Five days out from departure to Poland, the students are struggling with the workload to perform at the cultural festival while juggling assignments which are due before they leave to Europe.
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The Puna, Series 1 Episode 3
Students and staff continue to strive for excellence as they tackle the enormous workload before them less than a month out from their departure to Poland.
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The Puna, Series 1 Episode 2
The opportunity to travel to Poland to perform in a cultural festival but the toll on the students is evident as they juggle practices on top of school work, and fundraisers to get them to Europe.
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The Puna, Series 1 Episode 1
We meet key staff and kapa haka tutors from Ngā Puna o Waiōrea, one of the country’s top total immersion Māori units based at Western Springs College in Central Auckland.
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MĀORI TELEVISION HERALDS A NEW SEASON OF KAPA HAKA FOR 2018
Māori Television will showcase some of the finest exponents of Māori performing arts this summer, launching with the digital first drop of rangatahi reality series The Puna and live streaming coverage of the best of the competing best in the Senior Kapa Haka Regional Competitions 2018.
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ShowsThe Puna
In this series we meet the whānau of Ngā Puna o Waiōrea, one of the country’s top Māori immersion units based at Western Springs College in Central Auckland. Available On Demand.
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Western Springs College mourn the loss of dedicated principal
Auckland's Western Springs College are mourning the loss of former school Principal Ken Havill who lost his battle to cancer this week, aged 67. In 2010, Mr Havill secured New Zealand's largest school rebuild worth over $75mil. The school says they hope to incorporate him in the new complex to honour his memory.
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Calls for Kapa Haka to become University Entrance subject
Ngā Puna o Waiōrea Principal Chris Selwyn is calling for Māori Performing Arts (MPA) to be recognised at the same level as University Entrance (UE) subjects. He says mainstream UE subjects include drama, music and dance, which are encompassed in Māori Performing Arts, so it should have equal status.
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He Amorangi- A leader in the making
Tonight's He Amorangi profile features Te Moana Kershaw who comes from a family of staunch members of Auckland-based senior haka group, Te Rōpū Manutaki. He says Sir Pita Sharples has been pivotal in his family's passion for kapa haka. He also says his grandfather, past leader of the auspicious Patea Māori Club, has been instrumental in his own development as the male leader for the National Secondary School Kapa Haka championship runners-up, Ngā Puna o Waiorea.
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Te Kura Wiwini, Te Kura Wawana- Ngā Puna o Waiōrea
Ngā Puna o Waiōrea from Western Springs College hail from Tāmaki Makaurau and represent Ngāti Whātua and Tainui.
