Free webinar: The Benefits of Kapa Haka

A free webinar: The Benefits of Kapa Haka, 19th September 2016 - the importance of evidence, to help others value what we do.

Community Research webinars are live, online events where community sector professionals share expertise about what’s working in the community sector.

This 90 minute event will take place at your desk. Places are free of charge.

Ko te hōkai nuku, Ko te hōkai rangi
Ko te hōkai a tō tupuna a Tānenuiarangi*

Ngā Hua a Tāne Rore

Knowing and showing the the value of kapa haka

A free webinar

Monday, 19 September 12:30 pm - Book here.

Leonie Pihama, Dr Jillian Tipene and Herearoha Skipper describe the rich contribution that kapa haka makes, to social cohesion, to people's health, to education and to wealth in Aotearoa/New Zealand. We'll hear evidence that supports this.

This 90-minute webinar will share the voices and the passion of the composers, choreographers, tutors and performers who bring kapa haka to life every day on the marae, in schools and communities, and on national and international stages.

We’ll consider the value of evidence. We’ll discuss the benefits of investing in research, and of documenting our own practices, so that we and others can better understand our unique value. We’ll hear about current combined efforts, to build a research agenda for kapa haka in Aotearoa/New Zealand.

Learning Outcomes:

• Learn how kapa haka enhances wellbeing for whānau and communities

• Gain an insight into Kaupapa Māori research methodologies

• Learn how the value of culture and knowledge may be weighed up and articulated, and how ‘value’ itself may be defined and measured.

About the Research

Manatū Taonga - The Ministry of Culture and Heritage Te Matatini Kapa Haka Aotearoa published Ngā Hua a Tāne Rore The Benefits of Kapa Haka in 2014.

Monday, 19 September 2016 from 12:30 PM to 2:00 PM (NZST)

About the presenters

Leonie Pihama (Te Ātiawa, Ngāti Māhanga, Ngā Māhanga a Tairi) is an Associate Professor and the Director of Te Kotahi Research Institute at the University of Waikato.

Leonie is joined by Dr Jillian Tipene (Te Rarawa, Ngāti Kahu) of Te Whāriki Takapou, and by Herearoha Skipper, Research Manager at Te Kotahi Research Institute at the University of Waikato

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* This whakataukī links to the three baskets of knowledge for all to share. It tells how Tāne asended to Te Toi-o-ngā-rangi, the highest heaven, to obtain the three baskets of knowledge. Community Research is a small, national NGO operating throughout Aotearoa. We gather the baskets of knowledge for the Tangata Whenua, Community and Voluntary Sector.

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