There were few people at Te Matatini 2017 who had a view as good as Rotorua's Piki Thomas.

The awards ceremony has just taken place for the national kapa haka competition - Te Matatini 2017. Two Te Arawa groups were selected

Some disappointment from local teams but Wetine Mita-Ngatai named best male group leader

Doug Tamaki's influence spread all over the New Zealand tourism industry where he was thought of as an innovator in the industry. Mr Tamaki died on Saturday and tributes to his life and work have been coming in ever since.

Two Te Arawa teams have made the top nine in tomorrow's Te Matatini 2017 finals in Hastings. They are Te Matarae I Orehu and Tuhourangi/Ngati

A Rotorua woman's passion for Maori and indigenous rights has brought a Human Rights Commission-led event to Rotorua.

A Te Arawa hapu is threatening legal action to gain control of the western shores of Lake Rotorua.

Te Arawa teams will have to wait until about 8pm Saturday to find out if they will make the final day.

Te Arawa Lakes Trust is conducting a comprehensive review of its operation.

Ngati Rangiwewehi's powerful opening day performance set the standard at the national kapa haka championship Te Matatini in Hastings.

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A Te Matatini life member who was one of the stars of the national kapa haka festival the last time it was held in Hawke's Bay is

By Kelly Makihakelly.makiha@nzme.co.nz Te Arawa has set the mood by performing a rousing haka at a powhiri at Te Matatini todayWednesday

Hundreds of the world's top kapa haka performers have filed into international sports ground McLean Park in Napier for the two-hour

The 17-year-old granddaughter of the late Sir Howard Morrison was killed in a car crash in Auckland - she is being remembered as a "shining light".

GRAND ARENA: The Hawke's Bay Regional Sports Park in Hastings during its transformation as Kahungunu Park, venue for Te Matatini 2017

HARD: Judges always have a difficult task when it comes to picking the best kapa haka groups. PHOTO/FILE A_050713sp29.JPG A team

TALENT: Wharekura o Ngati Rongomai teachers involved in Te Matatini (from left) Hiria Vaka, female leader Ngati Rangiwewehi; Deana

Kelly_Makiha_FEB16.epsWhat_do_you_think_circle_3cp.eps Waiariki MP Te Ururoa Flavell isn't taking another win in the Waiariki seat

EXPERIENCE: Dr Ken Kennedy is set to join Te Tatau o Te Arawa as spokesman for the tribe's elders. PHOTO/STEPHEN PARKER 140217sp11.JPG

Maori history should be taught in all New Zealand schools, according to a resolution made by Te Takanga o te Wa, the Maori History

TV ROLE: Rotorua's Kahurangi Maxwell is among the team hosting a live broadcast of Te Matatini next weekend. PHOTO/SUPPLIED 130217kahurangiINSPIRATION:

LOCAL CHAMPIONS: Te Matarae i Orehu, who are among the five local groups competing at Te Matatini next weekend, are Te Arawa's current

SELECTION: Rotorua's Ryan Neves has been named in the Maori ND Cricket team. PHOTO: FILE A_031116bf6.JPG Cricket Central Indians'

GUEST SPEAKER: Activist Annette Sykes is a keynote speaker at an indigenous conference in Hamilton next month. PHOTO/FILE A_030914sp10.JPG Rotorua

Paul Tapsell A_140308jb09bop.JPGTE ARAWA TRIP: Hariata Kereopa and Ellen Tamati in front of one of the buses at Ko Te Hamatuti Marae

Kelly_Makiha_FEB16.epsCircle_see_more_DP.epsCircle_facebook_DP1.epsHOST: Rotorua entertainer Krissie Knap and other locals will fly

A_250614NZHSRIJACKIE01.JPGGettyImages-515335530.jpg Seventy-four years ago when the wife of the President of the United States visited

INDIA BOUND: Vishal Kumar from Whakarewarewa Village is going to India to sell the attraction to his former countrymen. PHOTO/BEN

By Rebecca Maugernews@dailypost.co.nz Rotorua education leaders welcome the idea of students learning te reo in New Zealand schools