Te Rapa Primary offers students a very good optional Kapahaka programme. Students from Year 3 to Year 8 are encouraged to join, where they learn traditional and modern Maori song and dance.

Te Rapa Primary utilises the skills of staff members. Their experience and knowledge has ensured the skill level of our children (tamariki) continues to progress.

In Kapahaka this year the student will learn a variety of waiata, ranging from moteatea, waiata mihimihi to waiata a ringame mau rakau, Haka me poi. Through these students will get a better understanding of tikanga and kawa. In addition to our school kapahaka group we are looking to have a super 12 team where 20 students are selected but only 12 will perform at once. Our aim is for this group is to consider entering competitions. We endeavour to make it fun, and provide students with a sound base that will either allow them to take this as a standalone subject in the future, or simply have enough knowledge and confidence to travel overseas and comfortably share a selection of songs with people from distant shores. There will also be a Pacifica component to our Kapahaka programme.