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Taikura Kapa Haka 2025

Experience over 600 kaumātua performing at Taikura Kapa Haka 2025.

When | Āhea

Sat 28 Jun 2025, 10.20am to 5.30pm

Sun 29 Jun 2025, 10.20am to 5.30pm

Where | Ki hea

Soundings Theatre, Level 2

Cost | Te utu

Free with museum entry

Taikura Kapa Haka brings together over 600 kaumātua from regional and marae-based rōpū throughout the motu to Te Whanganui-a-Tara during Matariki.

The weekend is a celebration of traditional performing arts and rich mātauranga that our koroua and kuia share during their 15-minute kapa haka performances.

Nau mai! Haere mai! Tautoko mai! Come, enjoy, celebrate!

Join us in Soundings Theathre, or watch via livestream below or on Facebook.

Performance schedule is below each day.

Day 1 Livestream

Performance times

Soundings Theatre, Level 2Rōpū
10.20am – Karakia
10.30–10.45amTe Upoko o Te Ika-a-Maui Taikura
10.55–11.10amNgāti Wai Kaumātua Kapa Haka
11.20–11.35amNgā Taipakeke o Tauranga Moana
11.45–12.00pmNgāti Awa Taikura
12.10–12.25pmNgā Taikura o Tūwharetoa
12.35–12.50pmTe Puru o Tāmaki Taikura Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei 
1.00–1.15pmNgāti Kahungunu Taikura
1.25–1.40pmRongowhakaata Taikura
1.50–2.05pmTe Taikura o Te Awa Tupua
2.15–2.30pmNgāi Tahu Taikura
2.40–2.55pmWaikato Taniwharau Taikura
3.05–3.20pmNgā Pakeke o Rātana 
3.30–3.45pmTe Hokowhitu a Tū Taikura
3.55–4.10pmTaikura aa Hauaa
4.20–4.35pmTūhourangi Ngāti Wāhiao Koeke Kapa Haka
4.45–5.00pmTaranaki ki te Tonga
5.10–5.25pmAuckland Anglican Māori Club
5.30pm – Karakia whakakapi

Day 2 Livestream

Soundings Theatre, Level 2Rōpū
10.20am – Karakia
10.30–10.45amAuckland Anglican Māori Club
10.55–11.10amTaranaki ki te Tonga
11.20–11.35amTūhourangi Ngāti Wāhiao Koeke Kapa Haka
11.45–12.00pmTaikura aa Hauaa
12.10–12.25pmTe Hokowhitu a Tū Taikura
12.35–12.50pmNgā Pakeke o Rātana
1.00–1.15pmWaikato Taniwharau Taikura
1.25–1.40pmNgāi Tahu Taikura
1.50–2.05pmTe Taikura o Te Awa Tupua
2.15–2.30pmRongowhakaata Taikura
2.40–2.55pmNgāti Kahungunu Taikura
3.05–3.20pmNgā Taikura o Tūwharetoa
3.30–3.45pmNgāti Awa Taikura
3.55–4.10pmNgā Taipakeke o Tauranga Moana
4.20–4.35pmNgāti Wai Kaumātua Kapa Haka
4.45–5.00pmTe Upoko o Te Ika-a-Maui Taikura
5.10pm – Karakia whakakapi
 

Te Upoko o Te Ika-a-Maui Taikura. Photo by Jo Moore. Te Papa (259202)

Taikura Kapa Haka Partners