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Toddler at kapa haka

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Toddler at kapa haka

This toddler happily plays around adults engaged in kapa haka. This moment captures the saying, He tawheta haere koe i ngā waewae o ō mātua (you get under your parents’ feet). Though you might be in the way, you learn at your parents’ side.

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Tai Walker, Whānau – Māori and family – Description of whānau, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/30150/toddler-at-kapa-haka (accessed 5 June 2026).

Story by Tai Walker, published 3 May 2011, updated 1 June 2017.