| After performing a waiata the students presented Potikitaua-Taraare with a greenstone necklace and other gifts. |
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| Over the next hour or so, speeches and waiata, a reading and another prayer revisit the same themes. |
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| To this day, the waiata and chants expressed on the pa continue to manifest those principles. |
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| So there is a sadness, but there is also the survival aspect that's sung about in a number of our waiata. |
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| Just as a further clarification, often during a treaty settlement bill the gallery will contribute by way of either a waiata or applause, as we have just heard. |
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| The Maori component includes some songs in traditional waiata style composed by Wi Kuki Kaa, and some engaging sounds from Richard Nunns playing Maori instruments. |
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| Once the speeches and waiata are completed, the tangata whenua will greet the manuhiri with a hongi, kihikihi or hand shake. |
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| The educational sessions used hui protocols and cultural processes, such as starting and ending with karakia, waiata and sharing kai. |
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| Eight contemporary dancers use shadow-play, mace twirling, waiata and theatre to make a call for peace, and a live brass band combines modern music with traditional hymns. |
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