The global stage is where the Te Matatini board and the Government hope to take the kapa haka event. And the $30 million funding increase given to Te Matatini in last week’s Budget will help catapult ...

E nako ana a Tamahae Elkington ka noho ia hei ‘tuahangata’ ki ngā ino kei te whare tamariki. / Tamahae Elkington hopes to be a ‘superhero’ to the next generation. Photo: Olivia Shivas / Stuff Prefer ...

Organisers of Te Matatini Herenga Waka Herenga Tangata 2023 are claiming the event as “a huge success”. Te Matatini 2023 saw tens of thousands of people attend Eden Park and hundreds of thousands tune ...

The world’s largest kapa haka festival, Te Matatini, is set to celebrate its 50th year and kick off on February 22 at Auckland’s Eden park. However, as Aotearoa deals with the devastating aftermath of ...

Te Matatini - the national kapa haka championships - kick off in New Plymouth tomorrow, (Tuesday 25 Feb) the first time the event has been held in Taranaki for more than 30 years. More than 40,000 ...

More than 1.8 million Kiwis tuned in to watch Te Matatini Herenga Waka Herenga Tangata 2023, showcasing the best kapa haka Aotearoa has to offer. Almost 730,000 New Zealanders watched the live ...

Te Matatini chairman Ta [Sir] Selwyn Parata and chief executive Carl Ross have welcomed reassurance from the new Government that it will honour its commitment to fostering the love of kapa haka within ...

The chief executive of Te Matatini, the largest kapa haka festival in the world, says the organisation will need to rethink where the competition is hosted to accommodate its ever growing size. Around ...

Te Kapa Haka o Ngāti Whakaue won the Toa Whakaihuwaka title at Te Matatini o Te Kāhui Maunga 2025. Ngāti Whakaue were the eighth of 12 teams to perform at the Pukekura/Bowl of Brooklands in New ...

New translations reveal slurs that organisers and anti-racism groups say have no place on the "highly esteemed" stage.