The performance, choreographed by Sean MacDonald of Ngāti Kahungunu and Ngāti Raukawa, is called Ngā Wai, inspired from the sacred waters and whakapapa of Waimārama, his ancestral home in Hawke's Bay.
Tag: Myths. Showing results 1 - 10 of 16
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Pūrākau, Episode 12
Today’s Pūrākau will help us to understand the meaning behind the famous saying of Ngāti Whakaue ancestors, Tūnohopū and Te Roro-o-te-rangi "Ruia taitea, ruia taitea kia tū ko taikākā anake
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Pūrākau, Episode 11
Te Houtaewa of Te Kao is legendary! He is known to be the fastest runner of his time.
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Pūrākau, Episode 10
Today’s legend is from the Te Arawa people. It is the story of the ancestor Rangiwhakaekeau and his son Rangiteaorere who posed the phrase, ‘He kotahi nā Tūhoe, e kata te pō’.
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Pūrakau, Episode 9
Haara is a woman who talks to birds and lives in the great forest of Puketi. Her closest friends areTui and Kaka, together they find medicinal plants to heal the people.
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Pūrakau, Episode 8
Today’s purakau is the Maori story of how geothermal energy came to Aotearoa. We will follow the footsteps of Ngatoro-i-rangi and his sisters Kuiwai and Haungaroa.
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Pūrakau, Episode 7
Today’s pūrākau takes place in the far north. It is the legend of Rāhiri, his sons and the sacred kite known as Tūhoronuku.
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Pūrakau, Episode 6
Today’s pūrākau is about the heroine Wairaka and the events around how Whakatāne township was named.
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Pūrākau, Episode 5
Today we journey with Kahupeka, a healer from the Waikato region who many places were named after.
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Pūrākau, Episode 4
Today's pūrākau is about one of the most precious treasures of Aotearoa, the pounamu, commonly known as greenstone. This is the story of the beautiful Waitaiki and the taniwha Poutini.
