Te Whanau Raukura Performance
The Te Whanau Raukura Kapa Haka group who perform at the Auckland Museum came to our school PBS to perform their group dances and songs. They used Taiaha, Poi Poi and Te Rakau to explain the meaning behind the elements of the Maori culture. The first object, Taiaha is used by men to defend themselves or fight. It is a long sword shaped object with a face doing the pukana to intimidate their enemy and represent the warrior way. The second object is the Poi Poi, back in the day it was used to exercise and support their wrists to improve fighting techniques. Now it is used for dancing. The last and final object is the Te Rakau, it supports and exercises the arm joints. After their performance Becca came to our classroom and taught us how to play pukana. The objective of this game is to trick the others to thinking you did the pukana to them. The actions are, pukana, ohwe and he. You can only do the pukana to the person next to you but the ohwe to people across the room. When someone does an ohwe to you you must say he and lift ur fists up. My favourite part was when we got to watch the group do their haka.
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