This school does a great job preparing its year 13 students for the real world. The year 12 students at Bethlehem College performed a haka in 2019 to bid the year 13 leavers farewell.

The haka, ‘Tika tonu,’ is about challenge, difficulty, perseverance, and achievement. The year 13 departing students then reply with the school haka ‘Tū hikitia rā.’

In New Zealand, hakas are worn on a variety of occasions and festivals. The haka is an essential Maori tradition that was first developed in New Zealand. It might be incorporated into a burial rite, a wedding celebration, or a farewell show.

Watch this moving and wonderful moment as kids say goodbye to their instructor with a Haka, in keeping with traditional Maori customs!

Palmerston North Boy’s High School in Palmerston, New Zealand was taught by Dawson Tahana Tamatea. Regretfully,

at the age of only 55, he recently died away while sleeping. He regretfully leaves behind hundreds of surrogate sons in all of his students as well as his wife and their three children.