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Sharon Mazer

MIT Comparative Media Studies/Writing

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Rita Papesch

This week, we are joined by Te Rita Papesch, a legendary figure in the Maori tradition of Kapa Haka, and Sharon Mazer, her friend and an American performance studies researcher. Together, they converse about Kapa Haka as a manifestation of the historic relations between the Maori people and their “Kiwi” colonizers, one which is embedded in the everyday life of the community but also undergoing constant change as performers adjust to the increased global visibility of their performances. Mazer describes the national Kapa Haka gatherings, which attract thousands of attendees and are nationally televised, as “a theatrical event incorporated into an Olympic competition encased in a ritual frame.” Papesch is the consummate insider, the matron of a family of Haka performers, whose influence stretches back to the 1970s, whereas Mazer offers the perspective of an informed outsider who has been observing the performances for more than twenty years. Together, they model bicultural conversation as they teach us how to read Kapa Haka’s place in the cultural politics of New Zealand.  A full transcript of this conversation will be available soon! Here are some of the references from this episode, for those who want to dig a little deeper: Co-authored writing by Te Rita Papesch &amp; Sharon Mazer:Breaking the Stage: From Te Matatini to Footprints/TapuwaeBut can it be Art? Kapa Haka as a contemporary indigenous performance practiceMaori Performance/Cultural Performance: Stages of Powhiri More about Te Rita PapeschWaka Huia profile: Part One; Part TwoPerformance: Nga RoimataŌtairongo (audio portrait of Te Rita by artist Maree Sheehan)Tainui Waka Kapa Haka Festival Lifetime Achievement Award, 2018Selected writing:Creating a Modern Māori Identity Through Kapa Haka (2015 PhD Thesis)Te Rita Papesch: case study of an exemplary learner of Māori as an additional language More about Sharon MazerSelected writing:Performing Māori: Kapa Haka on the Stage and on the GroundPerformance: Ethnographer/Tourist/CannibalProfessional Wrestling: Sport and Spectacle Kapa HakaNational Kapa Haka FestivalRules of CompetitionMaori Television – Kapa Haka commentary; Te Kapa Haka o Te Whānau-ā-ApanuiTe Whare Wananga o Waikato at the NZ Polynesian Festival, 1981 All-Blacks and HakaHobbes and Shaw – Haka Haka tourist showsGame of Thrones HakaBeyonce does Haka Diana Taylor – The Archive and the Repertoire Konstantin Stanislovsky – “As If” Haka in support of Black Lives MatterMaori Protest Movements More Maori culture:Maori Powhiri (welcome)Ta Moko – Maori tattooRaranga – Maori WeavingMaori Musical InstrumentsMaori ReligionMaori Weapons Share your thoughts via Twitter with Henry, Colin and the How Do You Like It So Far? account! You can also email us at howdoyoulikeitsofarpodcast@gmail.com. Music &amp; Audio clips:Te Whare Wananga o Waikato (1981)Kapahaka Roopu Te Haona KahaTe Whānau a Apanui whakaeke- Te Matatini - 2015 - Entrance (Game of Thrones) “In Time” by Dylan Emmett and “Spaceship” by Lesion X.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––In Time (Instrumental) by Dylan Emmet  https://soundcloud.com/dylanemmetSpaceship by Lesion X https://soundcloud.com/lesionxbeatsCreative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/in-time-instrumentalFree Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/lesion-x-spaceshipMusic promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/AzYoVrMLa1Q––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

