TVNZ says it changed ‘some of our publicity efforts’ for Te Matatini series hosted by freelance broadcaster Wairangi Koopu, ...

Te Tauihu o te Waka-a-Māui Cultural Council is confident the region is up to hosting Te Matatini in 2027. Speculation has ...

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 ...

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 ...

Te Matatini has undergone immense evolution since its inception 53 years ago. From its origins as the New Zealand Polynesian ...

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

Te Matatini o Te Kāhui Maunga brought tens of thousands of visitors to Taranaki for the biennial celebration of kapa haka, injecting millions of dollars into the province in the process.

Te Matatini o Te Kāhui Maunga - Tākiri ko te Haka 2025 starts today on The Home of Haka. Whakaata Māori is proud to deliver its most extensive coverage yet, with more action, more opinion ...

The performance by Te Kapa Haka o Ngāti Ranginui at 8.30am on Wednesday was the first of 14 groups on day two of the preliminary competition, with each group on stage for half an hour. The groups now ...

Te Matatini celebrated 50 years of Kapa Haka in 2022, with the release of an album of classic and modern waiata from across the festival's first five decades, and a book 'He Tau Makuru' charting the ...