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Kereama Wright (Te Arawa), senior member of haka rōpū Ngāti Whakaue and Te Matatini 2025 champion, says kapa haka is a form of rongoā - healing body, mind and spirit - and one of the strongest expressions of Māori culture. | Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/RNZVideo?sub_...

"It's a vehicle for us to tell stories - stories of triumph, stories of oppression, stories about the birth of our children - but it's a vehicle to continue our history, our stories and our legacy, and pass it on to our future generations," he told RNZ.

Before cameras and social media, Māori preserved knowledge and stories through whakairo, waiata and mōteatea that traversed generations, Wright said.

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