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Kōrero: Ngā pakanga ki tāwāhi – Māori and overseas wars

'Kikia te Poa', he haka, 1901

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'Kikia te Poa', a patriotic haka, 1901

He whakaahua tēnei o te tira kapa e haka ana i a 'Kikia Te Poa' i tōna putanga ki te Weekly Press i te marama o Oketopa i te tau 1901. Ahakoa ngā whakatau a te Kāwanatanga kia kaua te iwi Māori e tū tahi ki te ahi o te pakanga me ō rātou hoa Pākehā, ka ngana tonu ngā iwi Māori ki ngā kaupapa mahi moni. I titoa a 'Kikia Te Poa' hei whakapuaki i tō rātou ātete i te Poa, me tā rātou tautoko i te Kuini me te Emepaea. I mahia te haka nei ki ngā rā hapori pēnei i tēnei i tū ki Pāpāwai ki Wairarapa i te 22 o Māehe 1900, me tērā ki te Rāhui Basin ki Te Whanganui-a-Tara i te 28 me te 29 o Māehe 1900. 

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: N-P 427; The Weekly Press, 26 October 1901, p. 8

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Monty Soutar, Ngā pakanga ki tāwāhi – Māori and overseas wars – Māori and the South African War, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/36675/kikia-te-poa-he-haka-1901 (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Monty Soutar, i tāngia i te 5 June 2012, updated 1 May 2016.