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Te Matatini reveals draw for 2025 senior kapa haka nationals

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Te Kapa Haka o Te Whānau a Apanui were the overall winners of Te Matatini, the kapa haka championships held in Auckland's Eden Park. Photo / Te Matatini

In a live broadcast from Tūrangawaewae Marae this morning, Te Matatini has revealed the draw for 2025′s national senior kapa haka competition.

Te Matatini o Te Kāhui Maunga, which will be held at Pukekura in Ngāmotu, Taranaki next February, is set to welcome its biggest-ever cohort next year, with 55 kapa to take the stage.

The live draw followed two days of wānanga discussing the future of Te Ao Haka in Ngāruawahia.

Te Ihu | 25 Pēpuere

  1. Te Rōpū Manutaki | Tāmaki Makaurau
  2. Te Kapa Haka o Ōpōtiki Mai Tawhiti | Mātaatua
  3. Hikurangi | Te Tai Rāwhiti
  4. Te Uri o Manumanu | Te Tai Tokerau
  5. Hātea Kapa Haka | Te Tai Tokerau
  6. Te Rerenga Kōtuku | Ngāti Kahungunu
  7. Te Ahikaaroa | Waitaha
  8. Tūhourangi Ngāti Wāhiao | Te Arawa
  9. Te Whirikōkō o Rangitāne | Rangitāne
  10. Te Pae Kahurangi | Tainui
  11. Te Pou-o-Mangataawhiri | Tainui
  12. Te Kapa Haka o Te Whānau-a-Apanui | Mātaatua
  13. Ngā Manu a Tāne | Waitaha

Te Haumi| 26 Pēpuere

  1. Te Kapa Haka o Ngāti Ranginui | Ngāti Kahungunu
  2. Te Ringa Kaha | Rangitāne
  3. Te Tini o Rehua | Rangitāne
  4. Te Atawhai Puumanawa | Te Whenua Moemoea
  5. Te Kapa Haka o Kia Ngāwari | Te Tauihu
  6. Angitu | Tāmaki Makaurau
  7. Kōkō Tangiwai | Waitaha
  8. Te Kuru Marutea | Te Tauihu
  9. Te Kapa Haka o Ngā Hau e Whā ki Murihiku | Waitaha
  10. Ngā Purapura o te Taihauāuru | Te Kāhui Maunga
  11. Te Iti Kahurangi | Tainui
  12. Te Rangiura o Wairarapa | Ngāti Kahungunu
  13. Te Waka Huia | Tāmaki Makaurau
  14. Ngā Tūmanako | Tāmaki Makaurau

Te Kei| 27 Pēpuere

  1. Te Kapa Haka o Ngāti Whakaue | Te Arawa
  2. Te Kapa Haka o Ngā Pua o te Kōwhara | Tainui
  3. Te Pikikōtuku o Ngāti Rongomai | Te Arawa
  4. Te Kapa Haka o te Hau Tawhiti Te Whenua Moemoea
  5. Ngā Waihotanga | Te Kāhui Maunga
  6. Manawa mai Tawhiti | Te Whenua Moemoeā
  7. Te Kapa Haka o Ruatoki | Mātaatua
  8. Te Reanga Morehu o Rātana | Te Kāhui Maunga
  9. Ōhinemataroa ki Ruatāhuna | Mātaatua
  10. Te Tū Mataora | Rangitāne
  11. Te Poho o Hinekahukura | Tāmaki Makaurau
  12. Te Taumata o Apanui | Mātaatua
  13. Te Hekenga ā Rangi | Te Arawa
  14. Te Kapa Haka o Te Ahi a Tahurangi | Te Whanganui a Tara

Te Awa| 28 Pēpuere

  1. Te Hikuwai | Te Arawa
  2. Whāngārā Mai Tawhiti | Te Tai Rāwhiti
  3. Ngā Taonga Mai Tawhiti | Te Whanganui a Tara
  4. Tauira Mai Tawhiti | Mātaatua
  5. Te Puu Ao | Te Tai Tokerau
  6. Te Hokowhitu a Tū | Te Tai Rāwhiti
  7. Tū Te Manawa Maurea | Te Tai Rāwhiti
  8. Te Kapa Haka o Kahungunu | Ngāti Kahungunu
  9. Waihirere | Te Tai Rāwhiti
  10. Te Taha Tū | Tāmaki Makaurau
  11. Muriwhenua | Te Tai Tokerau
  12. Mōtai Tangata Rau | Tainui
  13. Ngāti Rangiwewehi | Te Arawa