I am Samoan and I love love love my culture and dancing but my passion is for the Maori dancing especially the internalization it requires to perform the dances correctly. Haka is my passion and absolutely am infatuated with great Maori group singing and dancing..live in Arizona but passionate about Maori culture and wish I knew more..
I am not Maori, in fact I'm Jewish, and have fallen in love with Maori music. My love affair with this music started when as I kid I saw Dame Kiri Te Kanawa singing Maori songs in concert in London. It's unique, beautiful, stunning... but really no adjectives make justice to their voices.
In Alaska, we have this Sealaska Celebration that we have every two years (mostly Southeast Alaska Natives). Back in 2006, we had a Maori group visit and it was amazing. I hope another groups visits soon.
the beauty, power and grace of my culture moves me in a way that is beyond the realm of the simplistic term of music, it's a spiritual reckoning that envelopes the soul.
Aroha mai whanau mo te weriweri i pehu mai i taku waha, na te kaikiri o te porohewa ra au i riri ai. Kua hoha nei au i nga kaikutu penei na. Otira tena ano tatau e kaha nei te tautoko i enei rangatira o te Wakahuia e waiata ana i wa ratau wai ataahua. No reira kia ora mai tatau.
This song is a tribute to one of the most respected Maori weaponry specialists Irirangi Te Pou Ō Uruika Tiakiawa or Irirangi Tiakiawa. This performance was performed in his hometown of Rotorua. Still love this song after 19 years.
Hey torquieingshit, remember this?? "I've been working in the bush for a few days and came accross a Maori guy operating a digger. Stood and watched him when I could and couldn't believe my eyes. The best I've seen, smooth talented and pretty to watch. His talent however didn't compare with his nature. After knowing him for half an hour, I could see the great character and kindness in him, then I thought about my comments on Maoris in general and I realised how wrong I was." (torqueingshit)
I remember 1996 (when i was 9) was my first nationals I went to go and watch....and 14 years later it's always great to go back and watch performances like these. wow
I wish people would not generalize about people of any race. I was born in England but my parents moved to NZ was I was 4. I grew up in NZ & Iwill tell you this - ALL of my best mates ARE Maori or polynesian and they are the best mates anyone could have. They also say to me if you eva need somewhere to stay or if times r bad WE ARE THERE FOR YOU BRO!
I love this song....I wish someone would upload their whole bracket....I love Te Waka Huia...their performances touch me even though I don't understand te reo...I'm a Cook Islander who loves Kapa haka
Oh how this makes me long for the Commonwealth games in 1996 in Victoria BC Canada. When I met this group at the airport in Victoria where I was commercial supervisor at the time. Absolutely beautiful people!!!!
my gawd, I had this whole competition on tape, and I had it on my fridge and someone accidentally bumped the fridge and it fell off and smashed all over the floor, I was so gutted, it had Ngati Rangiwewehi performance on it and I loved them soo much.
The hand movements are physical expressions (telling a story with our hands) for example at 3:42, they bring their arms together and bow their heads singing Sleep Well/Rest in Peace (then the name of the person they are acknowledging. The shaking of the hands is different for everyone, butthe main consensus is our connection to nature, the leaves. the water, the wind.
culture is defined as 'a way of life for an entire society'.... now, in that culture, there are codes of dress; manners; language; food; religion and rituals. this ritual is part of the Maori Culture.
Te Waka Huia have always been known for their strong singing voices...some would say (myself included) best vocal group ever...I'm not downing their performance this year, but they have had better vocals in previous years. I have always been a fan of Te Waka Huia, and will continue to be
This is is a modern day apakura (lament)for a revered tohunga (spirtual and technical elitist) who had recently passed away at the time. Irirangi Tiakiawa was a keeper of traditions and knowledge to do with weaponry, genealogy, and oratory some of which dated back to before the Maori came to NZ. That's way the expressions on the performers' face aren't the usual happy ones.
someone just mistook me for being maori the other day [which is why i looked it up here on youtube]. and i can honestly say, after watching this, i'm honored that someone thought i was maori! so moving.
