Ko ngā pūrongo a Whakaata Māori mō te Whakataetae Kapa Haka ā-Motu o ngā Kura Tuarua, arā ko "Te Kura Wiwini, Te Kura Wawana", ka tū ki Houhoupiko i Tūranganui a Kiwa, Hongongoi 29 - Hereturikoka 1.
E 42 ngā kura nō ngā tōpito katoa o Aotearoa e whakataetae ana kia eke ki ngā tūranga matua e 9 ka tū anō hei te Rā Whakamutunga (Rāmere).
Kei a Te Kāea ngā taipitopito o ngā whakaritenga me ngā pārongo o te whakataetae, me ētahi atu kaupapa whai take.
E ai ki te kōrero ki te tuohu koe me he maunga teitei. Koia kei ngā ngā kaihaka hauā e toru rau nō Te Ika ā Maui ki te tū ki runga i te papatūwaewae o Te Ahurea Kapa Haka ā-motu o Te Anga Pāua o Aotearoa, i tana whakatūnga tuatahi ki roto o Kirikiriroa.
Ko te kapa haka o Te Kāhui Huringa mai i te kura tuatahi o Whinireihana te toa whakaihuwaka hōu o te whakataetae kapa haka ngā kura tuatahi, kura takawaenga hoki o Tāmaki Makaurau.
I eke Te Kura Māori o Ngā Tapuwae ki te taumata tuarua, ko Te Kura takawaenga o Henderson ki te tūnga tuatoru.
Tekau ngā kohanga reo mai i Tāmaki Makaurau me Te Taitokerau ki te papa whakat`ū waewae mo Te Mokotini i te rāwhiti o Tāmaki.
E ai ki te kaumātua o TKR o Te Puau Te Moananui a Kiwa a Tumanako Waiwai ma ngā pakeke anake te whakataetae o Te Matatini engari ko te whakanui i te ahurea māori te kaupapa o Te Mokotini.
Na runga i tōna whakamana i te reo Māori kua kapo ake a Piriniha Harry i ngā manawa o rātou i roto i te tipuna whare o Tamatekapua ki Rotorua i tēnei rā. I whakawhiwhia ki te Tiuka me te Tiuketa he korowai mo rāua tahi tatu noa ki ngā taonga maha, ko tētahi he tewhatewha mai Te Arikinui a Tā Tumu Te Heuheu.
The last 'golden girl' from the founding era of veteran Māori Club Ngāti Pōneke, Riria Utiku (nee Walker) has finally been laid to rest. At 102-years-old she was farewelled by friends and family at Wellington's Pipitea Marae.
Kua tau a Beatrice Piatarihi Tui Yates, e mōhio whānui ko 'Aunty Bea' ki runga i Te Takinga Marae i tēnei ata, he kaiako, kaituhi pukapuka, kaiwhakangahau hoki. Whitu tekau mā waru te pakeke ka ngaro nei.
Kua toa te Kura o Te Teko i te whakataetae ā rohe kapa haka o Te Rangitaiki i ēnei rangi okioki. Ko rātou hoki i toa i te kura mana tahi i te tau ka huri ki Tūranga nui a Kiwa. Rua rā te roa o te huinga o Te Rangitaiki i tū ki Whakatāne.
I tū ai ngā rōpū haka whakahirahira o Waka Huia rāua ko Waihirere, hei whakanui i te 125 tau nō te Te Petihana Whakamana Pōti Wahine, ki Te Taumata Kapa Haka - Wahine Toa o te Ahurei Matariki, ki Tāmaki Makaurau.
.I oti te whakataetae kapahaka ā rohe o te tau i te rā nei ki Whakatū. E waru ngā iwi kei roto i te rohe o Te Tau Ihu ā ahakoa e wha noa iho ngā kapa i eke ki te papa whakatu waewae e hīkaka ana ngā kapa me ngā iwi o reira kia eke ki te taumata, hei whakakanohi hoki i Te Tau Ihu ki Te Matatini hei te tau e tū mai nei.
I muia a Tāmaki Makaurau e te ao haka inanahi ko te mahi matua ko te whakatairanga i Te ahurea Māori mā te reo. I tae atu a Rukuwai Tipene Allen ki whakarongo ki te reo waitī ka mutu Kia mōhio he aha I rerekē ai te reo o tēnei rohe.
Mo te wā tuatahi, kua tohua ngā toa o te whakataetae kapa haka ā rohe o Tanui Waka i tū ki Kirikiriroa, arā, ko Te Pou o Mangatāwhiri. Tokorima ngā tīma ka whai wāhi atu ki te whakataetae Te Matatini
Haruru ana te whare i te takimano kua whakakao atu ki te mātaki i ngā toa haka o Tainui e pakanga ana ki te papa tūwaewae.
