The 2017 Te Mana Kuratahi Primary Schools Kapa Haka competition has just finished, 57 groups from across Aotearoa will now be leaving Houhoupiko to return home.
Head judge Turuhira Hare spoke at the beginning of the prizegiving ceremony reminding all performers and their supporters that regardless of who comes out on top, that we should all celebrate them. She also reminded the children that they are the future of kapa haka, and that the whole of Māoridom are proud of them all.
Here is a list of the full Te Mana Kuratahi results:
Te Reo
2nd equal - TKKM o Te Ara Rima, Te Kura o Te Teko - Ngā Taiohi
1st – Rākaumangamanga
Whakawātea
2nd equal - Rotorua Intermediate, TKKM o Waioweka
1st – Te Kura o Te Teko - Ngā Taiohi
Haka
2nd equal - Te Wharekura o Te Paroa, Te Kapa Haka o Te Kura Takawaenga o Waitākere
1st – Te Kura o Te Teko - Ngā Taiohi
Poi
3rd – TKKM o Ngā Uri a Māui
2nd - TKM o Ngā Tapuwae
1st – Te Kura o Te Teko - Ngā Taiohi
Waiata ā-ringa
2nd equal - Te Whānau o Te Maro Hauhake, Te Kura o Te Teko - Ngā Taiohi
1st – Te Wharekura o Ngāti Rongomai
Mōteatea
3rd – Te Kapa Hurutea o Horouta Wānanga
2nd - TKKM o Waioweka
1st – Rotorua Intermediate
Whakaeke
3rd equal – Te Wharekura o Ngāti Rongomai, Rotorua Intermediate
2nd - Te Kapa Hurutea o Horouta Wānanga
1st – Te Kura o Te Teko - Ngā Taiohi
Te Aroha a Rangitāne Trophy
3rd equal – Te Kāhui o Ngā Mātā Raukura
2nd – Tamariki Toa - Te Pouahi
1st – Te Rōpū Kapa Haka o Puhi Kaitī
Whaikōrero
3rd equal – TKKM o Te Rito, Te Kura o Te Teko - Ngā Taiohi
2nd - Rotorua Intermediate
1st – Te Kura o Te Pāroa
Waiata Tira
2nd equal – Te Kura o Te Teko - Ngā Taiohi, Rotorua Intermediate
1st – TKKM o Puau Te Moananui a Kiwa
Titonga Hou – Waiata ā-ringa
3rd equal – Rotorua Intermediate, TKKM o Waioweka, TKKM o Te Ara Rima
1st equal – Te Kura o Te Teko - Ngā Taiohi, Te Wharekura o Ngāti Rongomai
Kākahu
3rd equal – Rotorua Intermediate, Te Wharekura o Ruatoki
2nd – Te Kura o Te Teko – Ngā Taiohi
1st – Te Kapa Haka o Te Kura Takawaenga o Waitākere
Kaitātaki Wāhine
3rd equal – TKKM o Ngā Uri a Māui, Te Kura Māori o Ngā Tapuwae, Te Kapa Hurutea o Horouta Wānanga
2nd – Te Kura o Te Teko - Ngā Taiohi
1st – TKKM o Waioweka
Kaitātaki Tāne
3rd – Te Wharekura o Ngāti Rongomai
2nd – Rotorua Intermediate
1st – Te Kura o Te Pāroa
Overall results for Te Mana Kuratahi 2017:
3rd – Te Kapa Hurutea o Horouta Wānanga
2nd – TKKM o Waioweka
1st – Te Kura o Te Teko - Ngā Taiohi
It looks like Waikato will be the next hosting region for Te Mana Kuratahi in 2019.
All videos of performances can be viewed on demand at www.maoritelevision.com