This week, we are joined by <a href="http://www.freetheatre.org.nz/te-rita-papesch.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Te Rita Papesch</a>, a legendary figure in the Maori tradition of Kapa Haka, and <a href="https://academics.aut.ac.nz/sharon.mazer" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sharon Mazer</a>, her friend and an American performance studies researcher. Together, they converse about Kapa Haka as a manifestation of the historic relations between the Maori people and their “Kiwi” colonizers, one which is embedded in the everyday life of the community but also undergoing constant change as performers adjust to the increased global visibility of their performances. Mazer describes the national Kapa Haka gatherings, which attract thousands of attendees and are nationally televised, as “a theatrical event incorporated into an Olympic competition encased in a ritual frame.” Papesch is the consummate insider, the matron of a family of Haka performers, whose influence stretches back to the 1970s, whereas Mazer offers the perspective of an informed outsider who has been observing the performances for more than twenty years. Together, they model bicultural conversation as they teach us how to read Kapa Haka’s place in the cultural politics of New Zealand.  A full transcript of this conversation will be available soon! Here are some of the references from this episode, for those who want to dig a little deeper: Co-authored writing by Te Rita Papesch &amp; Sharon Mazer: <a href="http://www.howdoyoulikeitsofar.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Papesch-Mazer-2016-Breaking_the_Stage_From_Te_Matatini_to_F.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Breaking the Stage: From Te Matatini to Footprints/Tapuwae</a> <a href="http://www.howdoyoulikeitsofar.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Papesch-Mazer-2015-But_can_it_be_Art_Kapa_Haka_as_a_contemp.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">But can it be Art? Kapa Haka as a contemporary indigenous performance practice</a> <a href="http://www.howdoyoulikeitsofar.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Mazer-Papesch-2008-Maori_Performance_Cultural_Performance_.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Maori Performance/Cultural Performance: Stages of Powhiri</a> More about <a href="http://www.freetheatre.org.nz/te-rita-papesch.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Te Rita Papesch</a> Waka Huia profile: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eTVk3BU068" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Part One</a>; <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HBvo_ItfuM" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Part Two</a> Performance: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yde2oWIGa1c" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Nga Roimata</a> <a href="https://www.otairongo.co.nz/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ōtairongo</a> (audio portrait of Te Rita by artist Maree Sheehan) <a href="https://www.twoa.ac.nz/hononga-stay-connected/news-events/2018/04/19/te-rita-recognised" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tainui Waka Kapa Haka Festival Lifetime Achievement Award, 2018</a> Selected writing: <a href="http://www.howdoyoulikeitsofar.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/TeRitaPapeschPhDThesis-2015.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Creating a Modern Māori Identity Through Kapa Haka</a> (2015 PhD Thesis) <a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13670050.2013.806431" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Te Rita Papesch: case study of an exemplary learner of Māori as an additional language</a> More about <a href="https://academics.aut.ac.nz/sharon.mazer" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sharon Mazer</a> Selected writing: <a href="http://www.howdoyoulikeitsofar.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Mazer-2011-PerformingMaori-PopEntertainment.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Performing Māori: Kapa Haka on the Stage and on the Ground</a> <a href="http://www.howdoyoulikeitsofar.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Mazer-2011-Performance_Ethnographer_Tourist_Cannibal.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Performance: Ethnographer/Tourist/Cannibal</a> <a href="https://www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/P/Professional-Wrestling" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Professional Wrestling: Sport and Spectacle</a> <a href="https://www.newzealand.com/us/feature/kapa-haka-maori-performance/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kapa Haka</a> <a href="https://www.tematatini.co.nz/aotearoa-kapa-haka-limited/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">National Kapa Haka Festival</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100524023144/http://www.tematatini.co.nz/festival/documents/2011CompetitionRules.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rules of Competition</a> <a href="https://www.maoritelevision.