Ōpōtiki Mai Tawhiti | 2015 Te Matatini | Finals Day Full Performance

2nd place Ōpōtiki Mai Tawhiti at the 2015 Te Matatini (formerly known as Aotearoa Traditional Māori Performing Arts Festival) FINALS Day held at North Hagley Park Village in Ōtautahi (Christchurch).
All rights go to Whakaata Māori and Te Matatini.
A traditional kapa haka performance, usually called a bracket, consists of 6 or 7 items.
Groups have the option to perform a Waiata Tira, which is non-aggregate and does not count toward the final scores and placings, as a well as 6 aggregate compulsory items - whakaeke, mōteatea, poi, waiata a ringa, haka, and whakawātea.
Waiata Tira: choral item (optional - non-aggregate)
Whakaeke: entrance - entering the stage
Moteatea, waiata tawhito; traditional waiata, lament
Waiata ā ringa: action song - a song with appropriate actions to kupu (words)
Poi: item performed with poi actions, usually by wāhine (women)
Haka: a haka where the tāne (men) come up front
Whakawātea: exit - exiting the stage
Items from Ōpōtiki Mai Tawhiti 2015 Finals Day.
00:00 Waiata Tira | 'E Tama Hikairo'
04:05 Whakaeke | 'Hāwatewate'
08:28 Mōteatea | 'Kāore Te Tākiri'
11:44 Waiata-ā-ringa | 'Rāwinia Te Kani'
17:35 Poi | 'Te Koko Kehe'
21:53 Haka | 'Te Tarata'
26:30 Whakawātea | 'Te Ikahuirua o Te Mate'

[@jaiguy6962]

Butha is coming in clutch with these videos, E mihi ana🙌

[@haka-bro]

Chur my man nōku te honore brother 👆🏽

[@reneefletcher6824]

Mean ! Been looking for this whakaeke for years ! Thanks for the upload

[@alicesmith9036]

So reminds me of the Hui Topus back in our time Uncle Jim and my Aunty Mattie Leach and all our kaumatua would be loving this ❤️ as we are here in Perth..Paikea still shines along with the rest of the groups ❤️ 💙 ✨️ To see the mokos all grown up and living their dream with Derek...Aroha tino nui ki a koutou katoa mo ake tonu atu..Nga mihi x

[@itbelikethattho4785]

you’re a goat! never disappoint, thank you e te parata 🙌🏾

[@haka-bro]

You’re welcome e hoa 🙏🏾

[@khanpaniora5346]

this was 8 years ago in Christchurch at hagley park

[@rahnzherewini8110]

Bringing those nerves bro😂🤣 2wks whānau 💪🏼 kia kaha ki tātou e tū ana ki Te Matatini Tāmaki Herenga Waka 2023 bleh👅

[@shelleymitai8815]

Go mum ❤

[@khanpaniora5346]

hagley Park christchurch

[@matiuchisnall2584]

Kia ora e hoa do you have the 96 and 98 brackets of Ngati Rangiwewehi?

[@haka-bro]

Kia ora e hoa - i have only a few items of Rangiwewehi from 98. Have run into problems with uploading - will post up as soon as I can my bro.

[@matiuchisnall2584]

U R bro

[@I_v4nn]

Shot bro

[@tehydro315]

Ngā mihi Haka bro

[@haka-bro]

Kia koe hoki my bro

[@asiahemara14]

Daaaaaang 8 years alreadyyyyy 😢🫶🏼 Any chance you could get Muriz full performance from 2015 too?