You will select a local story or issue from a context outside of kaupapa Māori. This may be, for example, a personal narrative, current event or fictional narrative. Your performance of an item of Te Ao Haka will respond to your chosen story or issue. You will aim to perform the item so that the kaupapa is clear. You will perform your piece in class. 

Part 1

Select a story or issue from outside of a kaupapa Māori context. You may work in groups or individually. Choose something meaningful to you, such as a story or issue associated with your local area, somewhere else you have lived, or to which you have a connection.

Consider:

• what key features of Te Ao Haka you will use in your performance
• what the most important moments within the narrative are, and what you want your audience to understand about your chosen kaupapa
• how you will communicate those moments in your performance using your key features.

Part 2

Rehearse your item. Wānanga with your group to solve problems and work out how to enhance your performance. Record or have your rehearsals observed for feedback.

Ask yourself if you are:

• expressing the narrative and kaupapa of your item clearly

• bringing your chosen key features together in a way that improves the communication of your kaupapa

• performing in a way that will engage an audience.