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Kapa Haka - Important to Everyone

  • Key Content

    Kapa Haka is an initiative that schools often engage with as they strive for success as Māori. This video looks at the place of Kapa Haka to shaping identities of rangatahi Māori and Pākehā students located within the bi-cultural heart of Kerikeri High School.

    In the video we hear and see students and staff describe how Kapa Haka has provided opportunities to build and cement a strong sense of pride and mutual cultural respect within the school and the wider community.

  • Things to Think About

    Conversation Framework for those new to Kia Eke Panuku:

    1. The students, staff and principal at Kerikeri high school talk about Kapa Haka as:

      • the embodiment of the whole school;
      • being able to feel the oneness; and
      • creating a new norm.


    Briefly discuss what each of the above three phrases means to you:

      • in the context of the video and then
      • in the context of your own educational community


    2. Drawing on the discussion of each of the above phrases, what evidence (or indicators) from the clip illustrate or support your understanding?
    3. To create a case for Kapa Haka to either start or to continue and grow in your school, what arguments/rationale would you use to encourage staff and community to support your case?

    Conversation Framework for Kia Eke Panuku schools:

    1. The students, staff and principal at Kerikeri high school talk about Kapa Haka as:

      • the embodiment of the whole school
      • being able to feel the oneness; and
      • creating a new norm.

    Briefly discuss what each of the above three phrases means to you

      • in the context of the video and then
      • in the context of your own educational community


    2. Drawing on your discussion of the three phrases above, what connections can you make between Kapa Haka and the principles of culturally responsive and relational pedagogy?

    3. What links can you make to the way in which Culturally Responsive and Relational Pedagogy appears in the video and your own practices?

    Conversation Framework for Kia Eke Panuku Strategic Change Leadership teams:

    1. What strategies are used to centralise Culturally Responsive and Relational Pedagogy alongside Kapa Haka across the school?

    2. In what ways can the the Strategic Change Leadership team use Kapa Haka to enhance ‘educationally powerful connections’ with whānau hapū and iwi?

    3. What connections can you make to other sites on the Kia Eke Panuku website and how might you use these resources across the school with students, whānau and staff?