About this standard
Level 4 assessment for standard 32956 requires the student to perform 6 items from memory demonstrating appropriate movement.
At level 4 the student does not need to perform in public to show competency.
Level: 4
Credits: 20
Video examples
Find video examples below by 3 different performing groups that can be used for this standard.
We would like to acknowledge Rotorua Boys’ High School and Rotorua Girls’ High School, Te Wharekura o Rakaumangamanga and Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Hoani Waititi Marae who feature in the videos.
Video transcript
[Words on screen: This video gives examples for unit standard 32956. Perform a complete Māori performing arts bracket Level 4.]
Narrator: Level 4 assessment requires the student to perform 6 items from memory demonstrating appropriate movement. Level 4 does not require the student to perform in public to demonstrate competency.
In this example the bracket is done in a marae setting in kapa haka costume.
Students from Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Hoani Waititi Marae in Auckland are featured in this video.
[The words from the performances are below.]
Waiata Tira
Ngā Tamatoa, Te Rōpū Reo Māori, ao ake Te Petihana
Te Kura o Rūātoki, Te Ataarangi e
Te Wānanga o Raukawa, Te Kōhanga Reo e
Te Reo Irirangi, Ngā Kaiwhakapūmau i te Reo Māori e
Nau mai te rā - Te Kura Kaupapa
Nau mai te wiki - Te Reo Tātaki
Ka ao te reo, ka ao te tangata
E taku toa tauā
Te Ture Reo Māori, Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori e
Te Māngai Pāho, Whakaata Māori[14], Te Panekiretanga
Nau mai te rā
Nau mai te rā - Te Mātāwai
Nau mai te wiki - Mahuru Māori
Ka ao te reo, ka ao te tangata
E taku toa tauā
Ka pō te reo, ka pō te tangata
Ka ao te reo, ka ao te tangata
Ao ake ko te petihana
E taku toa tauā, kia ora e
Whakaeke - Mai i maunganui ki tāmaki
Mai i Maunganui ki Tāmaki
Mai i Tāmaki ki Maunganui
Tākiri mai te ata nā runga o Pukematekeo
O Te Pae Tūrehu, o Te Pae - (o) Te Pae o Hikurangi, o Tiriwā
Ka mātai atu ki ngā wairere, e rere rā, Waitākere
Ka puta rā ki Te Waitematā
Ngāti Whātua, karanga rā
Karanga rā
Takatakahia, hī!
Takatakahia, hī!
Takahia atu rā te ara
Ki (a) Te Uringutu, ki (a) Te Taoū, ki (a) Ngā Oho
Pūhia mai rā te hau maiangi
Hei tō mai i ngā uri o Tānerore ki Te Waitematā
Nō te taenga mai o Māhuhu-ki-te-rangi
Ki Muriwhenua, i Wairotī, i Wairotā
Ka tutū te puehu ki runga o Tumupākihi
Nō te taenga mai o Tūperiri, o Waha-akiaki
Ka tū te pakanga ki Paruroa
Ka rere rā te rau o te patu
Ki a Kiwi Tāmaki nō Te Wai o Hua
Nō te tūnga mai o Te Puru o Tāmaki
Ki Ōkahu
Nō te tūnga mai o Tumutumuwhenua
Ki Takaparawhau
Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei, tū mai rā!
E kore e riro
E kore e riro te whatutoto a Te Kawau e
Tau, tau, tau hā, ananā!
Mōteatea - E muri ahiahi
E muri ahiahi
Takoto ki te moenga
E tia nei roto e
Kei te tai whatikino
Ki te taura e
I āta rauhangatia
I tīwaia pea te tai ki Harara
Kia tae te nenenga, mau rawa ki ō karu
Ka hara tōku, me he au karikawa
Nō ngā kūrae
Ki runga tū mahara
I whea koia koe i taku taiwhenua
Ka āta papare ake i ahau, e te tau
Tuku mārire koe rāroa te hurihanga
A te mōkai puku nei
Āta hoki mārire ki ōku mātua e moea iho nei
Mā wai e whai atu te pae tuangahuru
He manu koia au e ai te rere atu
Noho ana taku iti, te tihi ki Hikurangi
Kei raro iti iho ko te hoa moe tahi
E hoa mā e, kātahi nei hanga kino
Ko waho kau ōku te tirohia mai nā
Ka taka ko roto
E, ka māwherangi au e i…
Waiata ā ringa - He muri aroha
Ka horo te whenua
Ka horo te ngākau
“Ko Te Aho Matua te tāhuhu o tō mātou kura
Ko te reo me ōna tikanga ngā heke whakamau
Ko te whānau whānui
Ko te whanaungatanga ngā poupou.”
