"My wife and I went to New York with my group, Singapore, Hong Kong, and New Guinea where the Patea team went along with three others groups," he said.
In the 1960s, Kershaw taught kapa haka in the Bay of Islands and had another role as a kapa haka tutor in Wairoa in the 1980s.
The Kaumatua is a founding member of Patea Māori Club and lives in the south Taranaki town with his wife.
In Patea, Kershaw played a role in establishing the South Taranaki Police Advisory Board, providing tikanga advice and support to police to help change the way they deal with Māori.
In his spare time Kershaw volunteers as a minister at Te Hahi Weteriana Methodist Church where he provides services and pastoral care to patients in Hawera and Taranaki base hospitals.
"We start from New Plymouth through to Palmerston North and down to Wellington," Kershaw said.
"I keep very busy."
Having performed for most of his life, Kershaw isn't ready to stop just yet and regularly practises and performs with a kaumatua kapa haka group.
"The golden oldies," Kershaw said.
"We meet each other and have good fun and all the songs we do are from the 1970s back; it's all songs about our tupuna."
The group has previously performed in Wellington for Matariki celebrations.