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Maori Television</a> – <a href="https://www.maoritelevision.com/haka" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kapa Haka commentary</a>; <a href="https://www.maoritelevision.com/haka/te-matatini/groups/te-kapa-haka-o-te-whanau-a-apanui" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Te Kapa Haka o Te Whānau-ā-Apanui</a> <a href="https://youtu.be/ds5KIIDpGCI" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Te Whare Wananga o Waikato at the NZ Polynesian Festival, 1981</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Qm2kvnfkfw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">All-Blacks and Haka</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFqO1y01qjs" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hobbes and Shaw – Haka </a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_5nqba84Jg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Haka tourist shows</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZF0YbdHJI8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Game of Thrones Haka</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfNRdtrL3LM" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Beyonce does Haka</a> <a href="https://tisch.nyu.edu/about/directory/performance-studies/3092281" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Diana Taylor</a> – <a href="https://www.dukeupress.edu/the-archive-and-the-repertoire" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Archive and the Repertoire </a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konstantin_Stanislavski" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Konstantin Stanislovsky</a> – <a href="https://actingmagazine.com/2019/02/10/what-is-the-magic-if/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">“As If”</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBMx4jCVRZQ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Haka in support of Black Lives Matter</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C4%81ori_protest_movement" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Maori Protest Movements</a> More Maori culture: <a href="https://www.newzealand.com/int/feature/powhiri-maori-welcome/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Maori Powhiri (welcome)</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C4%81_moko" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ta Moko </a>– Maori tattoo <a href="https://www.newzealand.com/us/maori-weaving/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Raranga </a>– Maori Weaving <a href="https://www.tepapa.govt.nz/discover-collections/read-watch-play/maori/maori-musical-instruments" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Maori Musical Instruments</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C4%81ori_religion" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Maori Religion</a> <a href="https://www.armymuseum.co.nz/maori-weapons/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Maori Weapons</a> Share your thoughts via Twitter with <a href="https://twitter.com/henryjenkins" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Henry</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/cmac?lang=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Colin</a> and the <a href="https://twitter.com/hdylisf_pod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">How Do You Like It So Far?</a> account! You can also email us at <a href="mailto:howdoyoulikeitsofarpodcast@gmail.com">howdoyoulikeitsofarpodcast@gmail.com</a>. Music &amp; Audio clips: <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ds5KIIDpGCI&amp;t=635s__;!!LIr3w8kk_Xxm!9c5C3PN0vQOP42dUMInwfSuKTbtmPokoVO3XO_p0irVbgxqmtjBsBplHwM7u$" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Te Whare Wananga o Waikato</a> (1981) <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ns2qopr-7U__;!!LIr3w8kk_Xxm!9c5C3PN0vQOP42dUMInwfSuKTbtmPokoVO3XO_p0irVbgxqmtjBsBtl0C0hw$" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kapahaka Roopu Te Haona Kaha</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZF0YbdHJI8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Te Whānau a Apanui whakaeke- Te Matatini - 2015 - Entrance (Game of Thrones)</a> “In Time” by Dylan Emmett and “Spaceship” by Lesion X. –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– In Time (Instrumental) by Dylan Emmet  <a href="https://soundcloud.com/dylanemmet" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://soundcloud.com/dylanemmet</a> Spaceship by Lesion X <a href="https://soundcloud.com/lesionxbeats" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://soundcloud.com/lesionxbeats</a> Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: <a href="https://bit.ly/in-time-instrumental" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/in-time-instrumental</a> Free Download / Stream: <a href="https://bit.ly/lesion-x-spaceship" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/lesion-x-spaceship</a> Music promoted by Audio Library <a href="https://youtu.be/AzYoVrMLa1Q" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/AzYoVrMLa1Q</a> ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Te Rita Papesch and Sharon Mazer on the Living Tradition of Kapa Haka

It is possible that live performance is not so live any more. In this talk, Sharon Mazer looked at the ways that audience “performances” may be seen to challenge the live-ness of the onstage action in the Road to Wrestlemania 23, which the WWE takes to New Zealand in early 2007, and in Te Matatini, the National Kapa Haka Festival, a biennial Maori cultural performance competition happening that same weekend. Mazer is head of the Department of Theatre and Film Studies at the University of Canterbury (Christchurch, New Zealand). Her book Professional Wrestling: Sport and Spectacle was published by the University Press of Mississippi, and her current research is focused on Maori performance.

Sharon Mazer, "What's Live Got To Do With It"