Wednesday 2 April 2014

TPKH debut at CPS Fiafia Night

Tonight was the finale to weeks of practices and hard work for the many cultural groups of CPS. After a successful Noho marae for our year 5 & 6 mainstream classes we decided two weeks ago to pull together a small kapa haka group from  these classes. Whaea Ata, Whaea Edith and myself were pleasantly surprised to see the high level of response from our year 5 & 6 students in wanting to join Te Puawai Kapa Haka (TPKH) - 30 students!!!.  We were only two weeks out from the highly popular annual event and the students gave up every lunch time and practiced over and beyond what we had hoped for. 

 Matua Richard whipped the boys into shape as he taught them a new haka (Tika Tonu) while being a high standard role model for them all to aspire to. 

 Whaea Edith's amazing voice and ear for music perfected the voices of our group in a beautiful choral (Hareruia) which was headlined by our very own Steve (Rm 9). 

 Whaea Ata's pure dedication and patience (which only an angel could possess) calmly refined the actions to Toro Mai and capably lead TPKH during choral on the performance night due to the unfortunate absence of Whaea Edith. 

 Whaea Maxine and Miss Manuele kindly sewed additional kakahau for us as we did not have enough to go around and they were willing to give up time in their already busy schedules to help.

I would also like to make special mention of Matua Dereck who was more than accommodating when it came to teaching those students who chose not to participate in TPKH. However, even though these students and Matua Dereck were not directly involved with TPKH it must be said that without their support and willingness to forgo our standard daily routines the success of TPKH would have been a little harder to come by.

 Please check back soon when we post a video of our performance.
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31 comments:

  1. Unknown2 April 2014 at 02:15

    Te Puawai, I really enjoyed your performance tonight. What I liked most about it was the enthusiasm you all showed. Watching a performance where people are obviously enjoying themselves and giving it their all is an absolute pleasure - so well done to you all. Whaea Hinemoa, all the videos will be available tomorrow morning. :)

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  2. Unknown3 April 2014 at 00:30

    Whaea Hinemoa I really like the pictures.
    by chevon

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  3. Anonymous3 April 2014 at 16:32

    good room13

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  4. Anonymous3 April 2014 at 16:33

    outstanding Te puawai u rock =].
    by maziah room8

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  5. Anonymous3 April 2014 at 16:34

    good room13

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  6. Anonymous4 April 2014 at 03:05

    Outstanding performance at fiafia night
    By kaelyb room 8

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  7. Anonymous13 April 2014 at 14:36

    I liked the Haka it was cool
    By Jordan R17

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  8. Anonymous14 April 2014 at 19:09

    Well done everybody and amazing outfits keep it up Te puwai

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  9. Anonymous14 April 2014 at 19:21

    great pukana

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  10. Anonymous14 April 2014 at 22:26

    go mya,heseti,tina,gemini and devyn yous guys were the best keep it up
    from pepe meliana annabel and jahvarn rm17

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  11. Anonymous14 April 2014 at 22:27

    go steve you had the best pukana
    from havea rm9

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  12. Anonymous18 May 2014 at 15:17

    well done room 13 by pepe

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  13. Anonymous18 May 2014 at 15:19

    good work room13
    Laveti

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  14. Anonymous18 May 2014 at 15:21

    hi guys
    by isaiah

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  15. Anonymous19 June 2014 at 19:06

    omg i wish i was in one of these:)

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  16. Anonymous25 June 2014 at 19:47

    OMG! that night was so amzing and great well done every body
    sina room 13(:

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  17. Anonymous24 July 2014 at 14:21

    we wish you to mthe best of your i hope you get better

    by justinyem room13

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  18. Anonymous24 July 2014 at 14:22

    good room13

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  19. Anonymous24 July 2014 at 14:22

    this is so cool Sarina 13

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  20. Anonymous24 July 2014 at 14:27

    whaea hinemoa we have lenart some stuff from KC it was resilience

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  21. Anonymous24 July 2014 at 14:32

    that was a really great performance because i was in there and i never gave up on that group.

    by Clarissa
    rm13

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  22. Anonymous24 July 2014 at 14:32

    we really miss u whaea Hinemoa, the lovely whaea Sui is in our class and she teaching us a lot of amazing stuff we learnt a NEW word esta sera mi de sfortuado that means this must be my lucky day.and talking about the difference between numbers.
    Sarina rm13

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  23. Anonymous24 July 2014 at 14:36

    That day was really fun it was so cool, what I leant lots of songs i think my goal is to wrok really really hard
    Ann-Marie rm13

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  24. izayah31 July 2014 at 15:26

    thanx so much 4 commenting on our blog whaea hinemoa

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  25. teuwhinga31 July 2014 at 15:29

    like your pukana and kakahu

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  26. izayah31 July 2014 at 15:30

    hi whaea hinemoa great photos I wish matua tuiono could take photos like that my aunty lei lani-mei oh well I call her lani mei but yeah shes been talking to me about you I wish I was in your class matuas mean to us but for good reasons

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  27. merani31 July 2014 at 15:41

    you pepol are crasy alsome from merani room23.

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  28. Legacy31 July 2014 at 15:45

    those look like so awesome kakahu. love the pukana. hope we get to see more performence te puawai. you guys are great.:)

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  29. John31 July 2014 at 15:46

    thaks for commenting

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  30. Anonymous20 August 2014 at 13:06

    nice work rm8

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  31. Peteli16 November 2014 at 17:39

    Sup semi I remember these pictures. By peteli

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