Te Matatini Executive and National Committee today congratulated Selwyn Parata on his appointment as Chair of Te Rūnanganui o Ngāti Porou. "On behalf of the Executive and National Committee as well as ...

Te Matatini 2015, Aotearoa’s national Māori Kapa Haka championships attracting performers from around the country and Australia, will be held in Otautahi / Christchurch from 4 – 8 March 2015. Te ...

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 ...

Te Arawa's Te Pikikōtuku o Ngāti Rongomai has placed second overall at the 2019 Te Matatini Kapa Haka Festival. Te Pikikōtuku o Ngāti Rongomai was one of three Te Arawa groups to make it into the ...

The country's biggest kapa haka festival, Te Matatini was held in Wellington last week and Massey University showed its support as a strategic sponsor. The Massey team ready at Te Matatini The country ...

Rotorua's Chey and Kahurangi Milne are mixing work and play at this year's Te Matatini, standing in front of a camera for 11 hours a day, presenting the event. The four-day event, running until Sunday ...

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 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 ...

Haka has been used as a tool to connect people back to their culture and today more tamariki and rangatahi are already deeply immersed and proud of it – and it is on full display at Te Matatini.

Kereama Wright (Te Arawa) says kapa haka is a form of rongoā, healing body, mind and spirit.