Ngāti Kahungunu Iwi has hosted its inaugural Mātauranga Symposium at the Toitoi Conference and Event recognising and celebrating their champions. The January 31 event was to support the educational ...

Māori singer, composer and performer Toni Huata has died. Huata was a champion of Māori music and te reo, and released much ...

With the waka paddling, poetry and kapa haka, there are critical meetings with influential ... and responsibilities delegated ...

Taranaki hasn’t yet grasped the opportunity of the looming Te Matatini national kapa haka ... confront its past,” O'Malley said on the riverbank at Clive, near where Kahungunu chiefs signed ...

Hamilton Kirikiriroa celebrated its first central city Waitangi Day festival with an unprecedented turnout, reflecting its ...

Dressed in all white, the new queen stood out immediately among the kuia and kaumātua wearing their usual black formal ...

The free-to-air broadcasters for Te Matatini 2025 have been announced, with Aotearoa’s national and Māori television broadcasters teaming up for the five-day festival in late February. Yesterday, TVNZ ...

Te Hui Ahurei o Tūhoe provides a chance to reconnect and cherish the tribe’s unique dialect and distinctive customary practices. For example, each kapa haka team must sing the same waiata ...

Corrella and L.A.B. have collaborated on a new waiata for Te Matatini o Te Kāhui Maunga 2025, to serve as gateway for audiences and listeners into te ao Māori. Corrella and L.A.B. have collaborated on ...