Te Kahu Tōpuni Kapa Haka Festival

THE STAGE BELONGS TO THE NEXT GENERATION 

The Te Kahu Tōpuni Kapa Haka Festival is a joyful celebration of tamariki, culture and identity, bringing together primary schools from across Auckland in a vibrant, non-competitive festival of kapa haka.

Through waiata, haka, poi and mōteatea, young performers celebrate the stories of Tāmaki Makaurau. Filled with pride, energy and heart, this is a festival where confidence grows, friendships flourish, and the future of kapa haka shines brightly. This is an opportunity for kura to strengthen relationships with tangata whenua by learning narratives that pertain to these very lands and remember and commemorate the beginnings of our beautiful city, Auckland.

Te Kahu Tōpuni Kapa Haka Festival - where young voices become tomorrow’s legacy, where young people build connections to one another, and to the place they call home.

This event is part of the Poumatua Festival which is a three-day celebration of the birth of Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland. 

NŌ TE REANGA HOU TE PAPA WHAKATŪWAEWAE 

He hui whakamānawa Te Taiopenga Kapa Haka Te Kahu Tōpuni i ngā tamariki, te ahurea, me te tuakiritanga e whakakotahi nei i ngā kura tuatahi o Tāmaki ki tētahi hui ngangahau whakataetae kore.

Mā te waiata, te haka, te poi, me te mōteatea e whakanuitia ai ngā kōrero tuku iho o Tāmaki e ngā tamariki. Ko tā te taiopenga nei he whakatupu māia, he whakatupu whanaungatanga, e eke ai ngā mahi kapa haka ki Tāmaki. He angitutanga tēnei hui e tata ai te noho a ngā kura ki te tāngata whenua o Tāmaki i ngā akoranga e whakamaharatia ai ngā whenua me te whānautanga mai o tō tātou taone rerehua.

Te Taiopenga Kapa Haka Te Kahu Tōpuni – he reo rangatahi, he whakarerenga anamata, e tūhonohono ai ngā rangatahi, me te tūhono ki te whenua e kīa nei ko te kāinga.

Ko te hui nei, he wāhanga nō te taiopenga nui toru-rā, e whakamānawa ana i te whānautanga o Akarana.

He kaupapa mahitahi ki a Auckland Live. E tautokona nei e Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei.

Nau mai. Haere mai.