Te Panekiretanga O Te Reo Maori at PCC: July 2010

The wero and entrance portion of the Polynesian Cultural Center's welcoming ceremonies for the visiting group Te Panekiretanga O Te Reo Maori, based in Napier, New Zealand, on July 27, 2010, was one of the most exciting I've seen in over 40 years. (Video clip for the Polynesian Cultural Center by Mike Foley; a longer clip of the event can be seen at http://www.facebook.com/polynesia2)

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• PCC
• Polynesian Cultural Center
• Laie
• Hawaii
• Maori
• Panekiretanga
• New Zealand
• wero
• karanga

[kw33ny09]

Aue...te ataahua mai naano o ngaai tatou te Maori, heoi e ngarongaro haere ana eenei ahuatanga. I rongona taku wairua Maori i te tuuturutanga o tenei poowhiri. Kia mauamahara mai Maaori maa, kia uu, ki ita, ki nga akoranga rangatira o o tatou maatua tipuna. Kia karangahia, kia werohia, kia haka powhiritia, kia waereatia, kia heke a roimata raua ko hupe, kia mataara, kia Maori.... ai aue, he kuru pounamu, mapihi maurea to taatou reo rangatira. TAU KE!

[kapaigurl56]

Tau ke! Te aahua o teenei mahi wero me te karanga!! Tena Koe!

[1981kyle]

Even more beautiful to see Pou and Timoti in this. Not to mention the next generation, Pania Papa of the sort.

[Ngairangi]

That was MEAN MAORI MEAN!!!... i'v seen the same similar thing, this was in 1994 it was only a man his wife and new born... whilst the kuia's were doing there karanga the man was doing there own. It was a spectacular moment at the time i thought "Things like this dont happend often" lol... man done his own whaikorero, arohamai, mohio tana ingoa??... kaore ahau.

[stikkirecords]

awesome ! i hope the day went well !