Moana Radio Tauranga

22/09/2025

488 ENTRIES were entered into this year's competition and can still be viewed in the gallery at www.etuwhanau.org.nz. Check them out and be inspired by the awesome talent!

WINNERS will be announced on Friday 26th Sept 2025 at noon on the E Tū Whānau page re the following categories: 12 yrs & under, 13 to 18 yrs, 19 yrs & over, People’s Choice Award, and Voter Draw.

22/09/2025

Te Matatini 2027 dates confirmed at Hopuhopu, Waikato - 22-27 February 2027 to be co-hosted by Waikato-Tainui, Te Whare Haka o Tainui and Te Matatini.

Te Matatini 2027 dates are confirmed! The festival will take place at Hopuhopu, Waikato - 22–27 February 2027 - co-hosted by Waikato-Tainui, Te Whare Haka o Tainui, and Te Matatini.

📅 Key dates:

Monday 22 Feb: Pōwhiri at Tūrangawaewae Marae to welcome performers and manuwhiri

Tues 23-Fri 26 Feb: Four days of preliminary competition

Sat 27 Feb: Te Matangirua Finals Day

Te Arataura o Waikato chair Tukoroirangi Morgan says Te Matatini 2027 will be a chance to showcase a distinctly Tainui Waka flavour to the world of kapa haka.

21/09/2025

✨ Tickets are LIVE! ✨ Te Mana Kuratahi 2025 is coming to Ohotutāihi, Mercury Baypark from the 2 - 7th November 2025! Get in quick to secure your tickets. 🎟 Tickets are on sale now 👉 https://tickets.ticketspace.co.nz/tickets/te-mana-kuratahi-2025

21/09/2025

✨ Tickets are LIVE! ✨ Te Mana Kuratahi 2025 is coming to Ohotutāihi, Mercury Baypark from the 2 - 7th November 2025! Get in quick to secure your tickets. 🎟 Tickets are on sale now 👉

TE MANA KURATAHI 2025 in Mount Maunganui - Checkout. MAUAO TE MAUNGA HAERE MAPŪ KI TE ATUA HAO I TE TINI KI TO PŌ! Pakoko mai rā koe i te awatea hei pouwhenua mō Ranginui, mō Rangihouhiri, mō Pukenga! Nā koutou e tai mā i kukume i te kāhui waka ki te takutai o Te Awanui ki Tauranga moan

21/09/2025

Thank you for supporting our third annual Mahuru Māori Quiz Night! Another sold out event for the Moana Radio Crew and we appreciate your support so much 🙏🏽 Congratulations to Te Kohanga Reo o Arataki for winning the pūtea via our voting system! Also congratulations to those who won spot prizes and our 3 top placings 🙌🏽 we want to do more events like this that celebrate our Reo, our people and our connection to Tauranga Moana.. if you have any ideas or any feedback, please flick us a DM 💌

18/09/2025

Taa Moko can be viewed as a very personal and individual undertaking and for many it is, but what about when you receive moko in front of your friends, whānau and students?

It's a year on since Ngairo Eruera received his Mataora at the University of Waikato campus in Tauranga. Justine Murray and Te Kehukehu Patara recorded the show on that day back in 2024, this episode is a mix of highlights and reflections.

Thanks to Mauria Ngatoko, Aramahou Ririnui, Aukaha Kakau, Tiare Dickson and Pirini Edwards for your contribution to the kōrero!

Listen to the kōrero here

https://www.rnz.co.nz/podcast/paewhiri

17/09/2025

Te Wā Tuku Taonga - Prizegiving for Ngā Whakataetae ā Motu mō Ngā Manu Kōrero 2025

17/09/2025

“It is not enough to sing only when the world is watching — true emancipation demands more,” says Hinekaporangi Rolleston of Te Wharekura o Mauao in her Junior English speech at the National competition.

16/09/2025

Kua wehe atu a Ngahiraka Mai Tawhiti me āna kaumoana tokoiwa i Tauranga Moana mō tētahi haerenga moana e 15–18 rā te roa hei tohu i tā rātou whakaotinga i Te Kura Waka, e whakatere ana ki Rangitahua, ki Niue, me Hāmoa. “E wakapono ana a papa Jack ki ā mātou, ka taea mātou te haere ka tipu, ka tipu tērā kaha tērā māia i roto i ēnei o ngā kaumoana o te kurawaka,” tā Toiora Hawira, i a te waka e whai ana i te ara o ngā tohorā p**a noa i Te Moananui-a-Kiwa, e hono ana i ngā moutere, ngā ahurea, me ngā reanga.

16/09/2025

Kua whakarewahia a Ngahiraka Mai Tawhiti, me ana kaumoana tokoiwa, i Tauranga Moana mō tētahi haerenga moana i te waenga i te 15 ki te 18 rā. Kei raro rātou i te arataki a te tohunga whakatere waka, a Jack Thatcher, ā, ko tēnei haerenga te tohu o tā rātou whakaotinga i te Kura Waka.

16/09/2025

Ngahiraka Mai Tawhiti, with its crew of seven kaumoana, has set sail from Tauranga Moana on an epic 15–18 day voyage. Guided by the teachings of Tohunga Whakatere Waka Jack Thatcher, this graduation journey from Kura Waka will see the waka navigate to Rangitahua (the Kermadec Islands), onward to Niue, before making its final landing in Samoa.

15/09/2025

Ānei te pōwhiri mō te Whakataetae o Ngā Manu Kōrero ā-Motu ki Pākaitore, i Whanganui. Te Korimako o Taranaki