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Subject: Haka in schools

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Graeme to Lucas
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Date Posted: 13:46:28 03/28/26 Sat
In reply to: Lucas 's message, "Re: [long] Spud at 14, bullying and spanking and a little history" on 08:46:00 03/28/26 Sat

>That's actually quite clever cos I guess proper
>Polynesian war canoes could be massive and carry up to
>80 people. I bet the teachers made lots of cheesy
>comments about rowing a canoe being a team effort and
>how it can only work if everyone pulls together and
>things like that :D

At my school we had a tutor (homeroom). This was held after first period but before interval (morning break). Students in tutor are a mix from from Years 9-13. The tutor groups then make up school houses (canoes). The canoe houses had Maori names after Maori tribes. I have heard of other schools use the names of mountains.

Thankfully our teachers never made cheesy comments about working together in a waka. As a white boy with no rhythm I found it rather awkward standing there slapping my thighs.

High school kapa haka groups the boys are always shirtless wearing a piupiu (grass skirt) or maro (like an apron) with shorts or underwear underneath. So maybe that is why my flatmate's school required boys to be shirtless as tradition. Although I don't think it this would be a common rule.

This is Hamilton Boys High School - it is a swimming sports which would explain being shirtless but it the crowd shot you can see the crowd have tshirts on, so they were obviously told to take their shirts off. The Haka performed can vary depending on the school. If the Haka involved quite a bit of slapping the chest boys would probably be told to take their shirts off - to get the sound of slapping bare skin.

Here is Rotorua Boys High School kapa haka group performing in secondary school competition for those interested:
https://youtu.be/sOBdVOqkbWo?si=Fuu44yR_o1vhU763

There was some controversy in a secondary school kapa haka competition where one tutor had his boys perform without underwear. Here is a news story, don't worry nudity is blurred. Turn on captions for English subtitles -
https://youtu.be/fDKsyBgGlq0?si=Sr1viY_6hplzyMDR

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>>That's actually quite clever cos I guess proper >>Polynesian war canoes could be massive and carry up to >>80 people. I bet the teachers made lots of cheesy >>comments about rowing a canoe being a team effort and >>how it can only work if everyone pulls together and >>things like that :D > >At my school we had a tutor (homeroom). This was held >after first period but before interval (morning >break). Students in tutor are a mix from from Years >9-13. The tutor groups then make up school houses >(canoes). The canoe houses had Maori names after Maori >tribes. I have heard of other schools use the names of >mountains. > >Thankfully our teachers never made cheesy comments >about working together in a waka. As a white boy with >no rhythm I found it rather awkward standing there >slapping my thighs. > >High school kapa haka groups the boys are always >shirtless wearing a piupiu (grass skirt) or maro (like >an apron) with shorts or underwear underneath. So >maybe that is why my flatmate's school required boys >to be shirtless as tradition. Although I don't think >it this would be a common rule. > >This is Hamilton Boys High School - it is a swimming >sports which would explain being shirtless but it the >crowd shot you can see the crowd have tshirts on, so >they were obviously told to take their shirts off. The >Haka performed can vary depending on the school. If >the Haka involved quite a bit of slapping the chest >boys would probably be told to take their shirts off - >to get the sound of slapping bare skin. > >Here is Rotorua Boys High School kapa haka group >performing in secondary school competition for those >interested: >https://youtu.be/sOBdVOqkbWo?si=Fuu44yR_o1vhU763 > >There was some controversy in a secondary school kapa >haka competition where one tutor had his boys perform >without underwear. Here is a news story, don't worry >nudity is blurred. Turn on captions for English >subtitles - >https://youtu.be/fDKsyBgGlq0?si=Sr1viY_6hplzyMDR
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Re: Haka in schools	Graeme to Lucas	13:51:27 03/28/26 Sat