Schools turn out for kapa haka contest
PHOTOS: PETER MCINTOSH
He Waka Kotuia (King's and Queen's high schools, above) competes in the Te Hautoka kapa haka contest at the Edgar Centre in Dunedin yesterday.
Fourteen groups — including Trinity Catholic College and Bayfield High School — from secondary schools across the South took part in the event that is held every two years.
Results from the qualifying Te Hautoka kapa haka contest held at the Edgar Centre in Dunedin yesterday.—
Groups to represent Otago/Southland at Ngā Kapa Haka Kura Tuarua nationals in Tauranga next year: Te Wharekura o Arowhenua (Invercargill), 1; He Waka Kōtuia (King's and Queen's high schools), 2.
Trinity Catholic College.
Non-aggregate.—
Kākahu (outfit): Te Wharekura o Arowhenua, 1; Te Matahīapo (Waitaki Girls' and Waitaki Boys' high schools, St Kevin's Collage, East Otago High School, Hampden Intermediate), 2; Tianara Hakena (James Hargest College) and He Waka Kōtuia, equal-3.
Kaitātaki wahine (female leader): Te Wharekura o Arowhenua, 1; Ngā Ara Wai (Mount Aspiring,College, Wakatipu High School, Dunstan High School, Cromwell College, Roxburgh Area School), 2; He Waka Kōtuia, 3.
Kaitātaki Tāne (male leader): Te Wharekura o Arowhenua, 1; He Waka Kōtuia, 2; Te Matahīapo, 3.
Waiata Tira (choral): He Waka Kōtuia, 1; Te ihi o Māruawai (Māruawai College, Gore), 2; Wairua Pūhou (Otago Boys' and Otago Girls' high schools), 3.
Bayfield High School.
Aggregate.—
Whakaeke (entrance item): Te Wharekura o Arowhenua, 1; He Waka Kōtuia, 2; Te Matahīapo, 3.
Mōteatea (lament): Te Wharekura o Arowhenua, 1; He Waka Kōtuia, 2; Te Matahīapo, 3.
Waiata-a-ringa (action song): Te Wharekura o Arowhenua, 1; He Waka Kōtuia, 2; Te Matahīapo, 3.
Poi: Te Wharekura o Arowhenua, 1; He Waka Kōtuia, 2; Te Matahīapo, 3.
Haka: Te Wharekura o Arowhenua, 1; He Waka Kōtuia, 2; Te Ihi o Māruawai, 3.
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