#maori dance

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New Zealand students performing a Haka.

[crowwithaccesstotheinternet]

Today is the Finals day of Te Matatini, and if you’re not watching already you should really tune in! Te Matatini is a kapa haka (Māori performing arts) competition in Aotearoa that’s often called the Olympics of Kapa Haka. The performances are absolutely stunning to watch!! As an American who just learned about this event, it’s been really cool to find out more about Māori culture while admiring some absolutely breath-taking art. It’s available to stream live or watch prerecorded on TVNZ or Haka Translate, with live translations in many different languages available! Even if you miss the live finals today, to my knowledge the competition will still be available to stream for a few more days afterwards. Unfortunately those websites are only available to people in Australia or Aotearoa, but with a little bit of stubbornness and a decent VPN you can watch from anywhere. (I’ve been using the free VPN TunnelBear, with the only downside being that every now and then I run out of free data and have to make a new account.) They also have a donation fund set up to help communities affected by Cyclone Gabrielle, so if you want to donate this is a great place to do that! https://givealittle.co.nz/cause/te-matatini-o-te-aroha

[uncountry]

a brief introduction to the treaty/te tiriti in plain language (nzhistory.govt.nz)

a khan academy course on the history of aotearoa/new zealand both geological and political

matike mai aotearoa - the working group for constitutional transformation, which explored ways to practically enact the political power promised in te tiriti (He Whakaaro Here Whakaumu Mō Aotearoa is the report itself but there are other readings on that page)

the waitangi tribunal report on the treaty principles bill - short summary on that page + the full report (the waitangi tribunal is the legal avenue for māori to bring violations of te tiriti to have them redressed by the crown [i.e., new zealand government])

ETA: if you are a new zealand citizen, you can submit on the bill when it opens for consultation and the green party has a guide to submission here.

much better footage of the haka that shut down parliament today

[tetohe]

Hana-Rawhiti's Haka was entirely appropriate, not only given the situation, but in keeping with the way Māori do things.

In formal situations, such as a pōwhiri (English might be something like a welcoming ceremony?), speakers always end with a haka or a waiata (song). This is exactly what she did. She spoke when it was her turn to speak, then started the Haka. It is also keeping with tradition that others joined in, including those in the public gallery. While it's the speaker's duty to lead the haka, or nominate someone to do it for them, it is then open for anyone else to join in and support it. The haka and the speech are attached, so supporting the haka is also supporting the speech.

Approaching Seymour is a little more unusual, but that's only because most formal situations like this are between peaceful groups. However, it also makes an important point. The speech and haka were not against the space, not against the mana of parliament. It was against Seymour and his supporters. So approaching him makes that clear where it's directed.

Given this, the speaker's response show utter ignorance and contempt for Maori ways. If he had any understanding of how any of this works, he could've simply waited for the Haka to conclude, then called on the next speaker. As the Māori Party were keeping with tradition, they would've had to respect that, and sit. Instead, he closed down parliament and cleared the public out. He made this contentious, and took what is traditional as in insult.

Seymour's response is no better, complaining about wanting a "reasonable debate" instead of a "dance", ignoring that the Māori party has been debating this, along with almost every other institution in the country, since the draft was released. This was the party's final word, their final push back against his racist bill.

This, in a nutshell, is what the government thinks of Māori. Ignorance and contempt. No attempt to blend traditions, or even basic understanding. Just constant demands to conform. It's hidden behind manners, but it's the same civilised vs savages racism that's justified colonialism for centuries.

Hana-Rawhiti acted with amazing poise and mana. Toitū te Tiriti!

[k12academics]

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[seeinginthedark]

What I would I call “Māori shaman dance” summoning support from my friends …

[mortimermcmirestinks]

a complete list

so we got the following already:

AFAB = assigned female at birth

AMAB = samesies but for the bros

ACAB = fuck them pigs

AHAB = guy who wants to fuck and/or kill a sperm whale

so I'm gonna give you the other 22. ready? let's go

AAAB: the muuuscle in your miiidseeection

ABAB: 🔥🔥swedish band typo🔥🔥

ACAB: fuck them pigs

ADAB: world's most rad dance move

AEAB: assigned evil at birth

AFAB: doctor said you were a dame right when you slunk out the pusspuss

AGAB: what the doctor said you was when you slopped on outta the verjubit

AHAB: from hell's heart I tap that cetacean or whatever I never read it

AIAB: all investigators are bisexual

AJAB: a friendly poke

AKAB: all kops are bastardz

ALAB: like asexual but for science experiments instead of sexual attraction. short for "alaboratory"

AMAB: doctor said you were a bloke the second you shot out of the ol' utero cannon

ANAB: someone very sneakily trying to name their D&D character after a banana. don't let them get away with it

AOAB: desperately trying to remember the official Maori name for New Zealand but I'm so so bad at spelling

APAB: assigned pussy magnet at birth

AQAB: the guy from the new GAY version of Moby Dick. this version's called Moby Pronouns. the woke agenda has gone too far!!!!!

