Whangara Mai Tawhiti win Tamararo competition

World champions, Whangara Mai Tawhiti, have done it again by securing the number one spot at the Tamararo Regional Kapa Haka Competition that was held in Gisborne today.

Seventeen groups took to the stage to battle it out for the five spots up for grabs to represent Tairawhiti at Te Matatini in Wellington next year.

See  below for the overall results:

People's Choice Award:

Te Kapa Haka o Ngai Tamanuhiri

Kākahu:

1^{st - Whangara Mai Tawhiti}

Kaitātaki Tāne:

1^{st - Whangara Mai Tawhiti}

Kaitātaki Wahine:

1^{st equal - Whangara Mai Tawhiti, Hikurangi}

Whakaeke:

1^{st - Te Kapa Haka o Te Whānau a Kai}

Mōteatea:

1^{st - Te Kapa Haka o Te Whānau a Kai}

Waiata-ā-Ringa:

1^{st - Te Kapa Haka o Te Whānau a Kai}

Poi:

1^{st - Te Kapa Haka o Te Whānau a Kai}

Haka Taparahi:

1^{st - Te Kapa Haka o Te Whanau a Kai}

Whakawātea:

1^{st - Te Kapa Haka o Te Whānau a Kai}

Reo:

1^{st - Te Kapa Haka o Te Whānau a Kai}

Groups advancing to Te Matatini  2019:

1^{st - Whangara Mai Tawhiti}

2^{nd - Te Kapa Haka o Te Whānau a Kai}

3^{rd - Waihirere}

4^{th - Hikurangi}

5^{th - Tu Te Manawa Maurea}