QTN WINTER 10s REHEARSALS - SENIOR PERFORMING KAPA HAKA ROOPU

Kia ora whānau,

Queenstown Winter 10s Kapa Haka competition is in three weeks time on Saturday, 17 June 2017.

Karen spoke to the whole group last Thursday and asked them if they wanted to enter their group into the event.  She talked about:

• how demanding it would be on them as we would be holding a rehearsal each Friday outside of school hours(half hour increase on the Thursday rehearsals)
• the time each individual would need to invest at home learning the words and actions

After a discussion amongst themselves, all but four wanted to give it a go. See the scheduled rehearsal times below:

WINTER 10s REHEARSAL SCHEDULE - SENIOR PERFORMANCE ROOPU
Date	Where	Notes
Friday, 2 June 2017 4:30pm - 6:30pm(Girls) 5:30pm - 7:00pm(Boys)	P.Arts Room	Please bring poi if you have one, drink bottle and snack
Thursday, 8 June 2017 1:00pm - 3:00pm	Hall and P.Arts room	Poi required
Friday, 9 June 2017 4:30pm - 8:00pm	Hall and P.Arts room	Shared kai for tea Will require a few helpers to assist with tea. Poi required
Thursday, 15 June 2017 1:00pm - 3:00pm	Hall and P.Arts room	Poi required
Friday, 16 June 2017 4:30pm - 6:30pm	P.Arts Room	Please bring poi if you have one, drink bottle and snack Poi required
We may require another rehearsal at some stage but it will be in school time.

We understand if you do not want your child to partake in the event after having seen the rehearsal schedule.  Let me know by replying to this email immediately.

IF you are keen to support your children, you will see above than we start this Friday, 2 June 2017 from 4:30pm in the P.Arts room.

You’ll see above that the GIRLS rehearsal time is 4:30 - 6:30 and the BOYS are from 5:30 - 7:00pm.  We need to get our girls up to scratch with the poi. If anyone has a poi at home, they will need to bring it with them to all the rehearsals.

Our girls need to be practicing poi at every spare moment of the day they have.  It is not an easy task to attain and practice is the only way to achieve this goal.

Thank you for your continued support.

Ngā mihi nui ki a koutou

Karen S Neill / Paul Winders / Kathleen Brentwood

Senior Performing Kapa Haka Roopu Team

SENIOR ROOPU - POI: TE KAUPAPA MĀORI A-RIKA ME KĀ KUPU

Actions - First Part

Full Actions

TE KAUPAPA MĀORI

Ko te kaupapa o te kura nei

Te kaupapa Māori e

Ko te kaupapa o te kura nei

Ko te Matauraka

Ko ahau he iti no kā hau e whā

E rapu ana i te puna wanaka

Hei ōraka mō te piki kā waiora

Ahakoa he iti noa, he iti mapihi pounamu

Kia kakau māhaki tātou kātoa

Ko te kaupapa o te kura nei

Te kaupapa Māori e

Ko te kaupapa o te kura nei

Ko te Matauraka

Whaia te iti Kahuraki e

Ki te tuohu koe he mauka teitei e

Kia Kakau Mahaki tātou kātoa

Ko te reo te mauri o te mana Māori

Kaia: Ko wai?

Katoa: Kāmuriwai!

Kaia: Ko wai?

Katoa: Kāmuriwai!

Kapo Hi!

Arrowtown Primary School Kapa Haka receive new piupiu! - Stuff

What a magnificent achievement! Read all about it!

http://www.stuff.co.nz/otago/92964198/arrowtown-primary-school-kapa-haka-receive-new-piupiu

RE: MICHAEL HILL INTERNATIONAL VIOLIN COMPETITION - MIHI WHAKATAU

Kia ora whānau,

The mihi whakatau will take place this Thursday, 1 June at 5:30pm.  It will held at Sir Michael Hill’s residence.

We will be picked up by bus at 4:45pm from the school and returned by 6:15pm where the children will get change out of their kakahu(costumes) and be released to a parent.  Below is the schedule for the day.

Unfortunately we have been limited to 25 students for this gig as requested by Michael Hill’s coordinator of this mihi whakatau.  It was extremely difficult to do as we would have liked everyone to be part of the occasion.

Names of the children performing at the MHIVC on Thursday, 1 June 2017

Ngā Kotiro	DEPART APS	DEPART MHR	PARENTAL SIGN-OUT	Ngā Tama	DEPART APS	DEPART MHR	PARENTAL SIGN-OUT
Eli Collins Sophie Hutchens Chloe Jones Madi McLean Lucy Chisholm Abigail White Zoe Crawford Jett Fa’amalepe Anna Hutchens Darcie Koberstein Harriet Sinclair Kaiya Collins Jessica Dredge Mikayla Evans Jessica MacDonald Megan McCulloch (16)				JD Ries Luka Bouchier James Fergusson Samuel Stanton George Campbell Lennox Fa’amalepe Mace Korani Josh Bonner Jack Kilbride (9)

HELPERS REQUIRED:

The new piupiu will be allocated to all our tamariki on Thursday during their rehearsal between 1:30 - 3:00 in the P.Arts room. (Four helpers will be required for this. Please email Stephanie MacDonald if you are available at brentstephmac2@xtra.co.nz)

We will require about 6 helpers at 3:15pm on Thursday afternoon to help with the dressing of the tamariki performing at MHIVC. (Please email Stephanie MacDonald if you are available at brentstephmac2@xtra.co.nz)