ARAB: an ethnic group mainly inhabiting the ARAB world in West Asia and North Africa. A significant ARAB diaspora is present in various parts of the world. Arabs have been in the Fertile Crescent for thousands of years. In the 9th century BCE, the As

ASAB: ahh!! stinkyyy!!! aww, baby

ATAB: the thing you start at a bar when you don't want to pay up right away. ALTERNATE JOKE: the thing you hit to go to the next cell in Excel

AUAB: sound a turtle makes when it's ramming ham

AVAB: only known word to be a perfect anagram of both "balaclava" AND "baklava"

AWAB: assigned weeb at boston

AXAB: amnestic XK-class anomalous being

AYAB: alla youse are bullshit

AZAB: mystery option. nobody knows what this one is. if you know what this one is, send your knowledge to the Pentagon and they will send you a shiny American penny.

glad to help out!! just playing my small role in the queer community. fuck cops also

[misspelledwordswizard]

Hi can i request a reader with maybe yan chain who was raised by a tribe maybe like the maori ones but she has ariel red hair and very pale skin so she stands out and when they go to see her island the tribe do the kinda war dance (mainyl the men) how would they react?(also i from nz where the maoris live so i dont think its offensive but first please research so it isnt to others.)

I ended up taking this more as an inspiration than actually using a real and existing culture, after all, I have no authority on the subject. And also, I made it happen in Wind's Hyrule, I thought it would make sense! :)

The strong summer sun was beating down on my skin with intensity, bringing a familiar burning sensation, a sign that I should get out of the sun as soon as possible, considering how easy it was to end up with burns that would leave me looking like a lobster and would hurt for the rest of the week. I was on a high part of the island, which allowed me to see the sea more easily from different angles, and there I could clearly see the large ship approaching on the horizon. 

I went down to the flat part of the island, motivated to warn the rest of the tribe. Let’s say that visitors are rare, especially the well-intentioned ones, so it’s always good to be alert. Everyone was preparing for the ship’s arrival on the coast, especially the warriors and the chief of the tribe, while the elderly, children and most of the women stayed inside the village, where it was safe. Not me, of course, curious as I am, I would never stay still waiting, so I was there among the men with a few other women.  

 The large ship arrived at the coast of the island, and a large number of blond men, very similar to each other, disembarked. One of them, a small one, caught my attention, but I couldn’t see him properly from a distance. As is tradition, the warriors gathered to perform the traditional war dance, which would scare off enemies as a threat, but would also be a welcome to friends, everything would depend on the intentions of this group of outsiders. 

As soon as the dance began, I noticed some of the group backing away, mixed with curiosity and confusion. They definitely didn’t know much about our culture, but the same little boy I had noticed before seemed unfazed, just waiting for the end of the dance to react. 

Throughout the performance, the men remained quiet and observant. They didn’t seem like a real threat, at least not with bad intentions, which made everyone around me relax a little. When the warriors of the tribe stopped, finally the blond boy in light blue robes began to approach, and thanks to that I was finally able to recognize him. 

 That was Link, a young hero who had passed through our island over a year ago and who made a point of helping everyone as much as he could, making him look good in the tribe and welcome to stay here whenever he wanted. I could see that he had located and recognized me, coming towards me with the rest of the unknown men following close behind. It wasn’t exactly a surprise, during the short time the boy had been here in the past I had grown attached to him as if he were my little brother. 

As soon as he reached me the hero jumped into my arms in a warm hug full of longing after so long. The rest of the tribe seemed to recognize him too, which calmed the remaining doubts present. 

— Oh, Link, look at you, how you’ve grown! – I said as we walked away, receiving a shy smile from the boy. – And who are these? – I asked, looking at the group of men who looked like the blond, who looked at me with a curious look, probably comparing me to the others, something I’m used to. 

— Oh, so, these are my brothers... well, it’s complicated. – I looked at the girl suspiciously for a moment, knowing that he previously only had a younger sister, but I decided to give this story a chance. 

— Well, how about we take a walk around the island, find a quieter place, and you explain this story to me properly? 

He readily agreed, so I started to guide him into the vegetation that I knew well, followed by the group of men who, although confused, seemed quite calm. How interesting, I think the day just got more fun. 

[the-eyespy]

🇳🇿🇵🇸 Protestors performed the traditional Maori Haka dance in solidarity with The Palestinian people.

[ofmdtereomaori]

In case anyone else is getting footage of a "Maori haka dance in support of Israel", the context is pro-Israel protests organised by far right Christian fundie nutcase and self-proclaimed bishop Brian Tamaki.

