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TE MANAHUA RESULTS, PRIZES AND AWARDS

2008 SENIOR GROUP RESULTS

In 2008, rather than give varying cash prizes, the Polynesian Cultural Center gave each participating group a $500 honorarium as well as certificates and Maori carvings for those who placed.

1 st Place Overall Na Mamo o Haloa, Kauai
2 nd Place Overall Te Hokioi, Laie, Hawaii
3 rd Place Overall Ngati Ranana, London, England
     
Whakaeke (entrance)
  1 st Place Na Mamo o Haloa
  2 nd Place Te Hokioi
  3 rd Place Ngati Ranana
Moteatea (chant)  
  1 st Place Te Hokioi
  2 nd Place Na Mamo o Haloa
  3 rd Place Ngati Ranana
Waiata-a-ringa (action song)  
  1 st Place Na Mamo o Haloa
  2 nd Place Te Hokioi
  3 rd Place Te Rerearangi
Poi  
  1 st Place Na Mamo o Haloa
  2 nd Place Te Hokioi
  3 rd Place Ngati Ranana
Haka  
  1 st Place Te Hokioi
  2 nd Place Ngati Ranana
  3 rd Place Na Mamo o Haloa
Whakawatea (exit)  
  1 st Place Na Mamo o Haloa
  2 nd Place Te Hokioi
  3 rd Place Ngati Ranana

Non-Aggregate Categories
(not counted in overall scores, 1st place only)

Kakahu (costume) Na Mamo o Haloa
Te Reo (language/expression)      Te Hokioi
Manukura tane (male lead) Te Hokioi
Manukura Wahine (female lead) Na Mamo o Haloa

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2007 Intermediate (ages 13-18) Results
1 st Place Overall Te Roopu O Tumanako
2 nd Place Overall Te Manawa ‘O Atooi
3 rd Place Overall Kahurangi
     
Kakahu (costume)
  1 st Place Te Manawa ‘O Atooi
  2 nd Place Te Roopu O Tumanako
  3 rd Place Te Hamata
Waiata hou (new composition)
  Waiata-a-ringa (action song) Te Roopu O Tumanako
  Poi Te Manawa ‘O Atooi
  Haka Te Manawa ‘O Atooi
Manukura wahine (female lead) Te Manawa ‘O Atooi
Manukura tane (male lead) Kahurangi
Whakaeke (entrance)  
  1 st Place Te Roopu O Tumanako
  2 nd Place Te Manawa ‘O Atooi
  3 rd Place Kahurangi
Moteatea (chant)  
  1 st Place Te Roopu O Tumanako
  2 nd Place Te Manawa ‘O Atooi
  3 rd Place Kahurangi
Waiata-a-ringa (action song)  
  1 st Place Te Roopu O Tumanako
  2 nd Place Te Manawa ‘O Atooi
  3 rd Place Kahurangi
Poi  
  1 st Place Te Roopu O Tumanako
  2 nd Place Te Manawa ‘O Atooi
  3 rd Place Kahurangi
Haka  
  1 st Place Kahurangi
  2 nd Place Te Manawa ‘O Atooi
  3 rd Place Te Roopu O Tumanako
Whakaeke (exit)  
  1 st Place Te Roopu O Tumanako
  2 nd Place Te Manawa ‘O Atooi
  3 rd Place Kahurangi

2007 Junior (ages 5-12) Results
1 st Place Overall Te Manawa ‘O Atooi
2 nd Place Overall Te Hamata
  Kakahu (Costume) Te Manawa ‘O Atooi
  Manukura wahine
(female lead)
Te Manawa ‘O Atooi
  Manukura tane
(male lead)
Te Hamata
  Whakaeke (entrance) Te Manawa ‘O Atooi
  Moteatea (chant) Te Manawa ‘O Atooi
  Waiata a ringa
(action song)
Te Manawa ‘O Atooi
  Poi Te Manawa ‘O Atooi
  Haka Te Manawa ‘O Atooi
  Whakawatea (exit) Te Manawa ‘O Atooi
    Te Hokioi

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2006 Senior Results
Starting this year, the PCC’s kapa haka Whakataetae [competition in traditional Maori songs and dances] began alternating each year between the seniors, then the juniors and intermediate levels combined.
 
