It's one of biggest events on the calendar for te ao Māori and Te Matatini is back in 2025 bringing the best of haka and waiata from around Aotearoa and Australia. New Plymouth/Ngāmotu and the people ...

Te Matatini chairman Ta [Sir] Selwyn Parata and chief executive Carl Ross have welcomed reassurance from the new Government that it will honour its commitment to fostering the love of kapa haka within ...

Taranaki’s kapa haka groups will get a chance to qualify for the highly anticipated Te Matatini finals in the region next year when Hāwera hosts the regional competition in March. Dates and venues ...

For many of those who attended the pōwhiri marking the beginning of Te Matatini last month, my speech in reply to the young kaikorero of Ngaati Whaatua was perhaps regarded as “entertaining”, maybe ...

$32 million was given to Te Matatini in this year’s Budget. Photo / Te Ao Labour MP Kelvin Davis says seeing nieces and nephews from his old school Kawakawa Primary competing at Te Mana Kuratahi ...

More than 1.8 million Kiwis tuned in to watch Te Matatini Herenga Waka Herenga Tangata 2023, showcasing the best kapa haka Aotearoa has to offer. Almost 730,000 New Zealanders watched the live ...

Te Matatini finalists had a famous face watching on in the audience – Hollywood star Jason Momoa. The Hollywood star stopped by the national kapa haka festival at Auckland’s Ngā Ana Wai (Eden Park) to ...

New translations reveal slurs that organisers and anti-racism groups say have no place on the "highly esteemed" stage.