Te Kapa Haka o Te Wharekura o Hoani Waititi Marae

Nau mai, haere mai. Piri mai tātou kia mātakitaki tahi i Te Kapa Haka o Te Wharekura o Hoani Waititi Marae e whakaatu ana i ngā pūmanawa o ā rātou rangatahi. Ko Hoani Waititi ngā toa whakaihuwaka o te whakataetae, Ngā Kapa Haka Kura Tuarua o Aotearoa i te tau 2022, ā, ko rātou anō tērā i toa whakaihuwaka i te whataetae Polyfest i roto i ngā tau o te 1996 ki te 2001. Koirā tētahi angitutanga kāore anō kia ekea. I te whakataetae Polyfest i tēnei tau i eke rātou ki te tūranga tuarua.

Nō mātou te hōnore i te whakangahau a te kapa haka ki ngā tū e rua, he hāwhe hāora te roa ki te Toi o Tāmaki.

He utukore ēnei whakangahau. Ko tā mātou whaikupu, me tōmua te tae mai kia pai ai te mātakitaki.

I tuwhera a Hoani Waititi Marae i te tau 1980, me te takune kia tū ai hei tūrangawaewae mō te reo, mō te ahurea, me ngā tikanga Māori. Ko Te Kapa Haka o Te Wharekura o Hoani Waititi Marae tētahi o ngā kapa haka e rima kei Hoani Waititi Marae.

Welcome, welcome. Join us in witnessing Te Kapa Haka o Te Wharekura o Hoani Waititi Marae showcase their rangatahi (youth) talent. Hoani Waititi are the current national champions of Ngā Kapa Haka Kura Tuarua o Aotearoa (2022) and have set the record of overall winner of the Polyfest Māori stage consecutively from 1996 to 2001. This record has never been beaten. At this year’s Polyfest they placed second overall winner.

We are honoured to host their performances of two half-hour kapa haka at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki. 
The performances are free to attend. We recommend arriving early to gain the best viewing position. 

Hoani Waititi Marae opened in 1980 with a purpose to be a centre for Māori language, culture and practice. Te Kapa Haka o Te Wharekura o Hoani Waititi Marae is one of five cultural groups based at Hoani Waititi Marae.

Image Credit: Nā Cherrilee Fuller | Cherrilee Fuller