Watch: Taikura Kapa Haka 2023
Taikura Kapa Haka brings together over 500 kaumātua from regional and marae-based rōpū throughout the motu during Matariki.
The festival is a celebration of traditional performing arts and rich mātauranga that our koroua and kuia impart during their 20-minute kapa haka performances.
For the past three years we haven’t been able to host our taikura – but this year all the rōpū reunited in Te Whanganui-a-Tara.
Both days were livestreamed and you can watch them below:
Day one
Day two
Performance times
Saturday
| Rōpū | Group | Time |
| Karakia (opening blessing) | 9:20am |
| 1. Te Upoko o te Ika a Maui Ngāti Pōneke Taikura | 9:30–9:50am |
| 2. Ngā Pakeke o Kapiti | 10:00–10:20am |
| 3. Ngāti Kahungunu Taikura | 10:30–10:50am |
| 4. Ngā Taikura o Tūwharetoa | 11:00–11:20am |
| 5. Ngā Taikura o Tauranga Moana | 11:30–11:50am |
| 6. Taranaki ki te Tonga Taikura | 12:00–12:20pm |
| 7. Ngā Taikura o Ngāti Wai | 12:30–12:50pm |
| 8. Ngā Taikura o Ngāi Tahu Waitaha | 1:00–1:20pm |
| 9. Te Taikura a Hauā | 1:30–1:50pm |
| 10. Te Puru o Tāmaki Taikura | 2:00–2:20pm |
| 11. Ngā Taikura o Ngāti Awa | 2:30–2:50pm |
| 12. Ngā Taikura o Te Awa Tupua | 3:00–3:20pm |
| 13. Ngā Taikura o te Hokowhitu a Tū | 3:30–3:50pm |
| 14. Tūhourangi Ngāti Wāhiao Taikura | 4:00–4:20pm |
| 15. Auckland Anglican Māori Club | 4:30–4:50pm |
Sunday
| Rōpū | Group | Time |
| Karakia (blessing) | 9:20am |
| 15. Auckland Anglican Māori Club | 9:30–9:50am |
| 14. Tūhourangi Ngāti Wāhiao Taikura | 10:00–10:20am |
| 13. Ngā Taikura o te Hokowhitu a Tū | 10:30–10:50am |
| 12. Ngā Taikura o Te Awa Tupua | 11:00–11:20am |
| 11. Ngā Taikura o Ngāti Awa | 11:30–11:50am |
| 10. Te Puru o Tāmaki Taikura | 12:00–12:20pm |
| 9. Te Taikura a Hauā | 12:30–12:50pm |
| 8. Ngā Taikura o Ngāi Tahu Waitaha | 1:00–1:20pm |
| 7. Ngā Taikura o Ngāti Wai | 1:30–1:50pm |
| 6. Taranaki ki te Tonga Taikura | 2:00–2:20pm |
| 5. Ngā Taikura o Tauranga Moana | 2:30–2:50pm |
| 4. Ngā Taikura o Tūwharetoa | 3:00–3:20pm |
| 3. Ngāti Kahungunu Taikura | 3:30–3:50pm |
| 2. Ngā Pakeke o Kapiti | 4:00–4:20pm |
| 1. Te Upoko o te Ika a Maui Ngāti Pōneke Taikura | 4:30–4:50pm |
| Karakia whakakapi (closing blessing) | 4:50pm |