3rd place Te Iti Kahurangi at the 2013 Te Matatini Finals Day (formerly known as Aotearoa Traditional Māori Performing Arts Festival) held at Rotorua International Stadium in Rotorua (Te Arawa).
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A traditional kapa haka performance, usually called a bracket, consists of 6 or 7 items.
Groups have the option to perform a Waiata Tira, which is non-aggregate and does not count toward the final scores and placings, as a well as 6 aggregate compulsory items - whakaeke, mōteatea, poi, waiata a ringa, haka, and whakawātea.
Waiata Tira: choral item (optional - non-aggregate)
Whakaeke: entrance - entering the stage
Moteatea, waiata tawhito; traditional waiata, lament
Waiata ā ringa: action song - a song with appropriate actions to kupu (words)
Poi: item performed with poi actions, usually by wāhine (women)
Haka: a haka where the tāne (men) come up front
Whakawātea: exit - exiting the stage
Items from Te Iti Kahurangi 2013 Finals Day.
00:00 Waiata Tira | 'Te Aroha o Te Atua'
03:33 Whakaeke | 'Poukai ki Te Arawa'
08:00 Moteatea | 'Te pātere a Raureti Te Huia'
15:00 Waiata-a-ringa | 'He waiata tangi mō Timoti Te Heuheu'
19:03 Poi | 'Poi Tukituki o Ruaumoko'
22:39 Haka | 'Taku ure Tārewa'
25:13 Whakawātea | 'Te atua whiowhio'