Technique

Te Ao Hou, September 1962, Page 24

Technique To the discriminating Maori many of the groups have grave faults in technique which can only be the result of a ‘near enough is good enough’ attitude. All too often wrong words are sung which make the songs or haka meaningless. Ugly wriggling of the fingers masquerade as wiriwiri. Extravagant posturing, bodies sagging from the waist instead of bending at the knees, eyes which do not follow the hands all detract from the grace of the action song. Groups performing fling their limbs about like sawdust gollywogs and grin foolishly as if half ashamed of what they are doing.