2007 : Te Matatini

Host : Palmerston North
Rohe : Rangitāne
Chair : Tupito Maruera


WINNERS

First : Whāngārā-mai-Tawhiti
Second : Te Waka Huia
Third : Ōpōtiki-mai-Tawhiti


INDIVIDUAL TROPHY WINNERS

WHAKAEKE : (Te Taonga a Te Whānau ō Waipareira Trust)
Ōpōtiki-mai-Tawhiti

MOTEATEA : (Te Taonga a Te Kani Te Ua)
Whāngārā-mai-Tawhiti

WAIATA A-RINGA : (Te Taonga Ikaroa)
Whāngārā-mai-Tawhiti

POI : (Te Taonga a Te Kāhui Maunga District Māori Council)
(first equal) Tauira-mai-Tawhiti, Ōpōtiki-mai-Tawhiti,Tū Te Manawa Maurea, Te Rerenga Kotuku

HAKA : (Te Taoka Te Ngākau Aroha o Te Waipounamu)
Whāngārā-mai-Tawhiti

WHAKAWATEA : (Te Taonga Whakamaumahara Ki a Te Amorangi Wi Te Tau Huata rāua ko Ringahora Huata)
(first equal) Tauira-mai-Tawhiti,Ruatāhuna Kākahu Maukū, Tū Te Manawa Maurea

WAIATA TIRA : (Te Taonga a Te Rōpū Waiata Māori o Aotearoa)
Hātea

KAKAHU : (Te Taonga Whakamaumahara Ki a Wairākau Paia Waipara)
Whāngārā-mai-Tawhiti

TE REO MĀORI : (Te Kairangi o Te Reo)
Tauira-mai-Tawhiti

KAITATAKI TANE : (Te Taonga a Dr Bruce Gregory)
Te Roopū Manutaki: Paora Sharples

KAITATAKI WAHINE : (Te Korowai Manukura Wahine) (Te Taonga a Atareta Maxwell)
Whāngārā-mai-Tawhiti: Te Aroha Papa

BEST OVERALL COMPOSITION : (Te Taonga Whakamaumahara Ki a Taa Kingi Ihaka)
Ngāti Pōneke Young Māori Club

BEST ORIGINAL WAIATA Ā-RINGA COMPOSITION : (He Tohu Aroha Nā Te Whenua Moemoeā)
Ōpōtiki-mai-Tawhiti


QUALIFYING ROOPU

TE TAI TOKERAU

  1. Hātea
  2. Tīmatanga
  3. Ngā Kohikohanga

TAMAKI MAKAURAU

  1. Te Waka Huia
  2. Ngā Tūmanako
  3. TeRoopū Manutaki
  4. Te Manu Huia

TAINUI

  1. Taniwharau
  2. Tamarau
  3. Te Iti Kahurangi

MATAATUA

  1. Te Kapa Haka o Te Whānau-a-Apanui
  2. Tauira-mai-Tawhiti
  3. Ōpōtiki-mai-Tawhiti
  4. Ruatāhuna Kākahu Maukū

TE TAIRAWHITI

  1. Tū Te Manawa Maurea
  2. Waihirere
  3. Whāngārā-mai-Tawhiti

NGATI KAHUNGUNU

  1. Tamatea Arikinui
  2. Te Rerenga Kōtuku

AOTEA

  1. Te Matapihi
  2. TeReanga Mōrehu o Rātana

RANGITANE

  1. Te Whanau o Te Kura

TE WHANGANUI-A-TARA

  1. Ngāti Pōneke Young Māori Club
  2. Ngā Taonga-mai-Tawhiti
  3. Tū Te Maungaroa

TE TAU IHU O TE WAKA-A-MAUI

  1. Te Whatukura

WAITAHA

  1. Te Kotahitanga o Ngā Tai e Rua

TE PUKA-A-MĀUI

  1. Te Taurapa o Te Waka a Māui

TE WHENUA MOEMOEA

  1. Te Huinga Waka

JUDGES

WHAKAEKE
Blythe Rogers
Tei Nohotima

MOTEATEA
Turuhira Hare
Mauriora Kingi

WAIATA A-RINGA
Kuini Reedy
Matiu Dickson

POI
Te Aroha Paenga
Kiriwaitingi Rei

HAKA
Pou Temara
Muriwai Ihakara

WHAKAWATEA
Pele Takurua
Tawhiri Williams

TE REO (TE KAIRANGI O TE REO)
Wharehuia Milroy
Poia Rewi

WAIATA TIRA
Merepeka Teka
Poia Rewi

KAITATAKI TANE
Kiwhakiwha Williams
Kahu Stirling

KAITATAKI WAHINE
Te Rita Papesch
Huia Hahunga

KAKAHU
Ranui Ngarimu
Mark Kopua

TE REO (TITONGA WAIATA HOU)
Anituatua Black
Wharehuia Milroy
Poia Rewi
Rahui Papa


NATIONAL COMMITTEE

Tama Huata (Chairman)
Pauline Hopa (Tai Tokerau)
Dr Pita Sharples (Tāmaki Makaurau)
Joe Harawira (Waikato)
Te Kāhautu Maxwell (Mātaatua)
Atareta Maxwell (Te Arawa)
Rangi Cairns (Tairāwhiti)
John Nyman, Tupito Maruera (Rangitāne)
Laures Park (Te Whanganui-a-Tara)
Jane du Feu (Te Tauihu o Te Waka-ā-Maui)
Tihi Puanaki (Waitaha)
Angela Tuari (Te Puka-ā-Māui)
Ron Peita (Poihākena)