The judge’s results have been calculated and the top nine teams who will go through to the finals Sunday morning are as follows.....
1. 8:40am – Ngā Tūmanako
2. 9.17am – Te Mātārae i Ōrehu
3. 9:54.am – Waihīrere
4. 10.44am – Te Whānau-ā-Apanui
5. 11.21am – Te Waka Huia
6. 11.58am – Tauira Mai Tawhiti
7. 1.13pm – Whāngārā Mai Tawhiti
8: 01:50pm – Te Iti Kahurangi
9: 02:27pm – Tūhourangi - Ngāti Wāhiao
Finalists are selected by a pool system that was introduced in 1994. The top three team from three pools (Te Ihu, Te Haumi and Te Kei) qualify for the finals, regardless of their overall score.
Groups
Te Manu Huia
Hātea Kapa Haka
Waioweka
Te Reanga Morehu o Ratana
Ngāti Rangiwewehi Kapa Haka
Ngā Manu a Tāne
Tauira Mai Tawhiti
Te Pikikōtuku o Ngāti Rongomai
Te Pou-o-Mangataawhiri
Tūtara Kauika ki Rangataua
Tū Te Maungaroa
Te Puu Ao
Te Iti Kahurangi
Ngā Manu Waiata
Te Mātārae I Ōrehu
Te Kapa Haka o Whāngārā Mai Tawhiti
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 Tūmanako
Te Kapa Haka o Ngāti Ranginui
Muriwhenua
Te Kapa Haka o Te Whānau-ā-Apanui
Ngā Kāwai Hekenga o Ngā Taonga Mai Tawhiti
Te Kapa Haka o Kairanga