Te Matatini

Upgrades to help marae properly host a multitude of guests for next year’s Te Matatini festival have dominated annual marae development funding in New Plymouth.

Stones carrying the mauri of Te Matatini have arrived in north Taranaki to bind and uplift the host tribes ahead of next year’s national kapa haka festival.

That's according to Te Matatini chair Tā Herewini (Selwyn) Parata, who was watching the live count on a laptop.

Te Matatini chairman Tā Herewini Parata emphasised today that despite a significant increase in government funding, sponsorship was essential.

Te Pāti Māori co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer told reporter Whatitiri Te Wake that Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke described Te Matatini as “internationally hot, locally not.”

Te Matatini Society Incorporated release tickets after launch at Pukekura Park.

Rātana kapa leader welcomes all who will battle and leave everything on the stage.

Ngāti Ruanui Chairman, Haimona Maruera is excited to welcome all of the country to Ngāmotu for the launch of Te Matatini.

The announcement for Te Matatini o Te Kāhui Maunga 2025 judges took place today in Ngāmotu.

With Te Matatini o Te Kahui Maunga being hosted in Taranaki, New Plymouth Councillor, Dinnie Moeahu, said it would benefit the councils in the region.