1 st Place Overall Te Hokioi
2 nd Place Overall Te Roopu Ratapu
3 rd Place Overall Ngati Hiona
 
Entrance (Whakaeke)  
  1 st Place Te Hokioi
  2 nd Place Te Roopu Ratapu
  3 rd Place Ngati Hiona
Chant (Moteatea)
  1 st Place Te Hokioi
  2 nd Place Te Roopu Ratapu
  3 rd Place Ngati Hiona
Action Song (Waiata Ringa)
  1 st Place Te Hokioi
  2 nd Place Ngati Hiona
  3 rd Place Te Roopu Ratapu
Poi balls
  1 st Place Te Hokioi
  2 nd Place Ngati Hiona
  3 rd Place Te Roopu Ratapu
Haka
  1 st Place Te Hokioi
  2 nd Place Te Roopu Ratapu
  3 rd Place Ngati Hiona
Exit (Whakawatea)
  1 st Place Te Hokioi
  2 nd Place Te Roopu Ratapu
  3 rd Place Ngati Hiona
Non-Aggregate Categories (not counted in overall scores), 1st place only
  Kakahu (Costume) Te Hokioi
  Waiata Tira (Choral hymn) Te Hokioi
  Kaitataki Wahine (female leader) Te Hokioi
  Kaitataki Tane (male leader) Te Hokioi
Te Korero (Speech) Te Takinga New
  1 st Place John Bailey
  2 nd Place Velma Napia
  3 rd Place  

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2005 Results
JUNIOR DIVISION
Entrance (Whakaeke)
  1 st Place Tamarii A Hiva
  2 nd Place Kamanawa O Kauai
  3 rd Place Te Ropu Tumanako
Chant (Moteatea)
  1 st Place Te Ropu O Tumanako
  2 nd Place Tamarii A Hiva
  3 rd Place Kamanawa O Kauai
Action Song (Waiata Ringa)
  1 st Place Te Ropu O Tumanako
  2 nd Place Tamarii A Hiva
  3 rd Place Kamanawa O Kauai
Poi balls
  1 st Place Te Ropu O Tumanako
  2 nd Place Kamanawa O Kauai
  3 rd Place Tamarii A Hiva
Haka
  1 st Place Te Ropu O Tumanako
  2 nd Place Tamarii A Hiva
  3 rd Place Kamanawa O Kauai
Exit (Whakawatea)
  1 st Place Kamanawa O Kauai
  2 nd Place Te Ropu O Tumanako
  3 rd Place Tamarii A Hiva
Overall
  1 st Place Te Ropu O Tumanako $400
  2 nd Place Kamanawa O Kauai $300
  3 rd Place Tamarii A Hiva $200
Non-Aggregate Categories (not counted in overall scores)
1 st Place award only – Each winner receives a trophy & certificate
  Kakahu (Costume) Tamarii A Hiva
  Waiata Tira (Optional) Kamanawa O Kauai
  Kaitataki Wahine (female leader) Te Ropu O Tumanako
  Kaitataki Tane (male leader) Te Ropu O Tumanako
   
SENIOR DIVISION
Entrance (Whakaeke)
  1 st Place Te Hokioi
  2 nd Place Wananga Maori
  3 rd Place Ngati Hiona
Chant (Moteatea)
  1 st Place Te Hokioi
  2 nd Place Wananga Maori
  3 rd Place Ngati Hiona
Action Song
  1 st Place Wananga Maori / Te Hokioi
  2 nd Place Ngati Hiona
  3 rd Place
Poi balls
  1 st Place Wananga Maori / Te Hokioi
  2 nd Place
  3 rd Place
Haka
  1 st Place Wananga Maori / Te Hokioi
  2 nd Place Ngati Hiona
  3 rd Place
Exit (Whakawatea)
  1 st Place Wananga Maori / Te Hokioi
  2 nd Place Ngati Hiona
  3 rd Place
Overall
  1 st Place Wananga Maori $ 1000
  2 nd Place Te Hokioi $ 800
  3 rd Place Ngati Hiona $ 600
Non-Aggregate Categories (not counted in overall scores)
1 st Place award only – Each winner receives a trophy & certificate
  Kakahu (Costume) Wananga Maori
  Waiata Tira (Optional) Te Hokioi
  Kaitataki Wahine (female leader) Te Hokioi
  Kaitataki Tane (male leader) Te Hokioi
  Best Original Composition Te Hokioi
TE KORERO – RESULTS
SENIOR DIVISION
Solo – Te Korero (Speech)
  1 st Place TeTakinga New $75
  2 nd Place Christian Susa $60
  3 rd Place John Smith $50

