Welcome to the first ever iwi kapa haka app. Learn Ngati Whatua waiata and haka right here, this is paradise for the remote haka learner!
Ngāti Whātua are an indigenous people of New Zealand and are a hapū of the wider Ngāti Whātua iwi located in and around Tamaki isthmus. The ahikaaroa home fires are centred around Ōrākei Marae. Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei Whai Māia is responsible for the continued development and establishment of kapa haka initiatives and programmes. The Ngāti Whātua Kapa Haka app is one of the initiatives.
Learn this genre of Māori performing arts:
Haka pōhiri
Mōteatea
Waiata ā ringa
Haka
Why choose the Ngati Whatua Haka app? • In-depth Ngāti Whātua content • Experienced Ngāti Whātua performers showing the way • All aspects of each composition undertaken by Ngāti Whātua • No cost, convenient, accessible and an interactive tool
Here are some tools to help: • Eight performance videos • Words & translations • Women’s actions tutorials • Men’s actions tutorials • Guitar tutorials
Explore Ngāti Whātua histories: • Kaitito Kōrero (insight from composers) • Tuhinga (written narratives) • Paehono (links to further readings)
Sing along and learn the actions to these Ngāti Whātua waiata and haka: • Haka Pōhiri • Te Karakia a Whakatau • Te Kahu Tōpuni o Tuperiri • Hiwi Onepū • Waihekeao • Matarikia • Poumatua • Tāwhaki
Create your own version: • Record yourself, your whānau or your group singing along to any of the waiata
Ngāti Whātua are an indigenous people of New Zealand and are a hapū of the wider Ngāti Whātua iwi located in and around Tamaki isthmus. The ahikaaroa home fires are centred around Ōrākei Marae. Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei Whai Māia is responsible for the continued development and establishment of kapa haka initiatives and programmes. The Ngāti Whātua Kapa Haka app is one of the initiatives.
He huinga mātauranga He tuku i te pitomata auaha He puna ora mō ngā reanga ā muri ake nei Whātua nuku, Whātua rangi e ngunguru nei i a hahā!!!
The gathering of knowledge A releasing of creative potential A source of wellbeing for those to come Ngāti Whātua rumbles!!!
Tuku is a Māori cultural capability app developed for Rangiata Sky, designed to empower individuals and organisations to embrace and enrich their understanding of Māori culture, language, and practices.
