Thousand's of people are expected to converge on New Plymouth for the bienniel kapa haka national competition Te Matatini. Te Matatini will be held at New Plymouth's Bowl of Brooklands, beginning 25 ...

Kereama Wright (Te Arawa), senior member of haka rōpū Ngāti Whakaue and Te Matatini 2025 champion, says kapa haka is a form of rongoā - healing body, mind and spirit - and one of the strongest ...

When Te Matatini decided to transition to an entirely digital judging system for its esteemed national kapa haka competition, it had no idea that Cyclone Gabrielle would hit just days before it was ...

After the rollercoaster year that was 2024 te ao Māori may have expected that to continue into 2025 and in many ways it did with so many stories making for another unprecedented year. The national ...