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Māori artist honoured at NZer Of The Year Awards

RNZ 21 Mar 2025
Our iwi, urban, marae and national cultural collectives such as Matatini, Toi Iho, and educational structures, TKR (Te Kōhanga Reo), KKM (Kura Kaupapa Māori), and Wānanga, grow stronger each year and so does our culture.".
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Former Warriors player Wairangi Koopu named as television celebrity facing charges of drug possession

RNZ 19 Mar 2025
Koopu, who also appears on television in the Crowd Goes Wild and The Road to Te Matatini, was charged with major drugs charges in October ... In February, TVNZ launched season two of The Road to Te Matatini, hosted by Koopu ... ....
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Footy great turned TV star faces serious drugs charges after allegedly dealing cocaine as part ...

The Daily Mail 19 Mar 2025
In recent years, Koopu has appeared on several television shows including The Crowd Goes Wild as a presenter and reporter and a host on The Road to Te Matatini. In 2024, the 44-year-old had also appeared on the reality show Celebrity Treasure Island ... .
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Te Matatini release four albums of 53 waiata from record New Plymouth festival

RNZ 15 Mar 2025
In a media release, Te Matatini Chairman Tā Herewini Parata said the albums' speedy release reflects Te Matatini's commitment to innovation and technology, strengthening the connection between performers, their supporters, and the world.
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Kapa haka leaders at top of the South Island confident region is ready to host ...

RNZ 10 Mar 2025
Kapa haka leaders in Te Tauihu o te Waka-a-Māui - the Nelson-Marlborough region - are confident the region is up to the job of hosting Te Matatini in 2027 ... Nelson City Council had also established a Te ...
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‘Tennis ball-sized lump’: 3-year old with head injuries waits 5 hours in ED

NewstalkZB 09 Mar 2025
A new study by Te Pūnaha Matatini and Auckland University found Healthline prevented about 83 “unnecessary” emergency department visits a day across Bay of Plenty, Lakes, Waikato, Taranaki, and Tairāwhiti. .
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Te Matatini to release album with viral waiata from people's choice winners

Stuff 07 Mar 2025
A stunning performance at Te Matatini by Te Kuru Marutea is to be included in an upcoming album featuring waiata from the 2025 festival ....
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Who should take on Te Pāti Māori's Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke?

RNZ 07 Mar 2025
He even raised the issue with the Māori Queen, Te Arikinui Kuini Nga wai hono i te po at Te Matatini in Taranaki, asking if she had anyone who could stand against her in the Hauraki-Waikato electorate.
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Pregnant woman wanted to give birth at a music festival but instead had her baby ...

The Daily Mail 06 Mar 2025
The relative claimed that Ms Topia was on her way to the Maori Haka festival Te Matatini where she planned to give birth and bragged about the ordeal hours later.
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Māori nation sings praise for Kāhui Maunga visionaries

RNZ 05 Mar 2025
No longer hidden, the non-violent resistance that formed as haka meshed with the Bible is now globally renowned - and the Māori nation last week sang the praises of Parihaka's founders at Te Matatini o te Kāhui Maunga.
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Te Matatini: Opening a window into te ao Māori

RNZ 04 Mar 2025
Te Matatini o Te Kāhui Maunga brought tens of thousands of visitors to Taranaki for the biennial celebration of kapa haka, injecting millions of dollars into the province in the process ... Initially she found it difficult being at Te Matatini.
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Te Matatini: Next venue in doubt as festival grows to record size

RNZ 03 Mar 2025
Around 15,000 people went to the final day of Te Matatini o Te Kāhui Maunga at the Pukekura/Bowl of Brooklands in New Plymouth on Saturday, packing out the bowl to watch the top 12 teams in the ...
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Te Kapa Haka o Ngāti Whakaue crowned Te Matatini o Te Kāhui Maunga champions – video

The Guardian 02 Mar 2025
Te Kapa Haka o Ngāti Whakaue won the Toa Whakaihuwaka title at Te Matatini o Te Kāhui Maunga 2025 ... leader, Te Ngāwari Wright, said.
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What kai was flavour of the week at Te Matatini?

RNZ 02 Mar 2025
While aihi kirīmi, pāua, and hāngī have sold like the clappers at this year's Te Matatini, other stalls not so much ... Although they cannot fathom why sales have been so low at Te Matatini o Te Kāhui Maunga, Liu puts it down to the state of the economy.
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Why so many groups used the drum at this year's Te Matatini

RNZ 02 Mar 2025
But at Te Matatini o Te Kāhui Maunga, many of the groups integrated the drum into their performance ... "Kare au e mohio mō Te Matatini whai muri nei mehemea he taramu anō te ahua o te tū o ngā kapa, ...
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