22 Mataatua Waka teams took to the stage in Ruatoki today, all vying for a chance to represent their region at Te Matatini, in Hawkes Bay next year. Full performances and results about the competition available here.
15th - 16th April 2016 - The groups who performed (in order) were:
- Ngāti Awa ki Rangitaiki
- Tūtarakauika Kahurangi
- Te Ao katoa
- Te Moutere o Matakana
- Rutāhuna Korosins
- Ngāi Te Rangi Pakeke
- Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiarangi
- Evergreens
- Waioweka-nui-a-Kiwa
- Ngā Uri o Māhanga
- Ruatāhuna Kākahu Mauku
- Ngāi Taiwhakaaea
- Tutarakauika ki Rangataua
- Te Kapa Haka o Ruatoki
- Te Whānau-a-Apanui
- Ngāti Pukeko
- Ngāti Awa ki Rangitaiki
- Ōpōtiki-mai-Tawhiti
- Waioweka
- Tāwera
- Te Waimana Kākū
- Tauira-mai-Tawhiti
OVERALL WINNERS – Teams advancing to the Matatini Nations in Hawkes Bay
- Ōpōtiki-mai-Tawhiti
- Te Whānau-a-Apanui
- Tauira-mai-Tawhiti
- Te Kapa Haka o Ruatoki
- Tutarakauika ki Rangataua
- Waioweka
WHAKAEKE (Aggregate)
- Ōpōtiki-mai-Tawhiti -
- Equal - Tutarakauika ki Rangataua - Te Whānau-a-Apanui - Tauira-mai-Tawhiti
MŌTEATEA (Aggregate)
1. Equal - Te Kapa Haka o Ruatoki - Te Whānau-a-Apanui - Ōpōtiki-mai-Tawhiti
POI (Aggregate)
1. Equal - Ōpōtiki-mai-Tawhiti - Tauira-mai-Tawhiti - Te Whānau-a-Apanui
WAIATA-Ā-RINGA (Aggregate)
- 1. Equal - Te Whānau-a-Apanui - Ōpōtiki-mai-Tawhiti
- 2. Tauira-mai-Tawhiti
HAKA (Aggregate)
- 1. Equal - Ōpōtiki-mai-Tawhiti - Tauira-mai-Tawhiti
- 2. Te Whānau-a-Apanui
WHAKAWĀTEA (Aggregate)
- 1. Equal - Ōpōtiki-mai-Tawhiti - Tauira-mai-Tawhiti
- 2. Te Whānau-a-Apanui
TE REO (Aggregate)
- 1. Ōpōtiki-mai-Tawhiti
- 2. Te Kapa Haka o Ruatoki
- 3. Te Whānau-a-Apanui