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Kōrero: Whānau – Māori and family

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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New Zealand Herald

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by Kenny Rodger

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Tai Walker, Whānau – Māori and family – Description of whānau, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/node/170431 (accessed 25 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Tai Walker, i tāngia i te 3 May 2011, updated 1 June 2017.