Class 15 and their Kahurangi Dance Group experience!

We enjoyed watching the Kahurangi dance group this Rāhina. They told us how to make a poi and their Māori skirts. Taiaha are the war sticks and tititorea are the mā and whero sticks they danced with. Some of the hine liked the handsome warriors. Our favourite parts of the show were the amazing dancing and fantastic waiata.

Jam Bus records PES waiata

Wednesday 25th June 2014, PES brought in the Jam Bus (Mobile Recording Studio) to record waiata for a school resource.  Our talented Kapa Haka group sang the songs that were especially written for their group by their kaiako Mr Patrick Gemmell.  The Jam Bus crew were impressed with the groups singing and we had finished recording all their songs before morning tea.

We are super proud of our Kapa Haka group and we look forward to hearing their professional recordings.  As soon as the discs come in, we will upload them onto our Māori @ PES site for all to enjoy.  Their songs are slowly being integrated into our whole school repertoire of waiata.

New waiata for senior Kapa Haka - Hoea rā

For our first senior Kapa Haka session, students learned a new waiata written by their Kaiako Mr Gemmell.  Here's a movie of them learning the tune and kupu.  Check out the kupu and translation on the 'waiata' page.