2002 : Aotearoa Traditional Māori Performing Arts Festival
Host : Tāmaki Makaurau
Rohe : Tāmaki Makaurau
Chair : Tāmaki Makaurau
WINNERS
First : Waihīrere Māori Club
Second : Te Waka Huia
Third : Te Mātārae I Ōrehu
INDIVIDUAL TROPHY WINNERS
WHAKAEKE : (Te Taonga a Te Whānau ō Waipareira Trust)
Waīhirere Māori Club
MŌTEATEA : (Te Taonga a Te Kani Te Ua)
Tūhourangi—Ngāti Wāhiao
WAIATA Ā-RINGA : (Te Taonga Ikaroa)
Te Waka Huia
POI : (Te Taonga a Te Kāhui Maunga District Māori Council)
(first equal)
Te Waka Huia
Te Mātārae I Ōrehu
Te Kapa Haka o Te Whānau-a-Apanui
HAKA : (Te Taoka Te Ngākau Aroha o Te Waipounamu)
Waihirere Māori Club
WHAKAWĀTEA : (Te Taonga Whakamaumahara Ki a Te Amorangi Wi Te Tau Huata rāua ko Ringahora Huata)
Te Waka Huia
TE REO MĀORI : (Te Kairangi o Te Reo)
Taniwharau
WAIATA TIRA : (Te Taonga a Te Rōpū Waiata Māori o Aotearoa)
Tūhourangi—Ngāti Wāhiao
KĀKAHU : (Te Taonga Whakamaumahara Ki a Wairākau Paia Waipara)
Te Mātārae I Ōrehu
KAITĀTAKI TANE : (Te Taonga a Dr Bruce Gregory)
Te Mātārae I Ōrehu: Wetini Mitai-Ngatai
KAITĀTAKI WAHINE : (Te Korowai Manukura Wahine) (Te Taonga a Atareta Maxwell)
Te Mātārae I Ōrehu: Taini Morrison
BEST OVERALL COMPOSITION : (Te Taonga Whakamaumahara Ki a Taa Kingi Ihaka)
Te Mātārae I Ōrehu
BEST ORIGINAL POI COMPOSITION : (Te Taonga Whakamaumahara Ki a Ngahiraka Busby)
Ruatoki
BEST ORIGINAL HAKA COMPOSITION : (Te Taonga Whakamaumahara Ki a Anaru Skip Paenga)
Te Kapa Haka o Te Whānau-a-Apanui
BEST ORIGINAL MŌTEATEA COMPOSITION : (‘Te Rangitūhāhā’ Te Taonga Whakamaumahara Ki a Mauriora Kingi)
Rangimarie
BEST ORIGINAL WAIATA Ā-RINGA COMPOSITION : (He Tohu Aroha Nā Te Whenua Moemoeā)
Waihīrere Māori Club
QUALIFYING ROOPŪ
TE TAI TOKERAU
- Muriwhenua
- Hātea
- Te Tīmatanga
TĀMAKI MAKAURAU
- Ngā Tapuwae o Mataoho
- Te Waka Huia
- Te Puru o Tāmaki
- Te Roopū Manutaki
- Te Manu Huia
WAIKATO (FORMERLY WAIKATO/MANIAPOTO/HAURAKI)
- Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato
- Taniwharau
- Rangimārie
MĀTAATUA
- Te Kapa Haka o Te Whānau-a-Apanui
- Ōpōtiki-mai-Tawhiti
- Te Whānau-ā-Tūtawake
- Ruatāhuna Kākahu Maukū
TE ARAWA
- Te Mātārae I Ōrehu
- Ngāti Pikiao
- Ngāti Rangiwewehi
- Tūhourangi—Ngāti Wāhiao
TE TAIRĀWHITI
- Whāngārā-mai-Tawhiti
- Waihīrere
- Tūranga Ararau
TAKITIMU
- Tamatea Arikinui
- Te Tawharangi
AOTEA
- Te Rōpū Taunaki o Te Matapihi
- Te Rōpū Pūkaka
RANGITĀNE
- Tūtahi Manawatū
TE WHANGANUI-A-TARA
- Tū Te Maungaroa
- Te Whānau a Pukeahu
TE TAU IHU O TE WAKA-Ā-MĀUI
- Ngā Kura Ngā Puāwai
WAITAHA
- Te Kotahitanga
- Te Ahikaaroa
TE WHENUA MOEMOEĀ
- Te Tūtakitanga
- Tupuranga
JUDGES
WHAKAEKE
Martin Rakuraku
Hinetu Dell
Ani Wainui
Janet Kautai
MŌTEATEA
Te Wharehuia Milroy
Mauriora Kingi
Pou Temara
Ani Black
WAIATA Ā-RINGA
Te Aroha Paenga
Muriwai Ihakara
Te Rita Papesch
Turuhira Tatare
POI
Te Aroha Paenga
Te Ariha Paenga
Ngamoni Huata
Del Rei
Puti Mackey
HAKA
Anaru Paenga
Muriwai Ihakara
Martin Rakuraku
WHAKAWĀTEA
Janet Kautai
Te Rita Papesch
Ruihi Richards
Hinetu Dell
TE KAIRANGI O TE MITA O TE REO
Te Wharehuia Milroy
Anita Moke
Miria Simpson
KĀKAHU
Ruihi Richards
Napi Waaka
Ranui Ngarimu
Puti Mackey
NATIONAL COMMITTEE
Tama Huata (Chairman)
Pauline Hopa (Te Tai Tokerau)
Pita Sharples (Tāmaki Makaurau)
Joe Harawira (Waikato)
Te Kāhautu Maxwell (Mātaatua)
Atareta Maxwell (Te Arawa)
Rangi Cairns (Te Tairāwhiti)
John Nyman, Tupito Maruera (Rangitāne)
Laures Park (Te Whanganui-a-Tara)
Jane du Feu (Te Tauihu o Te Waka-ā-Māui)
Tihi Puanaki (Waitaha)
Angela Tuari (Te Puka-ā-Māui)
Ron Peita (Poihākena)