Kia ora Koutou,
It is a lovely, rainy season at the moment but at least the lawns are being watered.
We are adding a couple of new waiata to our playlist: 'Matua Hautere' and 'Kia Ū, Kia Mau'. Both of these waiata were introduced to kaiako at Birchwood through the Te Ahu o te Reo Māori course. The really nice thing about Te Ahu was that so many of our kaiako have been on it, and the learning is all from Te Tau Ihu o te Waka. So, these are local waiata with important stories behind them.
I have not yet asked permission to upload the videos etc onto this blog, but as they are here solely for the purpose of our learning them. I know that some of our expert kapa haka ākonga learn waiata at home, and we're very proud of them for doing this.
If you have any questions or comments about these waiata, or anything else on this blog, please do be in touch.
Ka kite,
Damian Hardman.
