about to happen. The first song of six was the waiata tira,
followed by the whakaeke, the waiata- ā-ringa, the poi, the haka. and finally the
whakawātea.
Group attended the annual Te Hui Ahurei o Te Tai o Te Tai o Poutini
Haka Festival. This was a long day for the roopū. We performed at
3:30 pm that afternoon. To get the day started I ate breakfast, then went
to the school to catch the van heading up to Greymouth for the festival.
We arrived at the Greymouth Regent Theatre where the festival was held
and waited in the foyer for the pōwhiri to begin. We were called in by the
kaikaranga and we meandered into the venue and sat down. We listened
to the kaikōrero who welcomed us. Following the pōwhiri the MC went over
the health and safety procedures and then the first group of the day, Greymain 1
performed. I watched all the groups including Hokitika Primary School.
There was one group left to perform and that would be the end of the first
quarter. A Preschool group performed while everyone was having lunch.
Later on, I discovered there was free sausage sizzle outside. I at about 4
sausages. There wasn’t much else to do but until 1 o’clock. At 1 pm it we
were instructed to go to the changing rooms to practice and get changed into
our performance uniform. An hour and a half passed and it's time to go
on stage. I could feel the excitement flowing through me. We were on and I was
ready for what was about to happen. The first song of six was the waiata tira,
followed by the whakaeke, the waiata- ā-ringa, the poi, the haka. and finally the
whakawātea.
It was over I felt a giant weight lift off my shoulders. We all exited the stage and
sat down to watch Greymouth High School perform.
sat down to watch Greymouth High School perform.
When they had finished, we returned to the changing room to change into our
school uniforms and went back to the theatre for the prize giving.
school uniforms and went back to the theatre for the prize giving.
The Primary Schools category was won by Hokitika Primary School won.
The Area School’s category was won by Reefton Area School and the Secondary
Schools category was won by Westland High School. That was it for the day it
was time to go home to Hokitika. I left with my mother and we bought KFC. My
day was both exciting and tiresome due to the long wait until our performance.
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Schools category was won by Westland High School. That was it for the day it
was time to go home to Hokitika. I left with my mother and we bought KFC. My
day was both exciting and tiresome due to the long wait until our performance.
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