Kapa Haka Festival 2020

 Kapa Haka Festival 2020

In Term 4, Week 6, on Wednesday, WBS (Wainui Beach School) finally had our Kapa Haka Festival. We had been practising Kapa haka for the whole year and, to be honest, got over practising the songs over and over again.

As soon as the whole of Moana got their Kapa Haka uniforms and mokos on, we hopped on the bus and drove towards the festival. When we arrived, the front row got their pew pews on and the rest of the rows lined up. We practised a few of our songs then got ready to set foot on the stage.

 All of the rows walked onto the large stage at the same time and started to line up in straight rows. When the boys sorted out their rows, Matiria and Klara started off the song E te ariki. We all huddled in a bunch and started to sing. (It is extremely loud when you are all huddled in a bunch).

After E te ariki Matiria and Klara started the song Utaina. (Utaina is one of my favorite songs). Girls and boys sing the same song the first time we sing the song but in the second round, the boys sing a haka when the girls carry on singing. During the second round the girls start to move backwards when the boys move forwards.

With the boys at the front and the girls at the back, the boys start to chant the haka. One of the hakas is Kamate Kamate. The girls had to join in and chant the haka with the boys too.

Still at the back, Matiria and Klara started off Rona e. In this song the girls use the poi and the boys do actions to the song. The poi actions are pretty easy.  Most of it is just swinging around the poi but it still looks really cool. In the second round of Rona e, the girls move forwards again and the boys move backwards. 

After Rona e the girls and boys both sing Wainui e, our school song. During the song the boys walk off the stage and then the girls but the front row of girls stay on until the end.

The Kapa Haka Festival was so fun. I cant wait until next year.