Kapa Haka Learning Story.

Kapa Haka Learning Story.

“He aroha whakato,

he aroha puta mai.

If kindness is shown

Then kindness you shall receive.”

Out of breath is how we felt, red marks over the boys and sore throats for the girls. This is how we felt after the Kapa Haka exchange with Windley and Rangikura. We put the effort in the practices and gave it our all in the performance.

We had been practicing for 3 terms, on the 8th week of Term 3 we had it perfected. An 11 song medley a Whakaheke, Hareruia, Human and an old haka called Kapanapana.

During the performance, I felt alive hearing everyone's voice combined into a perfect harmony. It was heaven. Even the haka parts, It may have been loud but it was amazing to hear everyone joining in.

Something I found exciting was watching the other performances because we all had something different to share. It was like 3 completely different whanau that had one thing that was alike. One thing the tied us together Kapa Haka.

Something I think my group needs to work on is discipline because some of us aren’t giving our all. It’s like we have some day where we want to do it and some days where we don’t. But Kapa Haka is a taonga, something we have to treasure because you never know how special it is until it’s gone.

I also think that we should stick to the songs and hakas we know we have perfected because during the performance we didn’t really know Kapanapana or Human. In my opinion, I think it sort of ruined it because we weren't giving our all because we didn’t know it.

I think I could have done better because in some parts I was being sloppy with my actions and not giving my all. Other than that, I think I was good at singing the words and using my expression for e.g, Pukana, Relaxed face, and Smiling.