Brian Tamaki is also known for blaming natural disasters on gay people and porn, requiring an unbreakable oath of loyalty from his church members, and leaching money off his congregation.

The footage I've seen prominently emphasises his Man Up programme, which supposedly promotes anti-violence but actually tells perpetrators of domestic violence that it's their victims' fault.

[allthegeopolitics]

A fight for Maori rights drew 42,000 protesters to the New Zealand Parliament in the capital Wellington on Tuesday. A nine-day-long hikoi, or peaceful march – a tradition of the Maori – was undertaken in protest against a bill that seeks to reinterpret the country’s 184-year-old founding Treaty of Waitangi, which was signed between British colonisers and the Indigenous Maori people. Some had also been peacefully demonstrating outside the Parliament building for nine days before the protest concluded on Tuesday. On November 14, the controversial Treaty Principles Bill was introduced in Parliament for a preliminary vote. Maori parliamentarians staged a haka (a Maori ceremonial dance) to disrupt the vote, temporarily halting parliamentary proceedings. [...]

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Nanui (mine) teaching Yana (@tiyawnyana) how to dance among the Metkayina! Influenced by more traditional Maori dances and drawn by the amazing @rocklobster0 ! They came out so cute. Im smitten with them. 😭

[airathecat]

Sublime Maori Haka dance in support of Israel!!!

Those people see through all the lies and manipulations, and they aren't afraid to show it!!!

[tieflingkisser]

Thousands march on New Zealand capital against Indigenous treaty overhaul

Controversial legislation revises the 184-year-old Treaty of Waitangi granting Maori tribes land rights.

Thousands of people have joined a nine-day march towards New Zealand’s capital over a contentious bill redefining the country’s founding agreement between the British and the Indigenous Maori people. New Zealand police reported that about 10,000 people marched through the town of Rotorua in protest against the Treaty Principles Bill on Friday, greeted by hundreds waving the Maori flag as they headed south to the capital, Wellington, some 450km (280 miles) away. The march – or hikoi in the Maori language – is expected to reach Wellington on Tuesday, with participants staging rallies on their passage through towns and cities across the country after the bill passed its first parliamentary reading on Thursday. The measure overhauls the 184-year-old Treaty of Waitangi, a document granting Maori tribes broad rights to retain their lands and protect their interests in return for ceding governance to the British. The document still guides legislation and policy today. The ACT New Zealand party, a junior partner in the governing centre-right coalition government, last week unveiled the bill, which it had promised during last year’s election, arguing that those rights should also apply to non-Indigenous citizens. The Maori people and their supporters say the bill threatens racial discord and undermines the rights of the country’s Indigenous people, who make up about 20 percent of its 5.3-million population. As parliamentarians voted on the bill on Thursday, 22-year-old legislator Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke, from the Te Pati Maori party, ripped up a copy of the bill and led her colleagues in a traditional haka dance.

[elliot-rambles]

questions for you since I love learning about my friends!!!

- what’s your favourite (or top 3) donut flavours?

- what’s your favourite (or top 3) instrument?

- if you could learn any language, what would it be?

- what’s a food that a lot of people like that you don’t like?

- what kind of environments are the most calming/pleasant to be in?

- what is your favourite colour combination? (up to 4 colours together)

- if you do a skill perfectly, what skill would you want to have?

- what’s your favourite and least favourite thing about each season?

:0 AIEEEEEEEEEEEE I LOVE QUESTIONS!!!! - I love glazed donuts with chocolate icing, but once on a trip to mount ruapehu I had this AMAZING panekeke donut and I miss it so bad :[ (panekeke is a type of Samoan dessert that is pretty much like American donut holes but 10x yummier) - DRUMS!!! I can play the drums pretty well too! :D - te reo maori :o it's my native language but I can't speak in fluent sentences yet. most I can do is 'kei te pehea koe?' 'kei te pai ahau. kei te pehea koe?' 'kei te pai ahau' :D - omg I despise mushrooms and tomatoes it's just the texture and the taste its so 🤮 - I love forests so much, especially sunny forests. there's this really good forest that's 58 acres near my house that has mountain bike trails and everything it's so fun to be in :3 - orange, blue, pink, and green. any shade of each color, they're just such pretty colors <3 - poi!! poi poi poi. I need to learn how to huri my poi correctly and it's so difficult it takes sooo much control 😭 but my mom's great at poi! there's this video on youtube (link) of my mum and her old kapa haka group doing a poi dance to pakete whero and it's SO IMPRESIVE I feel so ashamed /silly - summer: least favorite - the bugs and the hayfever and the heat, favorite - the sun and CHRISTMASSS <3 - autumn: least favorite - the bugs, favorite - literally everything about autumn - winter: least favorite - cold and flu season, favorite - the weather :DD - spring: least favorite - BUGS, favorite - leaves and flowers and such <3 auuu TYSM for the questions we had sm fun answering theseee 😭