I waiho mai ai hei ōhaki
Mā mātou, (mā) ngā mokopuna
He muri aroha I haea a roto
i tō ngarohanga
He muri aroha
Ka mautiki koe ki te manawa, (ki) ngā hihi o te rā
Taku manaia , taku toa , te whaea o te kura
Taku manaia, taku toa, te whaea o te kura
Waipuke ana ngā wai i Ruapehu e
Ka rere ki Whangaehu, ki Whanganui e
He murimuri aroha, kei taku kahukura
Moe mai rā i te rangatiratanga o te mate
He muri aroha, I haea a roto i tō ngarohanga
He muri aroha He kanohi kitea, he ringa aroha
Ka mautiki koe ki te manawa, (ki) ngā hihi o te rā
Taku manaia, taku toa, te whaea o te kura
Taku manaia, taku toa, te whaea o Waititi e
Poi - E ara, matariki
Tērā ia Matariki ka mahuta i te pae, ka ara ki te rangi
He tīrama, he tīrama ā-nuku
He tīrama, he tīrama ā-rangi
Ka tū Puanga, Takurua, Tautoru
Te Mātahi o te Tau
Tītoko te pō
Tītoko te ao
Tītoko te ora
Ki a Ranginui e
Tītoko te pō
Tītoko te ao
Tītoko te ora
Ki a Papatūānuku
E rere, e poi, ki te rangi, ki Te Kete Nui a Tāne
Mārama ā-nuku, mārama ā-rangi
E ara, (e) te ariki
Te ariki o te rangi
E ara, Matariki
Matariki āhunga nui, manako nui
Te ariki o te rangi
Matariki hunga nui, tāpuapua
Matariki e ara e!
Koia rā Te Mātahi o te Tau
He piringa, he wānanga
E rere, e poi
E rere, e poi, ki te rangi, ki Te Kete Nui a Tāne
Mārama ā-nuku, mārama ā-rangi
E ara, (e) te ariki
Te ariki o te rangi
E ara, Matariki!
Mānawatia a Matariki, e ara e
Hei hā, hī!
Haka - He raukura rānei au?
He aha rā ia tēnei mea, te raukura?
Me rite rānei, ki a Kawariki te whakawehiwehi?
Me rite rānei, ki a Oriini te autaia?
Te Aho Matua!
Tīhorehore!
Te Aho Matua!
Kei hea rā koe i roto i ahau e ngaro mai ana?
Te Ira Tangata – Takahi tangata, ko te whakaweti!
Ko Te Reo Māori –
Whiua parahia, arokore ana!
Ko Ngā Iwi – E whakamā nei au i taku Māoritanga!
Ko te Ao – Tūkino taiao!
Āhuatanga Ako – Whakaute kore, momi hikoreti!
Te Tino Uaratanga – Ko te whakapāha Mā tēnā ka aha?
Kei hea mai hoki te rongoā?
“Ko tōna ake kāinga te ao tuatahi
Me te kura tīmatatanga o te tamaiti!”
Me hia rā hoki te roa
O te noho ki te Kura Kaupapa Māori
E kīia ai au, he raukura?
Me kotahi rā, me kotahi wiki
Me kotahi tau, me hia rā hoki?
Ka kīia au he raukura
Ki te momi tarukino whakawairangi?
He raukura
Ki te patu wahine, tūkino tamariki?
He raukura
Ki te mahi kēnge, he mauhere ki te whare herehere?
“Aratakina au
Ki te mātāpuna o te mōhio, o te ora, o te maungārongo”
Ono ira tahi rua
“Kia tū pakari, kia tū rangatira, hei raukura”
Hei raukura, hei raukura
Au, au, he raukura rānei au?
Hō!
Whakawātea - Hari huringa tau, e te kōhanga reo
“Nō reira, mauria mai ngā tamariki ki te Kōhanga.”
