Mountainview High School
Māori Performing Arts Level 3
Course Description
Teacher in Charge: Ms M. Donaldson.
Nau mai ki te ao haka! Te mahi ā-Te Rēhia me Tāne Rore.
Immerse yourself in the world of Kapa haka! The work of Te Rēhia and Tāne Rore. You will delve deep into this world and research, analyze, critique, and perfect your knowledge and develop and excel as a performer to present a full bracket with expression, fierceness and passion that depicts the the strength, vitality and skill of Tāne Rore and the captivating and enticing beauty and grace of Te Rēhia. The balance of both allows your wairua, tinana, and hinengaro to combine to enhance your ihi, wehi, and wana! The connection to your ancestors is intrinsically imbued to your authenticity as you take to the stage fully prepared to perform for them, for your whānau, for your kura, and most importantly for you and your future braided river journey.
You will be expected to learn all traditional and contemporary pieces or disciplines and then you will prepare to learn all disciplines required to complete your only assessment for this level - perform a Māori performing arts bracket with expression.
Students will be offered between 15-24credits. The remaining balance of credits, based on the course outline below will be decided by our new kaiako in 2025.
Course Overview
Term 1
WHAKATAKI:
You will participate and help lead the pōwhiri ā-kura at the beginning of the new year which welcomes all new students, new staff, and new whānau to our kura. Being immersed in these kaupapa Māori fill your kete with the required knowledge that you need to be able to perform your duties as a kaihaka (performer). All these kaupapa Māori have a strong connection to our uara ā-kura (school values) and they are intrinsically linked to everything that we do.
You will begin to learn and master the traditional and contemporary disciplines to an exceptional standard so that you are prepared for the performance component of your ā-roto (internal assessment).
Rangahau (research) begins on each discipline that makes up a full bracket that will be performed at the Annual Flava Festival - your rangahau is the theory component that will demonstrate your knowledge of each discipline.
Term 2
Continuation of support for kaupapa Māori and being immersed in this environment. You are expected to support the four kaikōrero (speakers) at the Annual Manu Kōrero Speech competitions held in Ōtautahi. The requirement to meet these standards is that you are confident and a competent performer as the speakers need strong tautoko. You will also be part of all pōwhiri ā-kura whenever there are manuhiri ie: Sporting exchanges.
Rangahau continues and we should look at your portfolio (evidence of your rangahau) as you near the end of this term, so that we can check in where you are at and if you are prepared theoretically. Some of your evidence will be your journal of what happens during trainings and what you are personally working on improving.
Week 5 of this term, you will engage in and sometimes you may be expected to lead the team two lunchtimes per week as we prepare for the local Flava Festival competition - practicing and learning as a whānau creates an unbreakable bond and this becomes evident each time your perform together. You improve, further develop and learn together and from each other.
Term 3
This is an intense term, but you have already started preparing week 5 of term 2 and so are part of the way there. Flava festival preparations begin from day one and the competition itself will take place this term, normally week 8 (TBC). Lunchtime practices are everyday to get all kaihaka to the expected level of performance so that the recording of your practical assessment is in an authentic and natural environment and with like minded kaihaka who are developing or improving as kaihaka to be better equipped to manage their self-directed learning so that their craft of kapahaka is alive and well for the future generations to come.
This is one of our vessels for language, history, tikanga and cultural transmission. Te reo Māori survives, Māori lore and literature lives on in our compositions and the way that you portray the oral traditions of Te Ao Māori.
Uara ā-kura (school values) play a major part in the way our braided river learning is conducted in and out of the classroom.
Term 4
WHAKAKAPI:
Reflection of your journey. Which sections of the river laid a challenge for you? Which sections of the river provided tautoko for you?
Planning - where to from here? What options are available so that you don't lose what you have gained in experience and all the trials and tribulations that were made along the braided river that was your learning journey.
Were you part of the Hautapu ceremony to celebrate Matariki in term 2? What long or short term goals did you set at the hautapu?
Celebration of all year 13 students as they complete their braided river learning journey with hakari.
Recommended Prior Learning
Recommended Prior Learning
1. You should have taken and completed L2MPA to be competent enough to complete this course. It also means that you have had four years experience of performance on a stage.
2. Prior experience performing on a stage.
Credit Information
You will be assessed in this course through all or a selection of the standards listed below.
This course is eligible for subject endorsement.
This course is approved for University Entrance.
External
NZQA Info
Perform a Māori performing arts bracket with expression
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