​Kā Karere o te Wā

E tahitahi, kia whitawhita kia kite atu te muramura O te hātete, o te kāpura i tawhiti I ruka, i raro, i roto, i waho Kia kīia ai ka toe...

We were invited by Matiu and Dion Payne to present at the ‘Ka Wana te Tī - Mahika Kai Conference’ at Lincoln University in December on...

In December we were invited to a participate in Raranga Tahi, an opportunity to pitch rangatahi ideas for rangatahi improvement....

Every year we like to unwind, let our hair down a bit and have a bit of fun. We like to take the time to celebrate our successes and to...

Kiringāua has been on the Dunedin City Youth Action Committee for the last year. They have been working on a strategy for youth in the...

We were asked to perform a mihi whakatau and to entertain at the Private Capital Finance Conference in Queenstown. We took a van load of...

HWK have been supporting the Kotahi Mano Kāika (KMK) Kura Reo and Kura Reo Rakatahi for a number of years now. This was a four-day...

After the release of our album Te Mahi Tamariki and an unofficial late entry tendered by Te Whenua to these awards, the awards organisers...

This competition was held in Palmerston North. With only one speaker from HWK and not connected to either of the schools we took our...

The Otago Polyfest performance is our biggest performance of the year. It is the one time that our community, who supports the work that...

Titiro kau nei ki waho Ki te rae o Pūrehurehu rā Ko te tuhimāreikura o oho Ko whakapao i a karu Rā pea koe kai ruka i te karetai moana Te...

The Secondary School Regional Kapa Haka Competition is the premier Māori event and only competitve Kapa Haka in Otago and Southland. Te...

Te Hautonga Kapa Haka Kura Tuarua Regional competition for Ōtākou and Murihiku is later on in the year this year. This meant that our...

As we moved closer to the our regional competition and we'd had six months of fitness sessions Corey organised for the kapa to do a...

I'm not sure nowadays what constitutes 'busy' for He Waka Kōtuia, but perhaps the month of June might give us an example. Having just...

Over the last 12 years we have worked hard to build confidence in public speaking in both te reo Māori and English for our rangatahi. Ngā...

We were honoured to be invited to support the local rūnanga to host the Governor General of New Zealand the Hon Dame Patsy Reddy at Ōtākou.

We are fortunate to be invited to perform as part of the University of Otago 108 Māori Performing Arts end of semester assessment. This...

Paulette (Trustee) and Komene (Kaihautū) were asked to participate in a panel discussion with super stars of Māoridom Scotty and Stacey...

We were again contracted by Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu to cater the Kura Reo ki Te Waipounamu, which celebrated its 20th year. Kura Reo ki Te...