Te Kapa Haka o Ngāti Whakaue have won the title of Toa Whakaihuwaka - the champions of Te Matatini. The rōpū from the Te ...

Speculation has been rife that the Nelson-Marlborough region could miss out on its confirmed host status due to concerns over ...

Te Matatini chief executive Carl Ross has announced all tickets for Te Matatini o Te Kāhui Maunga 2025 finals day are sold out. “The Bowl of Brooklands holds 15,000 and we are at capacity. It’s an ...

Te Kapa Haka o Ngāti Whakaue has won Te Matatini 2025. Te Kapa Haka o Ngāti Whakaue dedicated their bracket to the late Sir ...

This infographic, first produced for Te Matatini 2025, shows some key statistics relating to kapa haka from 2018 Te Kupenga, Wellbeing statistics 2021 ...

The pinnacle of Māori performing arts was on full display at Te Matatini today – big congratulations to Te Kapa Haka o Ngāti ...

Te Matatini - the 'Olympics of Kapa Haka' - is the biennial Māori performing arts competition. Te Matatini began life in 1972 as the Polynesian Festival, at the inaugural festival in Rotorua ...

Tohu Kākahi and Te Whiti o Rongomai weren’t the only visionaries celebrated by te iwi Māori at the national kapa haka ...

Maxwell and his late wife, Atareta Maxwell, led Ngāti Rangiwewehi for 30 years, winning national titles in 1983 and 1996. He ...

The twelve finalists for Te Matatini have been announced, among them are defending champions Te Whānau a Apanui, boundary-pushing Auckland group Angitu and star-studded newcomers Te Taumata o Apanui.

Tā Herewini Parata, chairman of Te Matatini Incorporated Society, reflected that the, “Powerful display of unity at the ...

On Saturday, the top 12 kapa out of 55 kapa competed, with judges crowning Te Kapa Haka o Ngāti Whakaue as the 2025 Te ...