Cambridge’s Goodwood School performs at Te Oko Horoi Kapa Haka Festival in the Sir Don Rowlands Event Centre at Lake Karāpiro last week. Kohanga reo, primary and secondary schools from the Cambridge district participated in the annual festival. Photo: Mary Anne Gill.
Fourteen groups took part in the annual Te Oko Horoi festival at the Don Rowlands centre, Lake Karāpiro last Friday.
The event was organised by Te Hunga Taikaakaa, a Māori student leadership group at Cambridge High School.
“Through waiata, mōteatea and haka the essence of Ngāti Korokī Kahukura and Ngāti Hauā were revitalised through the local narratives shared,” group member Gabi Dela Rue told The News
The day featured a memorable performance from children at Te Kōhanga Reo o Te Koo Utu.
Ngāti Hauā’s tuākana-teina, Goodwood, Roto-ō-Rangi, Cambridge East, St Peters Catholic, Leamington Primary, Kaipaki, Tamahere, Cambridge Primary, Hautapu, Cambridge Middle, St Peters and Cambridge High School also performed to “remind us that Te Ao Māori is an integral part of the cultural fabric of our community of Te Oko Horoi” she said.
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- Goodwood School – Kapa Haka Festival 2023, Karāpiro Don Rowlands Centre.
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- Roto-O-Rangi – Kapa Haka Festival 2023, Karāpiro Don Rowlands Centre.
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- Ngāti Hauā at Kapa Haka Festival, Cambridge 2023
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- Ngāti Hauā at Kapa Haka Festival, Cambridge 2023
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- Poi time: Te Kōhanga Reo o Te Koo Utu performers starred early on in the Kapa Haka festival.
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- Poi time: Te Kōhanga Reo o Te Koo Utu performers starred early on in the Kapa Haka festival.
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- Ngāti Hauā at Kapa Haka Festival, Cambridge 2023
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- Te Kōhanga Reo o Te Koo Utu performers after their show-stealing set.
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- Ngāti Hauā performed a rousing set including this haka. Photos: Mary Anne Gill.
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- Ngāti Hauā at Kapa Haka Festival, Cambridge 2023
