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WE ARE
PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE OUR THREE JUDGE'S FOR THE 30TH OCTOBER 2010, ALL JUDGE'S WILL BE JUDGING ALL CATEGORIES WHICH,
WITH THEIR EXPERTISE IN KAPAHAKA IS ONLY FITTING THAT ALL JUDGES WILL JUDGE THE FOLLOWING.
AGGREGATE NON-AGGREGATE WINNERS OF THE AGGREGATE WILL RECEIVE WAIATA A RINGA MANUKURA TANE...... TROPHY DONATED BY JO MATTHEWS 1ST PLACE $5000 POI MANUKURA WAHINE. TROPHY DONATED BY KATE KAUKAU 2ND PLACE $1000 HAKA KAKAHU .. TROPHY DONATED BY WAIRUA TIPUNA 3RD PLACE $500 OVER-ALL ORIGINALITY AND CREATIVITY IHAKA COTTER: IHAKA HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN KAPA HAKA FOR MANY YEARS, WITH HUMBLE BEGINNINGS AT TAHUNGA SCHOOL AND LATER YEARS AT ST STEPHENS (TIPENE) IN AUCKLAND. HE ARRIVED IN AUSTRALIA IN 1976 ON A 3 WEEK HOLIDAY. IN 1989 IHAKA BECAME A MEMBER AND BEGAN PERFORMING WITH TE HUINGA WAKA WHO WERE BASED IN SYDNEY UNDER THE LEADER-SHIP OF MURIWAI AND VENUS IHAKARA. HE THEN BECAME THE TUTOR OF TE HUINGA WAKA SENIORS AND JUNIORS FROM 1998 TO 2002. THIS OUT-STANDING GENTLEMAN HAS ALSO COMPETED AT 6 NATIONAL FESTIVALS IN AOTEAROA. HE IS CURRENTLY THE TUTOR OF TUMANAKO MAORI PERFORMING GROUP WHICH INCLUDE MEMBERS FROM SYDNEY AND CANBERRA. HE IS THE CHAIRMAN OF TE WHANAU AWHINA TRUST FUND AND THE ACT DELEGATE FOR THE ACT MAORI PERFORMING ARTS INC. HE IS ALSO THE CHAIRMAN OF NGA KAPA TAUMATA TEITEI MAORI PERFORMING ARTS AUSTRALIA INC WHICH IS THE PEAK BODY FOR MAORI PERFORMING ARTS IN AUSTRALIA. IHAKA IS EXCITED ABOUT THE PROSPECTS AND POSSIBILITIES OF MAORI CULTURE HERE IN AUSTRALIA FOR OUR RANGATAHI IN ALL STATES AND TERRITORIES AT A NATIONAL LEVEL. KATARAINA KING TUHAKA: KATARAINA IS OUR ROSE BETWEEN THESE TWO ATAAHUA THORNS, THIS LOVELY LADY WAS NURTURED IN TE RIU O WAIAPU IN THE HEART OF NGATI POROU AT THE FOOT OF MAUNGA HIKURANGI. INSPIRED BY THE TEACHINGS OF HER TRIBAL ELDER SIR APIRANA NGATA, SHE WAS TRAINED IN POI, ANCIENT MOTEATEA, WAIATA A RINGA CONTINUING THE LEGACY OF TE REO ME ONA TIKANGA, SHE ALSO NURTURED HER CHILDREN IN THIS SPECIALISED FIELD OF ANCESTRAL TRAINING. HER CHILDREN ARE TO DATE, GIFTED SUPER 12 AND NATIONAL KAPA HAKA COMPETITION PERFORMERS OF TE ITI KAHURANGI, WAKA HUIA AND WAIHIRERE AND HAVE JUDGED AT SECONDARY SCHOOL COMPETITION LEVEL. KATARAINA HAS TRAINED MANY PEOPLE YOUNG AND OLD IN VARIOUS DISCIPLINE'S BOTH MAORI AND NON-MAORI AND WAS ALSO INVITED TO JUDGE AT THE MELBOURNE KAPA HAKA REGIONALS IN 2009. IN 2010 KATARAINA WAS NOMINATED VICE PRESIDENT OF THE NEWLY FORMED GROUP "TE ROOPU WAHINE MAORI TOKO I TE ORA WA INC ''AND IS CURRENTLY ONE OF THREE INFLUENTIAL MEMBERS ON THE "TAUMATA" FOR THE MAORI WOMEN'S WELFARE LEAGUE WA INC HERE IN PERTH. |
