Tapu: Part Three

Completed:
- Why it is inappropriate to just bust out a haka because you think you feel the wehi and don't understand the significance behind what you're doing

Learning Intention:
- Being Proud as Maori

This is something we want our Maori students to be. We want them to be achieving as Maori. This is a difficult concept to grasp and in fact the only time I understood it in full was when I taught a beautiful bunch of bi-lingual students in my first year teaching.

Tapu: Part Two

Here's a brief overview of the points that will be covered in this post..  your learning intentions if you like...

Covered so far and therefore task Completed: 
- Why it's tapu for a girl to do a haka on a boat. And why whakapapa is tapu too. See previous post... here.

This pou (post/pole.. pun intended):

- Why doing the haka is not acceptable when you've been to NZ and seen someone else do it

I live in the tourist capital of NZ. Everyday I see bus loads of tourists being carted off to different Maori cultural experiences. While sharing our culture is great... sometimes I feel like we don't own it appropriately by making money off of it or by allowing others who don't know the significance behind it to perform it.