Te whanau Raukura Preformance

Today, we had a preformance from Te whanau Raukura, at our school today. They preform at the Auckland Museum, and they use taiaha, poi, and te rakau, to explain the Maori elements. At our school, we first had them come in the hall by blowing in an instrument made from a shell. They then started shouting, while making their way to the stage. Next they sang the whaikorero. After that, they sang another song and one of the ladies started using a poi. Then she started to use 4 poi at once. It was so cool, it was like she was the poi, becuse she had really good control with them. Lastly from the preformance, they did the Haka for us. It was powerful. After they did the haka, the kapa haka boys came up to the stage and did the haka back to our preformers, and to us. Then the preformance finished, and one of the ladies Bekah, the one who was good ad poi, came to our class to teach us a game called Pukana. In the game you have to carry on by pointing your hands to another person saying pukana, and if you react but the hands aren't pointing to you, your out. You can also pass it to another person that isn't next to you by saying Aue, and the person you point to, has to say he, and then do the next action of their choice. Something I found interesting, was that they used small sticks to practice their fighting skills. It was fun!