Te Matatini Festival Winners

Te Matatini champions for 2013 are Te Waka Huia

Te Waka Huia won the coveted title of Toa Whakaihuwaka, and overall winner of the Te Matatini National Kapa Haka Festival 2013, held at the Rotorua International Stadium.

As the current champions, Te Waka Huia will represent Te Matatini Society and New Zealand at various local and international events – in August 2013 they performed at the opening of the America’s Cup in San Francisco.

HOST

2013

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1972

REGION

Rotorua

Te Tairawhiti

Mataatua

Rangitāne

Tāmaki Makaurau

Ngaruawāhia

Trentham

Rotorua

Hāwera

Ngāruawāhia

Waitangi

Whangarei

Christchurch

Hastings

Auckland

Wellington

Gisborne

Whāngarei

Rotorua

WINNER

Te Waka Huia

Te Mātārae i Ōrehu

Te Waka Huia

Whāngārā Mai Tawhiti

Te Whānau a Apanui

Waihīrere

Te Mātārae i Ōrehu

Waihīrere

Ngāti Rangiwewehi

Te Waka Huia

Te Roopu Manutaki

Waihīrere

Te Waka Huia

Ngāti Rangiwewehi

Taniwharau

Waihīrere

Te Kotahitanga o Waitaha

Te Roopu Manutaki

Māwai Hokona

Waihīrere