Te Ao Māori

Designed for all students, performance competent and new learners, language and non-language students, Māori performing arts will take you on a journey of exploration to a high level of performance in Te Ao Haka. Course content looks at whakapapa through pūrakau (traditional origins), and customs of performing arts from moteatea, poi, waiata a-ringa, haka and the art of warfare and mau rakau (weaponry - ti rakau, titi torea, hapai rakau, taiaha, patu). The course also covers the role of male and female kaea (leaders), biographies of important composers, the revitalisation of te reo Māori, and the renaissance of kapa haka and its place in Māori culture and society. Across the junior years, students will learn a full performance bracket that includes distinctive Ngai Tahu components.