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 Theatre, or watch via livestream below or on Facebook.
Performance schedule is below each day.
Day 1 Livestream
Performance times
| Soundings Theatre, Level 2 | Rōpū |
| 10.20am – Karakia | |
| 10.30–10.45am | Te Upoko o Te Ika-a-Maui Taikura |
| 10.55–11.10am | Ngāti Wai Kaumātua Kapa Haka |
| 11.20–11.35am | Ngā Taipakeke o Tauranga Moana |
| 11.45–12.00pm | Ngāti Awa Taikura |
| 12.10–12.25pm | Ngā Taikura o Tūwharetoa |
| 12.35–12.50pm | Te Puru o Tāmaki Taikura Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei |
| 1.00–1.15pm | Ngāti Kahungunu Taikura |
| 1.25–1.40pm | Rongowhakaata Taikura |
| 1.50–2.05pm | Te Taikura o Te Awa Tupua |
| 2.15–2.30pm | Ngāi Tahu Taikura |
| 2.40–2.55pm | Waikato Taniwharau Taikura |
| 3.05–3.20pm | Ngā Pakeke o Rātana |
| 3.30–3.45pm | Te Hokowhitu a Tū Taikura |
| 3.55–4.10pm | Taikura aa Hauaa |
| 4.20–4.35pm | Tūhourangi Ngāti Wāhiao Koeke Kapa Haka |
| 4.45–5.00pm | Taranaki ki te Tonga |
| 5.10–5.25pm | Auckland Anglican Māori Club |
| 5.30pm – Karakia whakakapi | |
Day 2 Livestream
| Soundings Theatre, Level 2 | Rōpū |
| 10.20am – Karakia | |
| 10.30–10.45am | Auckland Anglican Māori Club |
| 10.55–11.10am | Taranaki ki te Tonga |
| 11.20–11.35am | Tūhourangi Ngāti Wāhiao Koeke Kapa Haka |
| 11.45–12.00pm | Taikura aa Hauaa |
| 12.10–12.25pm | Te Hokowhitu a Tū Taikura |
| 12.35–12.50pm | Ngā Pakeke o Rātana |
| 1.00–1.15pm | Waikato Taniwharau Taikura |
| 1.25–1.40pm | Ngāi Tahu Taikura |
| 1.50–2.05pm | Te Taikura o Te Awa Tupua |
| 2.15–2.30pm | Rongowhakaata Taikura |
| 2.40–2.55pm | Ngāti Kahungunu Taikura |
| 3.05–3.20pm | Ngā Taikura o Tūwharetoa |
| 3.30–3.45pm | Ngāti Awa Taikura |
| 3.55–4.10pm | Ngā Taipakeke o Tauranga Moana |
| 4.20–4.35pm | Ngāti Wai Kaumātua Kapa Haka |
| 4.45–5.00pm | Te 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)
