Kapa o Pango

Here is the All Blacks doing Kapa o Pango. Golly don't they do a good job. Their actions and words are "slightly" different to ours, but it's great to see their passion, and hear the kaea versus the whānau words.

Here are our tama practising last year, which lets you see OUR actions and hear OUR words: 

These boys have 'it'.

Here are the kupu (kaea in red):
(Disclaimer: I need to double-check kaea's words with Mason, our Kaea).

Taringa whakarongo

           

Kia mau

HI

Kia whaka whenua au i ahau

Hi aue hi

Ko Aotearoa e ngunguru nei!

Au au aue ha hi

Ko Te Rakau Whakapaka e ngunguru nei!

au au aue ha hi

I a ha ha

Ka tu te ihi-ihi

Ka tu te wanawana

           

Ki runga ki te rangi e

Tu iho nei

           

Tu iho nei

Hi

Ponga rā

Te Rakau Whakapapa aue hi

Ponga rā

Te Rakau Whakapapa aue hi

Read this about haka history:

https://teara.govt.nz/en/kapa-haka-maori-performing-arts

Read this about Kapo o Pango:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kapa_o_Pango

This is a pretty good translation of the words:

http://www.folksong.org.nz/kapa_o_pango/indexkids.html

Ka kite

Damian Hardman

damian.hardman@birchwood.school.nz