Pūmanawa

Kapa haka is an avenue to express and showcase heritage and cultural identity through song and dance, and a way to celebrate who and where we are in the world. The concept of legacy and mātauranga tuku iho – knowledge handed down through generations – is powerful as we remember those who have come before us.

Pūmanawa brings together four brilliant kapa haka who embody the idea of legacy, talent and dedication to a centuries-old way of celebration. Join Te Rōpū Manutaki, Te Iti Kahurangi, Tūwhitia kia Angitu and 2019 Te Matatini winners Ngā Tūmanako as they sing and haka with full voices, fierce wairua and boundless energy.

Hosted by Wī and Wā of Taringa Huruhuru.

I te rangi whakamutunga o te hui Ahurei, kia rangona te reka o te kura toi taketake o Aotearoa, o te kapa haka, i ngā tū a ētahi o ngā tino kapa haka o te motu.

He ara te kapa haka e whakapuakina ai, e whakatairangahia anō ai te tuakiri Māori mā roto mai i te haka me te waiata, otirā, he ara tēnei e whakanuia ai tātou me tō tātou tūranga ki te ao. He mana nui tō te kaupapa o te tuku ihotanga, otirā, o te mātauranga tuku iho i tētahi reanga, ki tētahi, me te aha, ka mahara nuitia ērā o mua, ērā i takahi i ngā huarahi e whai nei tātou i ēnei rā.

Ko tā Pūmanawa he whakakotahi mai i ētahi kapa haka taiea e whā, e whakatinana nei i te kaupapa o te tuku ihotanga, otirā, e mau nei i ngā pūmanawa, e ū nei hoki ki tēnei kura whakanui o tua whakarere. Piri mai ki Te Rōpū Manutaki, ki Te Iti Kahurangi, ki Tūwhitia kia Angitu, otirā, ki ngā toa whakaihuwaka o Te Matatini 2019, ki a Ngā Tūmanako, nō rātou ka tuku i ō rātou kaha, kia rere ai ō rātou reo me ō rātou wairua mā ngā kura tuku iho o te waiata me te haka.

Ko Wī rāua ko Wā o Taringa Huruhuru ngā kaihautū o te rangi.

Kiri Te Kanawa Theatre, Aotea Centre
Sun 21 March, 3.00pm
3hrs 30mins inc interval

Images, clockwise from top left: Ngā Tūmanako, Te Rōpū Manutaki, Te Iti Kahurangi, Tūwhitia kia Angitu.