A total of 48 teams from 12 regions around Aotearoa and Ahitereiria have qualified to compete at the 2017 Te Matatini Te Kahu o Te Amorangi competition hosted by Ngāti Kahungunu. The competition will take from the 22 – 26th of February at Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Te Wānanga Whare Tapere o Takitimu in Heretaunga.
Te Matatini, Ngāti Kahungunu and hakatv.com broadcasted the live draw this evening and the following teams and their selected pools are listed below.
TE IHU – Thursday 23rd February 2017
- Te Manu Huia
- Hātea Kapa Haka
- Waioweka
- Te Reanga Morehu o Ratana
- Ngāti Rangiwewehi
- Ngā Manu a Tāne
- Tauira Mai Tawhiti
- Te Pikikōtuku o Rongomai
- Te Pou o Mangataawhiri
- Tūtara Kauika ki Rangataua
- Tū Te Maungaroa
- Te Puu Ao
- Te Iti Kahurangi
- Te Kuraroa
- Ngā Manu Waiata
- Te Mātārae i Ōrehu
TE HAUMI – Friday 24th February 2017
- Te Kapa Haka o Whāngārā Mai Tāwhiti
- Mōtai Tangata Rau
- Te Taha Tū
- Tū Te Manawa Maurea
- Ngaa Pou o Roto
- Te Rerenga Kōtuku
- Te Kapa Haka o Ruātoki
- Te Aitanga a Hauiti ki Ūawa
- Te Hikuwai
- Ngā Tumanako
- Te Kapa Haka o Ngāti Ranginui
- Muriwhenua
- Te Kapa Haka o Te Whānau-a-Apanui
- Ngā Kawai Hekenga o Ngā Taonga Mai Tāwhiti
- Te Kapa Haka o Kairanga
- Kia Ngāwari
TE KEI – Saturday 25th February 2017
- Ōpōtiki Mai Tawhiti
- Te Ahikōmau a Hamoterangi
- Ngāti Kahungunu ki Heretaunga
- Hikurangi
- Tūhourangi-Ngāti Wāhiao
- Ngā Purapura o Te Taihauāuru
- Te Matapihi
- Te Pao a Tahu
- Waihirere
- Tamatea Arikinui
- Te Waka Huia
- Ngā Taonga Mai Tawhiti
- Te Tū Mataora
- Te Poutūmārō
- Te Roopū Manutaki
- Te Kāheru Matarau a Hauā