Te tau hokorua o te Kōhanga
Te tau hokorua o te Kōhanga
I hohou te rongo ki runga o Waiwhetū
I moea te pō, kia ao ake te awatea
Kua tipu rā hei oranga mō te iwi Māori
(mō) ngā mokopuna tamariki
Pono ki te kaupapa, puna ko te reo
Kei aku kākā kura i whāngai i te waiū o te kupu kōrero
Pīpī, pīrere, purapura e, kōkiri kōkako e
Ngā pōhoi toroa o te kaupapa
Tuku mana, tuku ora, tuku iho e
Te muka, i whātuia ai taku korowai
Te korowai o te Kōhanga e, te korowai o te Kōhanga e
Kei te haere au, kei te haere au,
Kei te haere au ki te Kōhanga Reo
Kei te ako au, kei te ako au
Kei te ako au ki te Kōhanga Reo!
Papaki mai ō matimati,
Papaki mai ō matimati,
Waewae whiua ki te taha, waewae whiua ki te taha
Hei hā, hei hā pakipaki!
He waka patu ahi au, ko Hiko taku ingoa
Kāore au e patu ahi, auē te aroha
Kia rahi ake au ka patu ahi e
Kei te mura rā te tāone
Karanga te waka, karanga te waka
Karanga te waka, Hiko! Wīu, wīu, wīu!
Motokā iti rawa e, mā wai e taraiwa e?
Tangi ana, tangi ana – Uka, uka, uka!
Ka kite, e te iwi e, ka kite, e te iwi – e!
E hipi, e hipi, hei, HĪ!
Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Hoani Waititi Marae
Watch examples of performance by Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Hoani Waititi Marae.
In this video the group perform examples of Waiata Tira, Whakaeke, Mōteatea, Waiata ā ringa, Poi, Haka and Whakawātea.
Video transcript
[Words on screen: This video gives an example for unit standard 32956. Perform a complete Māori performing arts bracket Level 4.]
Narrator: Level 4 assessment requires the student to perform 6 items from memory demonstrating appropriate movement. Level 4 does not require the student to perform in public to demonstrate competency.
In this example the performance is done in a public setting and performed in costume.
Students from Raukura in Rotorua are featured in this video.
[The words from the performances are below.]
Kia Kūtia
Name of the chosen item: Kia Kūtia
Discipline: Whakaeke
Composers's name and iwi: Jamus Webster
Date: 2022
Kia Kūtia
Whakakōkiri
Karakia:
Toia Te Arawa tapotū ki te moana
Mā wai e tō
Mā te whakaranga ake
He tarawainuku, he tarawairangi
Tinia, monoa
Nau mai, nau mai rā e Tāne
Ka kau tāua i te awa Pikopiko i whiti
Kia mātakina koe e te tini o ngā tāngata
Mingoi he Tāne, koakoa he Tāne, rangahau he Tāne
E patua mai ana e te komuri hau
nā runga o Waihihi, o Waihaha
Pānekeneke te ihu o te waka
Aha, turuki, turuki – paneke, paneke -2x
Haere mai te toki, haumie, hui ē – taiki ē.
Kia kutia
Au, au
Aha kia wherahia
Au au
Kia rere atu te kekeno
ki tawhiti titiro mai ai
Ai, Ai, Ai ha!
Tukua mai ki a piri
Tukua mai ki a tata
Kia eke mai ki runga
i te paepae poto a Houmaitawhiti
Kāore te aroha ki te korōria tapu
Name of the chosen item: Kāore te aroha
Discipline: Waiata Tangi
Theme or category of the item: Lament
Composers's name and iwi: Matuha Enoka nō Ngāti Uenukukopako
Kāore te aroha
Kāore te aroha ki te korōria tapu
E wawae ake ana i te ara kūiti…i
Nau mai, e hine, ka haere tāua…i
Ki a Ihaia kia monitatia…i
Kia huihui tātou he kērerohanga nui…i
Kia hopukia iho te kupu a te Atua…i
Kia awhi tāua ki a Ihu Karaiti…i
Kia murua te hara i taku tinana nei!
Te Arawa nui tonu
Name of the chosen item: Te Arawa nui tonu
Discipline: Poi
Composers's name: Rangitihi Pene & Hereana Roberts
Te Arawa nui tonu
Te Arawa nui tonu
Nei rā te oha, ake
Kua rangona te karanga
E nga kura o Te Arawa
Kua rangona te kaha
E Tūwharetoa
Tū te ao, Tu te pō
E ngā mana, e ngā reo
Kua ata tu mai
Ngā kapa haka
Kura tuarua o Te Arawa
Ki te whakatau i te hui
Na reira, reia atu taku
Takiri atu taku poi
Takaoreore ana
Ki runga o te whare
Tū mai Ngongotaha maunga
Tuahu a nga Atua
Toitoia te manawa
Toitoia taku iho e
Takahuri Takawiri
Takakawe ngā poi e
Taka amio, Tawhio
Tarioi, tāpapa te haere
Tauwhaiwhai ana,
Pārekareka, Pārekareka mai rā
Te Arawa nui tonu
Nei rā te oha ake
Hi!