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MAIHI NIKORA: MAIHI HAS BEEN FORTUNATE TO HAVE BEEN
A MEMBER OF SOME OF THE NATIONAL WINNING TEAMS IN AOTEAROA, NAMELY WAIHIRERE, TE
WAKA HUIA, TE MATARAE I O REHU AND WHANGARA MAI TAWHITI. BEING A FLUENT NATIVE SPEAKER,
MAIHI HAS ALSO TUTORED MOTEATEA, COMPOSED WAIATA AND HAKA, ASSISTED WITH MAU PATU AND RAKAU, KARAKIA AND ANCESTRAL WANANGA
FOR YOUNG AND OLD IN NZ AS WELL AS AUSTRALIA. HE IS A FULLY LICENSED MAORI LAND COURT INTERPRETER
AND HAS TRANSLATED FOR THE WAITANGI TRIBUNAL HEARINGS, GOVERNOR GENERAL
SIR PAUL REEVES, DAME SYLVIA CARTWRIGHT AS WELL AS FORMER PRIME
MINISTERS THE HONOURABLE JENNY SHIPLEY AND HONOURABLE HELEN CLARKE.
MAIHI HAS 20 YEARS EXPERIENCE AS A PROFESSIONAL BROADCASTER FOR BOTH MAORI RADIO AND MAORI
TELEVISION AND WAS ALSO A SENIOR REPORTER, PROGRAM PRODUCER, JOURNALIST AND LIVE ON AIR PRESENTOR IN NZ.
THIS DISTINGUISHED GENTLEMAN WAS EDUCATED AT THE MIHINGARE SCHOOL AT TE AUTE COLLEGE IN HAWKES BAY, HE HAS ALSO BEEN A TUTOR OF MAORI MARTIAL ARTS FOR OVER 30 YEARS. MAIHI IS CURRENTLY TUTORING TE TAKI O AOTAHI ( SOUTHERN PERFORMING ARTS GROUP) WHICH IS BASED IN KALGOORLIE.
IT IS A GREAT HONOUR TO HAVE THREE SUCH DISTINGUISHED GUEST'S SITTING ON OUR PANEL OF JUDGE'S
THANK YOU VERY MUCH IHAKA COTTER....KATARAINA KING TUHAKA....AND ....MAIHI NIKORA
All inquiries to: Jo Matthews 0416352304 email tiakijo@q-net.net.au
Kate Kaukau 0449051847 email kaukau.wa@live.com.au
THIS DISTINGUISHED GENTLEMAN WAS EDUCATED AT THE MIHINGARE SCHOOL AT TE AUTE COLLEGE IN HAWKES BAY, HE HAS ALSO BEEN A TUTOR OF MAORI MARTIAL ARTS FOR OVER 30 YEARS. MAIHI IS CURRENTLY TUTORING TE TAKI O AOTAHI ( SOUTHERN PERFORMING ARTS GROUP) WHICH IS BASED IN KALGOORLIE.
IT IS A GREAT HONOUR TO HAVE THREE SUCH DISTINGUISHED GUEST'S SITTING ON OUR PANEL OF JUDGE'S
THANK YOU VERY MUCH IHAKA COTTER....KATARAINA KING TUHAKA....AND ....MAIHI NIKORA
All inquiries to: Jo Matthews 0416352304 email tiakijo@q-net.net.au
Kate Kaukau 0449051847 email kaukau.wa@live.com.au