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2004 results
Senior overall: Te Hokioi,
led by Seamus Fitzgerald
Junior overall: Te Roopu o Tumanako,
led by Sheena Alaiasa
Te Reo (speech), seniors: 1st, John Smith;
2nd, Rika Hotere;
3rd, Iraia Bailey
Te Reo (speech), juniors: 1st, Riana Mataira, 11;
2nd, her sister, Waelea Mataira, 8;
3rd, Leimomi Namahana Kalama
Senior Division  
Kakahu (costumes): Te Wananga Maori o Hawaii,
led by Tama Halvorsen and
Shannon Niania Galea'i
Kaitataki Wahine (female lead): Sophronia Smith, Te Hokioi
Kaitataki Tane (male lead): Seamus Fitzgerald, Te Hokioi
Waiata Tira (hymn) Te Hokioi,
led by Seamus Fitzgerald and Sophronia Smith
Whakaeke (entrance): Te Wananga Maori o Hawaii
Moteatea (chant): Te Hokioi
Waiata Ringa (action song): Te Hokioi
Poi balls: Te Hokioi
Haka (war dance): Te Hokioi
Whakawatea (exit): Te Hokioi
Junior Division  
Kakahu (costumes): Tamari'i A Hiva & Tamari'i o Patitifa,
led by Cathy Teriipaia
Kaitataki Wahine (female lead): Risha Alaiasa, Te Roopu o Tumanako,
led by Sheena Alaiasa
Kaitataki Tane (male lead): George Kaka, Te Roopu o Tumanako
Best original composition: Te Roopu o Tumanako
Whakaeke (entrance):  
1st: Te Roopu o Tumanako
2nd: Tamari'i A Hiva
3rd: Te Manawa Nui
Moteatea (chant):  
1st: Tamari'i o Hiva
2nd: Te Roopu o Tumanako
3rd: Te Manawa Nui
Waiata Ringa (action song):  
1st: Te Roopu o Tumanako
2nd: Te Manawa Nui
3rd: Tamari'i A Hiva
Poi balls:  
1st: Te Roopu o Tumanako
2nd: Te Manawa Nui
3rd: Tamari'i A Hiva
Haka (war dance):  
1st: Tamari'i A Hiva
2nd: Te Roopu o Tumanako
3rd: Te Manawa Nui
Whakawatea (exit):  
1st: Tamari'i A Hiva
2nd: Te Roopu o Tumanako
3rd: Te Manawa Nui

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2003 results
Senior overall: Te Wananga Maori o Hawaii,
led by Tama Halvorsen,
and Alex and Shannon Galea'i
Senior Division  
Whakaeke (entrance):  
1st: Te Hokioi,
led by Seamus Fitzgerald and Sophie Smith
2nd: Te Wananga Maori o Hawaii
3rd: Te Rangatahi o Polynesia
Moteatea (chant):  
1st: Te Wananga Maori o Hawaii
2nd: Te Hokioi
3rd: Te Ropu o Ratapu, led by Howaka Jeremiah
Waiata Ringa (Action song):  
1st: Te Hokioi
2nd: Te Wananga Maori o Hawaii
3rd: Te Rangatahi o Polynesia,
led by Richard and Kamaile Viena
Poi balls:  
1st: Te Wananga Maori o Hawai'i
2nd: Te Hokioi
3rd: Te Rangatahi o Polynesia
Haka:  
1st: Te Hokioi
2nd: Te Wananga Maori o Hawaii
3rd: Te Ropu o Rätapu
Whakawatea (exit):  
1st: Te Rangatahi o Polynesia
2nd: Te Hokioi
3rd: Te Wananga Maori o Hawai'i
Group Reo (language): Te Rangatahi o Polynesia
   
Junior Division (up to age 13)  
Group entrance:  
1st: Kano'eau Dance Academy,
led by kumu hula Keala Kukona
2nd: Te Rangatahi o Polynesia
3rd: Te Ropu of Tumanakö
Group chant:  
1st: Kano'eau Dance Academy
2nd: Te Ropu of Tumanakö
3rd: Te Rangatahi o Polynesia
Group action song:  
1st: Kano'eau Dance Academy
2nd: Te Rangatahi o Polynesia
3rd: Te Ropu of Tumanako
Poi balls:  
1st: Te Rangatahi o Polynesia
2nd: Kano'eau Dance Academy
3rd: Te Manawa Nui, led by Margie Witihira Kalama
Haka:  
1st: Kano'eau Dance Academy
2nd: Te Rangatahi o Polynesia
3rd: Te Ropu of Tumanako
Group exit:  
1st: Te Rangatahi o Polynesia
2nd: Kano'eau Dance Academy
3rd: Te Ropu of Tumanako
Te Reo (speech): Waelea Mataira

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