NZ Scholarship Te Ao Haka case studies
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1The refrain that sounds like someone else's
A secondary school kapa haka rōpū of 24 performers has six weeks until a regional competition in which each rōpū must present a whakaeke of no more than two minutes, followed by mōteatea, waiata-ā-ringa, poi and haka. Their tutor, a former regional champion, has written a new nine-minute haka to replace an item that no longer fits the group's kaupapa.
856 words, about 4 min2Two accounts of Rongomai, forty words of pou text
A hapū trust must supply 40 words of text for a pou whenua at a new council reserve, to be unveiled in 10 weeks. Two accounts of the tūpuna Rongomai conflict.
869 words, about 4 min3The kārearea that belongs to someone else's story
A 19-year-old composer has eight weeks to finish an original composition for a regional competition, where the original item carries 20 per cent of the marks. The draft is a four-part haka with a strong opening, written for a rōpū of Ngāi Tahu descent in a southern town.
935 words, about 5 min4The pōwhiri the council has already designed
A kapa haka rōpū based at a city tertiary institution, 21 performers, is asked by the city council to lead a pōwhiri for a visiting trade delegation at the civic centre. Of the performers, seven are Pākehā or tauiwi and are relatively new to the rōpū.
916 words, about 5 min5Two rōpū, five judges, one silent rulebook
At a regional senior competition, eight rōpū perform 25-minute sets before a panel of five judges. The published marks are: whakaeke 15, mōteatea 10, waiata-ā-ringa 15, poi 10, haka 20, whakawātea 10, reo 10, kākahu 5, kaitātaki 5.
848 words, about 4 min