Waiata Māori
Wind down after work by learning waiata Māori from the traditional sort to those of Rob Ruha. At the pace of the class we will learn the kupu (words), the rangi (tune and harmonies) and actions for waiata-a-ringa (action songs). A great way to destress and socialise. No musical experience required.
Mondays, 3-4.30pm
Start date: 28 April
Course Length: 8 weeks
Cost: $30 (NZ citizens) / $120
Tutor: Eda Tang
This class is run by Selwyn Community Education and is held at Parnell Community Centre
Wind down after work by learning waiata Māori from the traditional sort to those of Rob Ruha. At the pace of the class we will learn the kupu (words), the rangi (tune and harmonies) and actions for waiata-a-ringa (action songs). A great way to destress and socialise. No musical experience required.
Mondays, 3-4.30pm
Start date: 28 April
Course Length: 8 weeks
Cost: $30 (NZ citizens) / $120
Tutor: Eda Tang
This class is run by Selwyn Community Education and is held at Parnell Community Centre
Wind down after work by learning waiata Māori from the traditional sort to those of Rob Ruha. At the pace of the class we will learn the kupu (words), the rangi (tune and harmonies) and actions for waiata-a-ringa (action songs). A great way to destress and socialise. No musical experience required.
Mondays, 3-4.30pm
Start date: 28 April
Course Length: 8 weeks
Cost: $30 (NZ citizens) / $120
Tutor: Eda Tang
This class is run by Selwyn Community Education and is held at Parnell Community Centre
Course fee subsidy
This course offers a course fee subsidy through funding from the Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) for NZ citizen and permanent migrant adults, their partners on work visas or visitor visas, and refugees. To qualify, registrants should be over the age of 16 years and not currently enrolled in a secondary school. We need to collect extra information such as age, ethnicity, educational achievement and gender for statistical purposes. You must also provide evidence of NZ citizenship, residency or refugee status if requested. A condition of accepting a course fee subsidy is that you commit to at least 80% attendance of your course. Subsidised course fee $30.
About your tutor, Eda
Eda Tang is a journalist and TV writer. She was a Pou Tiaki journalist at Stuff NZ, telling stories of te ao Māori and other underrepresented communities. Currently she is the co-writer and co-host of Āku Hapa! a TV show on Whakaata Māori that uses cooking as the waka of speaking te reo Māori in a fearless and hapa-embracing way. Eda is currently studying a Level 6 Diploma in Te Reo Māori.
A personal message from Eda
Ko Pupuke te wai tuatahi i kaukau au.
Kua ruia taku kākano i te whenua o Tāmaki, nō te mana whenua Ngāti Whatua, nō reira tipua ai.
E tau ana tōku waka, ko Rererangi Marehia, ki Tāmaki Herenga Waka.
I tūātia au e tōku iwi Haina ko Te Tamaiti o Tuarangi. Anei ko Eda Tang.
It's my honour to lead the new rōpū waiata at Selwyn Community Education to help provide an access point into te reo Māori and tirohanga Māori. I am on my own reo Māori journey and I share the responsibility of all kaiako to pass down the mātauranga that waiata carry.
