The chief executive of the largest kapa haka festival in the world, says organisers will need to rethink where the ...

The curtain has come down on Te Matatini o Te Kāhui Maunga 2025 and planning for the 2027 event starts. With the nation’s top ...

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

But at Te Matatini o Te Kāhui Maunga, many of the groups integrated the drum into their performance. This was done in part in ...

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

He sees it as an economic force, a diplomatic tool, and New Zealand’s most potent cultural export.

Te Matatini officially got underway in New Plymouth on Monday with an emotional pōwhiri from the Taranaki hau kāinga, welcoming the more than 50 haka groups and kuini Nga wai hono i te po.

While temperatures around the bowl hit a high, so did the heat on stage as haka star Jeff Ruha wore a full suit for his performance.

Day one of Te Matatini o Te Kāhui Maunga has finished, setting a high benchmark for the week to come There were 14 kapa haka rōpū that performed on Tuesday in the first pool of the preliminary ...

While the haka groups at Te Matatini are performing on stage, another group of reo and haka experts are working behind the stage to translate their songs into English and five other languages. Haka ...

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

On finals day, whānau both at the venue and at home can access Haka Translate on the Te Matatini app, offering translations ...