Kapa Haka Festival 2019!!

Kapa

Haka

Festival 

Haramai a Paoa

On Wednesday, 20 of November we (Wainui Beach School) went to and performed at Turanganui Schools Maori Cultural Festival. As my Puipui brushed against the black curtain side stage, nerves built up through Nui syndicate and I, as we waited to be cued on to the stage. The kapa haka festival was being held at the immaculate A&P showground stage. This was it. 

Utaina Haka

We strode proudly onto the stage, as the crowd cheered. Hunter marched forward, beautifully singing Tu Mai Ra, our school song. The front row of boys followed, and once a triangle was formed, we (front row) knelt down. When we finished Tu Mai Ra, next on the agenda to sing (well, chant) was Haramai a Paoa. Our group formed into a square and sung chanted Haramai A Paoa. Then came Puria Nei and Ka Pioioi, our action songs. After that, maybe the best part... Utaina. Utaina is where the boys transition to the front to do the Haka. Utaina was phenomenal. For the first part of Utaina, we (Nui Syndicate) sung it as a collective. For the second part the boys did the Utaina Haka and the girls sung Utaina again. The haka has amazing. We (The boys) did Ka Mate and our School haka. We boomed all the words to the crowd and got a huge round of applause.  Then we sung Wainui e. It was fantastic! We got the biggest applause. Our final waiata was He Honore.

My favorite part was Utaina and the Haka/s. The melody of our singing was amazing and the volume of our chants and hakas was booming. I did think that we went quite fast for a few things. Our performance was 13 minutes. It felt faster and slower in  different times. We put lots of effort into our performance. 
I thought that the Kapa Haka Festival was awesome! I really hope I can do it at Campion next year.

He Honore