Rotorua Primary Schools Maori Festival

Rotorua Primary Schools Maori Festival A festival celebrating culture and arts. The Festival started in1975 with only 4 schools. Those groups were Rotorua Primary, Whakarewarewa, Lynmore and Rotokawa.

Beatrice Piatarihi Tui Yates aka Aunty Bea instigated running a festival as she felt the children needed to learn about the local history. Aunty Bea decided to teach the four schools plays about Hinemoa and Tutanekai, Ihenga and many other stories from Rotorua. She also taught them simple action songs and from that the festival evolved into what it is today. From this a committee was formed and si

nce then the committee of teachers, tutors and community personnel’s have been running the festival every year. This is held at the Sir Howard Morrison Civic Centre, with 32 to 36 groups performing yearly for a weeklong festival. We have support from all the schools and have invited schools from out of our region to participate in our festival. This year is our 40th celebration and we look forward to continue the service for the next generation.

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Fenton Street
Rotorua
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