Cheers for adding this, like many Ive always admired their waiata ringa, actually the whole thing. If someone could post the lyrics on here that would be awesome. Over the years I think about this waiata & the circle of life whakaeke.. If anyone has the whakaeke for Te Roopu Ngati Rangiwewehi 1996 reginals put that up - another fav of mine Ka mau te wehi
dewd this was an awsome performance! do u have any clips of Ngati Rangiwewehi at this compition from the same year? I think it was the year they won it. if u do could u upload them please? thanx dewd and thanx 4 uploading this clip =)
@MsCharlee10 I am not Maori... I just love their beautiful music. But your question could be answered as follows. How can so many descendants of people who have been killed or forcibly converted by other religions actually practice such faiths? We Jews stay away from proselytizing so you can be Maori, or anything really as long as you decide to join us in our faith... though by judging the world, I wouldn't recommend it.
Is there a copy of Waka Huia's whakaeke where they sing 'Te Timatanga'? I think it's this same year. I have been looking for it for ages since my half-pie cuzin taped over my copy! Either way MEAN MAORI MEAN!
i think torqueingheads justs loves to argue with Maori. iv debated with him before and read a few debates from him....... so why, if he has an insulting opinion against Maori, why do i always see him insulting on these beautiful Maori videos? why would he watch them if he insults them?
thanx mate, torqueingshit wants to show courtesy in the way I speak to him after he rubbishes one of the greatest kapahaka teams to ever walk the face of this earth. He can get effed!! and you're right, troqueing shit expects the same courtesy, and yet rubbishes a group he knows nothing about. A lot of the people in Wakahuia are lawyers, teachers, business people with letters to back them up, i.e. LLBs, LLMs BEds, BBComs, MBAs etc!!
then you should be respecting the native people of the land and stop degrading, bad mouthing and insulting Maori like you have been. because, if it wasnt for the Maori ancestors, YOU WOULDNT have a home here, neither would your family. if this is your home, your land, your future, YOU HAVE TO RESPECT THE TANGATA WHENUA. SIMPLE.
'torqueingheads' you say you are white in another post, so like, what culture is that??? white is just a skin colour. there are dozens of white races in the world, from many countries. what country are you originally from and do you truly know your culture like the Maori knows theirs?
thats very well. so.... now maybe you can either respect the Maori heritage as much as your own (as you are in NZ, where Maori are native) or you can go back and try get some of your ancestry land back in England or Germany.... oh thats right, they dont have the same rights as Maori does with their land, do they? at least, no matter where in the world Maori live, we, AND our next generations can always have land back home to settle on....
Ohh OK, do you cannibals have an etiquette when eating people?? Like do you exclude eating your own children, and family?? What do you like eating people with, just salt, or other things? I heard that Jack the Ripper liked eating womens' kidneys with sage and onion.
Shame your sensitive western ears can’t hear the beauty of Maori singing, you will never know the feeling, and actually we love eating trolls that crawl out from under the bridge like you, now YOU would definitely be tasty without salt or onion I’d just eat you raw
Excuse mee that argument goin on there, this waiata(song ) was made for irirangi who past away the year before the festival, how dear u insult out maori heritage how dear u, white people as u called your self express thier own feelings in songs dont they so they write about them, this was a song for a well knowen man who unfortuntly cannot be with us here today, shut your mouth and go mock another culture cause we maori respect ne thing and everything about our mana and land and if u hava prob
Hi there, Torque, its Will1325 here, the Maori boy you have unsuccessfully been able to put into your box of stereotypes. Bro (a term im sure u also use), I cant believe you would bring this shit into here aswell (a tribute to an ancestor, a father, a grand father). Shame on you. Move on Torque, and move on Horifurrah, why dont you attack each other, ot each others heritage.
