Speculation has been rife that the Nelson-Marlborough region could miss out on its confirmed host status due to concerns over ...

The curtain has come down on Te Matatini o Te Kāhui Maunga 2025 and planning for the 2027 event starts. With the nation’s top ...

Te Kapa Haka o Ngāti Whakaue have won the title of Toa Whakaihuwaka - the champions of Te Matatini. The rōpū from the Te ...

A pōwhiri unlike anything seen in Taranaki before marked the start of the biggest kapa haka competition in the world. The biennial Te Matatini festival has registered its highest number of teams on ...

"Māori are very political people," Waititi who performed at Te Matatini with new group Te Taumata o Apanui on Thursday, said.

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 ...

On Saturday, the top 12 kapa out of 55 kapa competed, with judges crowning Te Kapa Haka o Ngāti Whakaue as the 2025 Te ...

Te Matatini o Te Kāhui Maunga brought tens of thousands of visitors to Taranaki for the biennial celebration of kapa haka, ...

He sees it as an economic force, a diplomatic tool, and New Zealand’s most potent cultural export.

The final day of Te Matatini o Te Kāhui Maunga has begun and hundreds of spectators were so keen for the they started lining up at 3am, four hours before the gates opened. Only 12 of the 55 kapa who ...

Maxwell and his late wife, Atareta Maxwell, led Ngāti Rangiwewehi for 30 years, winning national titles in 1983 and 1996. He ...

Te Matatini o Te Kāhui Maunga finals day is sold out and even harder to predict. Tickets sold out yesterday, 20000 tickets, after two days of performances on te papa whakatū waewae.