Tuakana Teina in Action

Lots of Tūhono students have been able to share their knowledge of tikanga Māori and te reo through Kapa haka this year.  A couple of weeks ago, we invited Top Kids Preschool and Kahikatea Kindergarten children to school to be part of a mihi whakatau (a welcome) and watch our rōpu perform.  We had a wonderful time sharing our talents with the younger children and being great role models to our tamariki.  It was also very cool for Haka to have Mokii as part of the audience.  We ended the afternoon with a shared kai.  It is definitely an event we would like to happen each year.  We also thought that maybe next time we could make the performance more interactive by teaching the tamariki some waiata and actions.

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