Te Ao Maori and Pasifika

Ehara taku toa i te toa takitahi. My strength is not the strength of one. It is the strength of many.

Senior Kapa Haka 2019

Our Senior Kapa Haka crew is made up of tamariki from Years 4-8. Under the skillful guidance of our kaiako, Whaea Vikki Demant, our rōpū has developed into a professional, confident group of performers. Tamariki currently rehearse for one hour per week on a Tuesday morning. Our highlights this year include performing at…

Ngā Rau o te Kahu: Kapa Haka Festival at Ōrākei Marae
Financial Services Council & Workplace Savings NZ, Towards Wellbeing Conference at the Pullman Hotel

For more information about how to get your tamariki involved, please email Amy Thurston at athurston@stthomas.school.nz

Our Lunch Time Sasa Crew

Our Latest Newsletter

Check out all the latest news and information in our April 2019 newsletter. This doubles as the minutes from our MPSG Whānau Hui. See the Newsletter Archive below to open the file separately and see our previous newsletters.

Our Māori Pasifika Support Group is available to support, celebrate and normalise cultures for all students at St Thomas’s School. The group aims to empower our tamariki to be all they can be and stand proud as Māori and Pasifika students at our school. Please email Amy Thurston athurston@stthomas.school.nz for details of our upcoming Māori Pasifika Support Group Whānau Hui. We are very excited about the changes we have rolling our for our Kapa Haka crews this year. That’s right, crews, plural!! We now have a dedicated Junior and Senior Crew. Our juniors are working towards in school performances with Amy Thurston. Our seniors have the privilege of working alongside Vikki Demant. We have some aspirational goals for these rōpū (groups) this year. Watch this space!!

Kapa Haka Performance Crew 2018

Our Performance Crew work hard all year building their range of waiata. We offer open Kapa Haka lunch time sessions where everyone is welcome. Our dedicated performance crew commit to more rehearsals to be ready for any upcoming performance opportunities.