Schedule for Thursday, 1 June 2017
Time	Activity	Where?	Note
1:30pm	Kapa Haka Rehearsal for all Senior Group	APS Hall	Those children perfoming at the MHIVC will stay behind at school.
3:00pm	MHIVC Group to have afternoon tea/	APS Hall down by door to PArts room	Could the children please bring something extra that day for afternoon tea.
3:30pm	MHIVC Group to get dressed for gig (Paul - to sort school tracksuit for each child)	P.Arts room	Pounamu required for this gig by everyone Boys - Black underwear Girls - No nail polish or jewellery, Black hair ties and individuals hair brushes please.
4:40pm	Depart APS by bus to MH residence (Roll call as tamariki board - PW)	Outside the hall
6:00pm	Depart MH Residence by bus to APS (Roll call as tamariki board)	Behind MH garage
6:10pm	Arrive back at school to change out of kakahu	APS PArts room	Children will not be released until signed out by a parent - See Paul Winders
6:30pm	Clean up	APS	KSN/PW Lock-up

ALL READY TO GO FOR TOMORROW! ARE YOU???

We will see the whānau helpers at 9:15am and our tamariki at 9:30am tomorrow!

Junior Kapa Haka Tuakana

THE PRESENTATION OF THE PIUPIU HOU - FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2017

Kia ora whānau!

We are being presented with our piupiu next Friday, 26th May in the school hall. 

This is a very important occasion for our roopu and Kapa Haka whānau. They have been made especially for our roopu and there has been a lot of planning and huge fundraising effort to acquire them.

The kuia who made them is travelling from Opotiki in the Bay of Plenty to present them. We are holding a mihi whakatau (welcome) ceremony on the Friday, 26th May. 

Please see timetable below.

If you can help with tamoko, kakahu, make-up and tying up of piupiu please email Steph McDonald at brentstephmac2@xtra.co.nz We will need at least 8 parents in the P.Arts/Māori  room to help from 8.30am on the Friday morning.

Mihi Whakatau  - Piupiu Presentation - Friday, 26th May

(The foyer and outside area in front of the hall needs to be free of shoes, bags, scooters etc)

Years 1 - 8 Students

9:30am - Senior Kapa’s meet and prep in the Performing Arts/Māori room

11:00am - Year 3 -8 sitting behind kapas - (back door only entry- no shoes sitting quietly)

11:15am - Mihi Whakatau

(Men ONLY to be seated in the front line of chairs)

(Females staff/whānau are to be seated from the second row back)

• Karanga - everyone needs to stand in silence as soon as the karanga begins
• Manuhiri will unpack piupiu on whariki (flax mat) and a karakia will be said while we are still standing
• Karakia by Tetuhi where he will then ask everyone to sit for his whaikōrero
• Whaikōrero(speech) - Tetuhi - everyone  to sit
• Waiata tautoko - “Kāmuriwai” - everyone stand and sing - Kapas lead it
• Manuhiri whaikōrero - (guest speech)
• Manuhiri waiata tautoko
• Hariru - hongi
• Senior Kapas performance - Ngā iwi e, Kia tau and Ko wai ra (Haka)
• Y3 - 8 Students depart through back door and go to interval
• Morning tea for adults only in hall/kitchen while Kapas kids get changed go to interval

Please feel free to come along and tautoko all the hard mahi we have engaged in to achieve this amazing objective. Just let Karen or Paul know so we get a rough estimate of numbers.

KARAKIA CHALLENGE FOR KAPA HAKA FOR THE SENIOR PERFORMANCE ROOPU

A five minute challenge will be held each week in roopu o whare to see which roopu can learn both the starting and ending Kapa Haka Karakia off by heart.

Karakia Timatanga (Start)

E te Atua,
ka timata tatou i nga mahi kapa haka,
ka huri tenei wa ki a koe.
Amene

God,
we are beginning our Kapa haka,
we turn all that we do over to you.
Amen

Karakia Whakamutunga (End)

E te Atua,
kua mutu tatou i ngā mahi kapa haka,
kia tau tou rangimarie kei  mātou.
Amene

God,
we have finished our Kapa haka,
may your peace rest gently upon us.
Amen

WAIATA FOR MICHAEL HILL MIHI WHAKATAU: WORDS & LYRICS

NGA IWI E  - ARCHIE TAMANUI

Kaea: Ngā iwi e                                                   All tribes

Katoa: E karanga e ngā iwi e                              The people call

Kaea: Kua eke mai nei                                        As they come onto

Katoa: Kua eke mai nei ki runga te marae e       As they come onto the marae

Kaea: Mauria mai ra                                            Bring with you

Katoa: Mauria mai ra e ngā mate o te motu e     Bring with you the deceased

Kaea: Me ngā tini roimata                                    And weep over

Katoa: Me ngā tini roimata e maringi whánui e   Tears flow across the land

Kaea: Titiro e ngā iwi                                           People take note

Katoa: Titiro e ngā iwi i ngā mahi o te motu         Look at what is happening

E hora ake nei e                                                   Throughout these islands

Táne: Rü ana te whenua                                      The land quakes

Katoa: Rü ana te whenua, whati ana te moana    The land quakes, the sea breaks

Kaea: Aué te aroha                                               Oh what love

Katoa: Aué te aroha te mamae i ahau e                Love and pain I feel

Táne: Rü ana te whenua, whati ana – Hï!             The land quakes, sea breaks – Hï!

It is a song for welcoming visitors to the marae, ALL TRIBES in this case.
The message is one of supporting each other, whatever difficulties lie ahead.