//098 Kurahapainga Te Ua

Kurahapainga ( Te Rarawa, Te Aupōuri, Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki, Te Whakatōhea, Ngāi Tūhoe, Te Whānau-ā-Apanui) is the founder and artistic director of Hawaiki TŪ, a Māori performance company specialising in kapa haka and haka theatre. She is also a member of the renowned Te Waka Huia kapa haka roopu. In this episode NUKU //098 talks to us about the foundation of haka theatre, she shares her experiences growing up as a child of a gang member and tells us about the realities of trialing for one of our country’s top kapa haka groups.

You can listen to //098 Kurahapainga Te Ua online on Radio and Podcast. Open the player on this page to stream the available audio.

//098 Kurahapainga Te Ua is an episode from NUKU by Qiane Matata-Sipu.

This episode is 01:16:58 long.

This episode was published on Nov 23, 2021.

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