ko au te awa ko te awa ko au....with this i am proud to be part of the awa we treasure so much...waiata and haka is one strain of the rope that binds us together being maori...go hard my whanau and kia kaha nga tane...doin it awa stylez....doin it awa way
Makes me homesick too . I'm an Aussie who lived in New Zealand for a few years in the 70's . Love New Zealand , always my home away from home . Whanganui , Raetihi , Ohakuni . Always in my heart .
I would die if I had a haka performed for me. I love seeing cultures and traditions carried on by the new generation, and also the absolute POWER that comes off the people performing it
Haha... I'm from here and suddenly after 10 years of floating around it pops up on my you tube feed Shivers all over watching this take place at Pakaitore which extends from Pakaitore bare land (what was Moatua Gardens) to right along the river front. Maori land.
On average there is a haka performed every 37 seconds in New Zealand. A haka used to be something special but nowdays they find any old reason to do one. Cuzzy Steven has arrived at the airport....let´s do a haka. They opened up a new library at school.....let´s do a haka. Auntie Moana just made her best banana cake ever.....let´s do a haka.
I would love to live in a place that at any time any place someone could just call out... and you can't resist it's pull you can't resist and just randomly there on the street they get the mana flowing. that would be a heavenly place.
