Tainui Waka Kapa Haka Festival 2018 - Results

Here are the full results from the 2018 Tainui Waka Cultural Festival, from which five groups will be advancing to Te Matatini 2019 being held in Wellington.

Lifetime Achievement award - Te Rita Papesch

Waiata Tira

3^rd - Te Pou o Mangatāwhiri

2^nd – Te Kāheru Matarau o Hauā

1^st – Ngā Pua o Te Kōwhara

Karanga:

3^rd – Taikura a Hauā

2^nd – Ngā Maramara a Tanwhirau

1^st – Ngā Kaumātua o Taniwharau

Whaikōrero:

3^rd – Te Kōpū Mānia

2^nd – Ngā Kaumātua o Taniwharau

1^st – Mōtai Tangata Rau

Kākahu:

3^rd – Ngaa Pou o Taniwharau

2^nd – Mōtai Tangata Rau

1^st – Te Pou o Mangatāwhiri

Kaitātaki Tāne:

3^rd – Te Iti Kahurangi

2^nd – Te Pou o Mangatāwhiri

1^st – Mōtai Tangata Rau

Kaitātaki Wahine:

3^rd – Ngā Pua o Te Kōwhara

2^nd – Mōtai Tangata Rau

1^st – Te Iti Kahurangi

Te Titonga Hōu:

3^rd – Te Kōpū Mānia

2^nd – Te Kāheru Matarau o Hauā

1^st – Te Pou o Mangatāwhiri

Ngā Taonga a Tū:

3^rd – Mōtai Tangata Rau

2^nd – Te Kōpū Mānia

1^st – Te Pou o Mangatāwhiri

Best New Rōpū: Te Kōpū Mānia

Whakaeke:

3^rd – Mōtai Tangata Rau

2^nd – Te Iti Kahurangi

1^st – Te Pou o Mangatāwhiri

Mōteatea:

3^rd – Mōtai Tangata Rau

2^nd – Te Kāheru Matarau o Hauā

1^st - Te Pou o Mangatāwhiri

Poi:

3^rd – Ngā Pua o Te Kōwhara

2^nd – Te Pou o Mangatāwhiri

1^st – Mōtai Tangata Rau

Waiata ā-ringa:

3^rd – Te Iti Kahurangi

2^nd – Mōtai Tangata Rau

1^st – Te Pou o Mangatāwhiri

Haka:

3^rd – Te Iti Kahurangi

2^nd – Mōtai Tangata Rau

1^st – Te Pou o Mangatāwhiri

Whakawātea:

3^rd – Te Pou o Mangatāwhiri

2^nd – Mōtai Tangata Rau

1^st – Te Iti Kahurangi

Reo:

3^rd – Te Pou o Mangatāwhiri

2^nd – Te Iti Kahurangi

1^st – Mōtai Tangata Rau

Rōpū Hāpai:

3^rd - Ngā Kaumātua o Taniwharau

2^nd - Te Taikura a Hauā

1^st – Ngā Maramara o Taniwharau

Advancing to Te Matatini 2019 from Tainui Waka:

5th - Ngā Pua o Te Kōwhara
4th - Ngaa Pou o Taniwharau
3rd - Te Iti Kahurangi
2nd - Mōtai Tangata Rau
1st - Te Pou o Mangatāwhiri