Te Matatini – the “Olympics of kapa haka” – is the biennial Māori performing arts competition. Te Matatini began life in 1972 as the Polynesian Festival. At the inaugural festival in ...

KAPA O PANGO – THE ALL BLACKS' OWN HAKA In August 2005, before the Tri Nations Test match against South Africa at Carisbrook, the All Blacks performed for the first time 'Kapa O Pango', a new haka for ...

Te Matatini o Te Kāhui Maunga will not only bring thousands of people to the rohe but also their wallets. Te Matatini, the ...

Ngāti Hine FM station manager Erana Fenton, the lead producer for Haka Translate, says a team of 12 translators will simultaneously broadcast translations of each kapa’s waiata tira, whakaeke, ...

The national kapa haka competition returns on 25 February, hosted this year in Ngāmotu/New Plymouth.