We’re joined by Kereama Wright, Te Matatini champion and producer of the award-winning documentary Ruamataa: It’s More Than ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

$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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

The notes of the waiata-ā-ringa 'E Te Tau o Taku Ake' echo across Eden Park. A wahine performing in the group Te Ringa Kaha holds the portrait of a beloved friend and mentor. As she and her rōpū sing, ...

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