Maori Powhiri (Welcome) Queenstown NZOn the shores of Lake Wakatipu near Queenstown, New Zealand, we were welcomed by the local Maori with a "powhiri". It's a challenge. You're offered a feather or piece of fern and if you don't pick it up, it means you are there for a fight. So you pick it up. :-) The attendees were employees attending a regional, Asia/Pacific company conference. They were unaware this group was about to turn up in jet boats. Most people there were from around Asia or places other than New Zealand. They weren't aware of the correct protocol. The free Lindaur bubbly laid on had people fairly relaxed. 2008-11-09: I've uploaded more video from this event. Each is a video response to the one before it. twitter.com (Note: This video sat in a box on a video cassette for several years prior to the "invention" of YouTube. All bow down before YouTube. :-) ) The lyrics in Maori and English can be found here: folksong.org.nz
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Maori PowhiriThe halls of the United Nations echoed with singing and chanting today during the colorful and lively traditional Maori ceremony to welcome UNDP Administrator Helen Clark. The event, called a powhiri (pronounced poor-fee-ree), began with the thunderous sounding of a conch shell and a Maori warriors dance, and ended with Helen Clark, the former Prime Minister of New Zealand, and her Maori delegation pressing noses with senior UN officials in a hongi. Today I am truly humbled to be formally presented here to the UN and to UNDP by senior Maori leaders who have travelled to New York for this occasion, said Helen Clark. The powhiri is a traditional Maori ceremony which takes place when manuhiri, or visitors, and tangata whenua, or people of the land, meet and is a dynamic part of public life in New Zealand today. In this ceremony, Helen Clark and her delegation of Maori leaders represented the visitors and UNDP staff represented the people of the land. The ceremony entrusted Helen Clark to UNDP and marked her transition from being a representative of New Zealand to a representative of UNDP. Te Arikinui Kingi Tuheitia, the Maori King and Paramount Chief, led the Maori delegation, dressed in traditional garb, in presenting Clark to her new UN family. UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro and UNDP Associate Administrator Ad Melkert represented the UN at the event, each giving remarks partially in their native language of Kiswahili and Dutch respectively, as is customary ...
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Freyberg Kapa haka singing "Te Ahu a Turanga"At a powhiri welcoming new Year 9s to Freyberg, the school Kapa haka group sing Te Ahu A Turanga in Maori
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Facelift: Don has a powhiri2005: Don Brash holds a powhiri for some people coming into New Zealand, with Gerry Brownly (then National Party spokesman for Maori issues). Background: Lots of stuff going on here. Wikipedia may explain some of it: en.wikipedia.org Some more Facelift videos, new and old, in my channel. Facelift, 10PM Monday TVOne
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Queenstown Powhiri - Part 2 of 7Tena koutou katoa. The video of the first part of this event has attracted a lot of views over the past 2 years....and sparked some strong feelings, particularly from Maori who object to the audience laughing at sights which - to them - were unusual, a little threatening and (to some) comical. I'll be uploading more videos based on this event. I hope they provide some additional context. The "Pokarekare Ana" vid is also from this even, but stands outside this series. Ka kite ano.
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Richard Armitage opens the Powhiri Welcoming CeremonyThis is a clip of just the Powhiri Welcoming Ceremony with Richard Armitage, Martin Freeman, Andy Serkis and Peter Jackson. This video is available for download at RichardArmitageNet: www.richardarmitagenet.com This video is now closed-captioned and a transcript is posted on my blog: wp.me
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Te Matatini o Te Ra begins with powhiri by East Coast teamsKua whakapuaretia te matatini o te ra ki Turanganui a Kiwa. No te ahiahi tonu nei i whakatau ai nga iwi o Te Tai Rawhiti i te tini ngerongero ki te pa o waiohika. Hei whakamaarama mai i nga whakanekeneke o te wa, ka huri atu tatou ki a Maiki Sherman i Waiohika.
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Welcome Powhiri for Year 9 Students 2008The kapa haka group perform a powhiri as part of the welcome for new year 9 students at Rutherford College 2008.
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2011 Primary School Kapa Haka National's Whangarei -- PowhiriKi Whangarei Te Rerenga Paraoa iaianei ki te whakataetae kapa haka a motu mo nga kura tuatahi. I te ata nei i whakaeke te tini me te mano kura ki te papa taakaro o Whangarei.
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Raw video: Hillary Clinton greeted with powhiriUS Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was greeted with a powhiri outside Parliament during her visit to NZ.
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