Julie Mehretu was born in 1970 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. She studied at University Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar (1990–91), earned a BA from Kalamazoo College, Michigan (1992), and an MFA from Rhode Island ...

The pōwhiri at Te Matatini 2025 was an emotional one. Photo / Te Matatini A pōwhiri unlike anything seen in Taranaki before marked the start of the biggest kapa haka competition in the world.

Here’s everything you need to know. Te Matatini has undergone immense evolution since its inception 53 years ago. From its origins as the New Zealand Polynesian Festival in 1972 in Rotorua ...

Te Kapa Haka o Te Whānau a Apanui were the overall Te Matatini winners in 2023. Te Matatini o Te Kāhui Maunga boss Carl Ross and his team won’t be sleeping much over the next week. The ...

Te Pāti Māori co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer joined more than 400 people in Rarotonga on Tuesday morning (Monday, Cook Islands time) to protest against Prime Minister Mark Brown's government. Ngarewa ...

It's one of biggest events on the calendar for te ao Māori and Te Matatini is back in 2025 bringing the best of haka and waiata from around Aotearoa and Australia. New Plymouth/Ngāmotu and the people ...