Kapa Haka - Cultural Groups

Rangatahi - Practice Friday or Saturday nights, venue details available on request. Bring a plate for kai.

Senior Kapa Haka

Kia ora and Greetings from Nga Hau E Wha. We are a Maori Kapa Haka Group based in Japan. Nga Hau E Wha - originated from a simple concept of like minded New Zealand Maori & Polynesian living in Japan. Our name, meaning 'four winds', acknowledges our different regional and tribal affiliations in Aotearoa (New Zealand). Our name also conveys that we have been carried to Japan on the North, South, East and West winds for the purpose of maintaining and sharing our culture and traditions.

Nga Hau E Wha Cultural Group. Kapa haka, senior and tamariki. Ernie Beach

Matariki is a family-oriented group set up in New Zealand by Pania-Rose and Ben Ward in 1984. The group, which is now based in the UK, aims to educate through workshops on all aspects of Maori and Pacific Island cultures.

Mareikura is a community based Maori performing arts group established in May 2004. Whilst the focus of Mareikura is traditional Maori performing arts, a typical year always includes a series of social development wananga for young people, a production and a performing arts tour. Mareikura is taught and managed by a dedicated team of performers and supporters. The senior members are co-tutored by Nikora Nitro and Kaperiere Hogan whilst the intermediate and junior members are co-tutored by Jahmaine Cummings and Ana Buchanan. Members are brought together by a common desire to retain, maintain and enjoy Maori performing arts. Mareikura’s maiden performance at the Waitaha Regional Senior Competitions in 2004 gained them 3rd place overall. Shortly after the Senior Regionals the Mareikura intermediates entered the Te Waipounamu competitions that were held in Invercargill. This performance gained 1st place overall. Members consist of every major iwi from Aotearoa. Mareikura is an example of all iwi coming together to share a common vision for the development and promotion of Maoridom. Mareikura looks forward to a fruitful and prosperous future.

Māori performing arts may be performed in both formal and informal settings, on marae, at schools, or in other settings such as kapa haka festivals. ...

Pounamu is a family business of Ngapo and Pimia Wehi, the most recognised leaders of the Traditional Maori Performing Arts in Aotearoa, New Zealand. Pounamu, commonly referred to as greenstone is one of the most prized of Maori treasures and symbolises quality. Quality is also the hallmark of the services provided by Pounamu.

Manawatahi is the Maori Students Roopu at Massey University, Palmerston North. It is an organisation that represents and advocates on behalf of Maori students during their time of study.

ESTABLISHED in Perth, WA in July 2009, Manawa Mai Tawhiti is a traditional Māori Performing Arts club. The retention of traditional Māori language and customs is heavily influenced by music, dance and lyrics. This provides a focal and essential community service to New Zealanders who call Perth and the wider Western Australian community, home.

OUR name Manawa Mai Tawhiti means “Yearning from afar”. This name derives from a collective yearning for all things that are home (NZ), and that although we live and work in Perth and wider Western Australian community, it is vitally important to retain and maintain cultural essence away from NZ, whilst respecting other cultures and peoples. WE acknowledge the traditional custodians on the lands where we are based, the Nyungar Aboriginal People – Elders, both past and present, and pay our respects to them as fellow First Nations people.

See our website for more information.

Kia ora tātou.

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