​Kā Karere o te Wā

2020 has been a very different year for He Waka Kōtuia. In a normal year we would have finished practices in September, we would have...

I tae ohorere mai te reta nō Hōwata ki a Kiringāua, kia tonoa ia ki te whakarewatanga o tēnei pukapuka reo Māori hou ko Hare Pota me te...

The Mana Pounamu Young Achievers’ Awards was brought about through the vision of the late Tāua, Alva Kapa, a local Kāi Tahu educator. It...

Monday practices started again on June 8 a week after the Alert Levels dropped to Alert Level 1. They were a bit piecemeal towards the...

Bathgate Park School invited us to perform at their celebration of Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori. We hadn't had a performance since March and...

As Covid-19 started to have more of an effect worldwide, we decided to shut down our He Waka Kōtuia activities. We cancelled our Cruise...

Our first wānanga this year to start preparing the team for the National competition in July. Often we have a big drop off of new girls...

We were contacted by the organisers of the NZ Golf open, who'd been given our contacts by Te Waihoroi Shortland who chairs NZ Māori Golf....

These events help us immensely in a number of ways. Firstly as fundraising, catering is great way to build up your funds and although it...

Our performance year often starts with our cruise ship performances, having already had a performance for Waitangi Day and a couple of...

We welcomed the South African Womens Team and the White Ferns to Dunedin prior to their test match in Dunedin. These airport welcomes are...

Hūrō ana te papa i te haonga hou o te kupenga o HWK. Our first practice for kapa haka for 2020 started in the summer sun with some...

We were privileged to be invited to help support Te Rūnanga o Ōtākou as they hosted the Ngāi Tahu commemorations for Te Rā o Waitangi,...

The Titirei leadership programme was established to help support our young leaders to show their leadership skills in the group. This...

This was a five-day programme led by KMK and supported by HWK. 25 rakatahi all versed in te reo Māori from Ō-Tautahi, Te Tai Poutini and...

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...