Aue te aroha i ahau e
Name of the chosen item: Aue te aroha i ahau e
Discipline: Waiata ā ringa
Theme or category of the item: Aroha
Composers's name: Tiki Mokai nō Te Arawa
Aue te aroha i ahau e
Aue te aroha I ahau e
Tuki rawa e hine, I taku manawa
Nei ra aku ringa e hine
Hei piriti e hine, I taku manawa
Hope – Whatiwhati e hine
Tuki rawa kia kaha, ki ahau nei
Kaua e huri ke
Tahuri mai ra, e hine
Kia mau te aroha, kia pumau e
kia pumau e
kia pumau e
Te Aitanga ā Raukura i te rangi e
Name of the chosen item: Te Aitanga ā Raukura i te rangi e
Discipline: Haka
Theme or category of the item: Taparihi
Composers's name: Irirangi Tiakiawa
Te Aitanga ā Raukura i te rangi e
Ko wai te kura?
Raukura!
Te rangi kei runga, te whenua kei raro, te moana kei waho
Taku au kei roto, Ko te Aitanga o
Raukura i te rangi e
I ahaha!
Ka tū te ihi, ka tū te wana
Ka whao te puha o taku tupuna
Ki roto i ahau, e tū ake nei
I ahaha!
E ai rā te titiro
Ki ngā marae tapu
E takoto nei
I ahaha!
Ka tū mai te toa
Ka hūpeke ki runga ki te whenua e
I ahaha!
Whiua ki runga
Whiua ki raro
Te tara o taku wāhanga ka horahia
Whao, whao mai ana te ure, mimiti ana
Ki taku pā whakairo e tū ake nei
I āhaha!
Mau ana te wehi e
Ana! Ana! Ana, aue!
Hi!
Piere nuku
Name of the chosen item: Piere nuku
Discipline: Whakawātea
Composers's name: Te Manahau Morrison, Talitha Webster
Date: 2014
Piere nuku
Haere e ngā huia tū rae, ki te tatau o te pō
Ki te rua tāngaengae o te karangatanga tohunga x2
Piere nuku ana te pupuri i a roimata
Mano wai ana a Te Arawa waka i te hane o kamo
Ko Anatipa, te ringa mohimohi i te haka,
Ko koe rā te ringa atawhai
Kia tū rangatira pūwherowhero ai ngā whakatipuranga x2
Haere e ngā huia tū rae, ki te tatau o te pō
Ki te rua tāngaengae o te karangatanga tohunga
Haere e ngā huia tū rae, ki te tatau o te pō
Ki te rua tāngaengae o te karangatanga tohunga
Haere e ngā huia tū rae, ki te tatau o te pō
Ki te rua tāngaengae o te karangatanga tohunga
Maiori mai rā
Iāhaha
Whakamaua ki a ita!
Whakamaua, te kakau, o te hoe mātangirua,
Hōake, hūkere hūkere Raukura e
Hi!
Raukura
Watch examples of performance by Raukura in Rotorua.
In this video the group perform examples of Whakaeke, Mōteatea, Poi, Waiata ā ringa, Haka and Whakawātea.
Video transcript
[Words on screen: This video gives an example for unit standard 32956. Perform a complete Māori performing arts bracket Level 4.]
Narrator: Level 4 assessment requires the student to perform 6 items from memory demonstrating appropriate movement. Level 4 does not require the student to perform in public to demonstrate competency.
In this example the performance is done in a classroom setting and performed in school uniform.
Students from Te Wharekura o Rākaumangamanga in Huntly are featured in this video.
[The words from the performances are below.]
Whakaeke
Tena i tautaua
Tena i kutia
Amo ake ana te titiro ki te moana o Toi o Kiwa
Hoturoa, Hotohope, Hotumatapu, Hotu arahi i te waka
I pikopiko, i whitinui kia maatakitaki ki uta, kia maataratara ki tae
Ngatoroirangi kei te ihu o te waka kia tuu hookai nuku a tama,
kia tuu hookai rangi te kapua
Haaruru te whenau, haruru te moana
Ai te korokoro o te parata.
E Riukiuta oreore kau ana ngaa taniwha Paneiraira
Ka pou, ka poua - Poua i te kino
Ka pou, ka poua - Poua i te pai
Kia tau maarire te moana, he piko he taniwha, he piko he taniwha
Hei.. Haa
Hi!!!
