Te Hekenga ā Rangi affiliate to Tapiti Marae and are from the Te Arawa rohe. They were first established in 2019.
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Te Hekenga ā Rangi’s kaupapa centres on honesty and humility and has been written into the hearts and minds of their members who are all committed to ancestral teachings that have been handed down over the generations, including their whakapapa.
“…ki ā tātou anō, ki ngā akoranga tuku iho, ki ngā ringa tāwharau, ki tō tātou whakapapa o Te Hekenga ā Rangi anō hoki, me te ngākau whakaiti i tā mātou kawenga i ngā takahitanga ao noa, pō noa.”
The group say their pari has been designed to symbolise their whakapapa to the gods down to the mortal realm in which the members dwell.
The niho taniwha pattern has been used to symbolise the Te Arawa waka and the eight children of Rangitihi who are referred to as “Ngā Pūmanawa e Waru” (the eight beating hearts).
Te Hekenga ā Rangi is led by Dan Vaka, and their manukura wahine and manukura tāne are Hiria Vaka and Dan Vaka respectively.
You can catch their full performance here.
Individual items
Waiata Tira (choral) Te Marama Nui
Whakaeke (entrance) Manawa Hawaiki
Mōteatea (traditional chant) Te Whakaūtanga o Te Matatini
Waiata ā-ringa (action song) Te Kura Kairangi
Poi Te Awe Wahine
Haka Maketū Ipukarea
Whakawātea (exit) Ngutukura
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