Peke, who is better known for her TV appearances in Shortland Street and Celebrity Treasure Island, took to the stage for Te Matatini festival which wrapped up on Saturday.

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 ...

Japan’s Yamaha Motor Co has acquired Tauranga company Robotics Plus and it will form the basis of a newly launched United States-based company, Yamaha Agriculture.The deal is for an undisclosed sum ...

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 most prestigious kapa haka event in Aotearoa returns tomorrow. Here’s everything you need to know. Te Matatini has undergone immense evolution since its inception 53 years ago. From its ...

Kura Martin-Tukaokao, 59, is the chairwoman of Te Kapa Haka o Ngāti Ranginui in Tauranga and also a Te Matatini life member. A former kaihaka [performer], her last time on a Te Matatini stage was ...

Te Kapa Haka o Ngāti Ranginui will represent Tauranga Moana at Te Matatini in New Plymouth this week. Video / Rosalie Liddle Crawford They are the only Tauranga Moana rōpū [group] selected to ...

Ngāti Ranginui’s kapa haka team have set off for Taranaki, hoping to make their whānau and all iwi of Tauranga Moana proud on the world’s biggest kapa haka stage this week. They are the only ...

A haka group from Tauranga Moana recently had the chance to represent Aotearoa and showcase Māori culture in Samoa. It was the first time for most of the group, Te Paringa Tai ki Matakana me Rangiwaea ...

Tauranga is a splendid sail-in, past Mount Maunganui. Tauranga is a splendid sail-in during which you might be accompanied by leaping dolphins. Your ship glides towards wild beaches before ...

In a powerful display of protest, Maipi-Clarke ripped up a copy of the controversial Treaty Principles Bill and performed the traditional Maori haka, igniting a wave of support from fellow MPs and ...

When you think New Zealand, you might think All Blacks. And if you think All Blacks, you think haka. Thousands gathered in Eden Park in Auckland to break the record of the largest haka performance.