Te Waka Huia

Maori culture group 'Te Waka Huia' performing an action song.

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Entertainment

Tags:

• maori
• zealand
• dance
• nz
• haka
• poi
• culture
• waka
• huia

[kzarva]

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.

[divajans]

This particular performance is the best kapa haka vocal i have ever heard. Sometimes kapa haka singing begins to all sound the same after you've heard a few groups. Te Waka Huia are able to make a kapa haka sound that is different to the rest when they have a mix of voices and harmonies like those in this video. Absolutely goose bump material. I thank God I'm Maori.

[G0ggy]

Stunning.

[Arahia]

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!

[themozie1]

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

[luffinbitbybit]

@MsCharlee10 it is actually possible. . . its like saying how can you be maori and christian. Know e hoa, that race is different from faith. Judaism stems from the abrahamic patriarchs those similarly adopted by the christians, stories such as moses and the Egyptians.

[samoanlovah1]

MAORI'S AND SAMOAN'S HAVE GOOD HARMONIZING

[insanelylogical]

Kapa Haka was much better in the 70's,80's and 90's in my opinion. Like this fabulous performance from '96, sends shivers up your spine.

[NohelaniS]

do you know quando crawford?

[TheLalamuc]

i reokon this would have to be 1 of waka huias best brakets to date

[RAYAMOA]

Kei ta tangi tonu te ngakau ki to ngarohanga e koro, mahue mai ko matou ngo uri hei paa whakaoho i ngo ohaaki me ngo takawaighanga.

Great song in your memory Uncle, moe iho ra te moe te whakaarahia.

[kzarva]

@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.