RNZ29 Jun, 2026 03:28 AM3 mins to readMore than 40 secondary schools have converged on Tauranga for the country’s premier school kapa haka competition, Te Tāwharau o Ngā Waka.

Photo / Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Ngāti Kahungunu ki HeretaungaBy Justine Murray of RNZThe country’s best secondary school haka groups have arrived in Tauranga Moana, ready to take centre stage at this year’s Ngā Kapa Haka Kura Tuarua o Aotearoa competition.

The week-long whakataetae (competition) officially opens with a pōwhiri on Monday, with 42