Mōteatea
Waikato te awa
Katohia,katohia
He wai e mau, Katohia he wai e mau
Ka eke ki te puuaha o Waikato te awa, he piko he taniwha, he piko he taniwha kia tuupato raa kei tahuri koe
I ngaa au- kaha o Waikato te awa Whakamau too titiro ki tawhiti raa
ko Taupiri te maunga Potatau te tangata te mauri o te motu e
E hoe to waaka
ki Ngaruawahia
Tuurangawaewae mo te Ao katoa
Te Tongi whakamutunga aa Matutaera aue hoki aue!
Poi
Turou, Turou, Turou x5
Turou Tangaroa,
Turou avarua,
Turou Ngatangi’a
Rarotanga, Rarotonga e
Kia kori,
Turou Tangaroa,
Turou Avarua,
Turou Ngatangi’a
Rarotonga e
He iti no mua
No nga uri o Oturoa
No te wai, te wai te kura o Arorangi e
E neke kia tere,
Kia tere ki mua
Ka tae ki uta raa ka noho au i te ata o Pukehapopo
Hoturoa, Hoturoa, Ngatangi’a e
Paikea, Paikea, Hinematioro
He iti no mua
No nga uri o Oturoa
No te wai, te wai te kura o Arorangi e
E neke kia tere,
Kia tere ki mua
Ka tae ki uta raa ka noho au i te ata o Pukehapopo
HInematioro, ariki tapairu
Paikea, (He matua, he tipua, he matua, he tipua hei ha, hi!
Waiata ā ringa
Mai i mauke ki Aitutaki
Aitutaki ki Takitimu
Te Hokinga mai (Ohomairangi)
Te Hokinga mai
E rere Arorangi te maarohirohi o Muri
O Titikaveka
E Matavera ana i roto Avarua
Aue, ko te pae tawhiti
Ko Hereana te manawa
I piko i whiti nui
Ngatangi’ia te manawa
Aue, ko te arohanui
Rarotonga te Maeva nui o te manawa ukiuki
Rarotonga te Maeva roa o te manawa mauroa
Mai i mauke ki Aitutaki
Aitutaki ki Takitimu
Te Hokinga mai (Ohomarairangi)
Te Hokinga mai
Noreira e ngaa iwi, Haere mai!
Haka
Tena i tautaua- tautaua
Tena i kuutia- kutia
E kore teenei whakaoranga e huri ki tua o aku mokopuna
Maaku ano e hanga i tooku nei whare
Ko nga pou o roto, he Mahoe, he Patate
Ko te tahuhu he Hinau
Me whakatupu ki te hua o te rengarenga
Me whakapakari ki te hua o te Kawariki
Tera ano ooku nei hoa kei ngaa toopito o te ao
Ko ngaa huumeka, ko ngaa kaamura, me ngaa parakimete
Ahaakoa nga mano rima rau tekau ma rua,
Ko ahau kei roto, ko te Atua tooku piringa
Ka puta ka ora
Rakaumanga e tau nei
Ara tu, ara te, ara tau
Hii.
Whakawātea
Kei te manawa tonu te aroha me te whakapono
Riingitia mai, waeatia mai, tuhituhia mai e
Kei te manawa tonu te aroha me te whakapono
Ka noho kiwiweka i toona nei motu
Whakarongo kau ana e
Ko tana mahi pai he noho noaiho i roto i te puihi e
Tuupono koutou ki te matua, he pai noaiho e
Too piringa tonu ko te tari o te ora e (x2)
Mauria mai raa e ngaa kapa haka
Ngaa mahi a o taatou tuupuna
Te mahi ngaangahu, waiata tawhito
Te poi, te haka, te mau taiaha, waiata a kori, waiata a ringa
Tenei te mihi, ki ngaa iwi, noo ngaa hau e whaa
Kia ora raa
E hoki e hoki- E hoki mai ra (x2)
E hoki mai i te tai whakarunga,
E hoki mai i te tai whakararo,
E hoki mai i te tai tama waahine
E hoki mai i te tai tama taane
E hoki mai i te hau, hau
Te Wharekura o Rākaumangamanga
Watch examples of performance by Te Wharekura o Rākaumangamanga in Huntly.
In this video the group perform examples of Whakaeke, Mōteatea, Poi, Waiata ā ringa, Haka and Whakawātea (medley).