Future Festivals
| YEAR | HOST | OVERALL WINNER |
| 2049 | tbc | |
| 2047 | tbc | |
| 2045 | tbc | |
| 2043 | tbc | |
| 2041 | Waitaha (Christchurch / Southern) | |
| 2039 | Te Arawa (Rotorua) | |
| 2037 | Te Tairāwhiti (Gisborne / East Coast) | |
| 2035 | Mātaatua (Bay of Plenty) | |
| 2033 | Rangitāne (Manawatū / Wairarapa) | |
| 2031 | Te Tai Tokerau (Northland) | |
| 2029 | Tainui (Waikato) | |
| 2027 | Te Matatini will invite expressions of interest to host | |
| 2025 | Te Kāhui Maunga (Taranaki) | Te Kapa Haka o Ngāti Whakaue |
| 2023 | Tāmaki Makaurau (Auckland) | Te Kapa Haka o Te Whānau a Apanui |
| 2021 | Postponed | |
| 2019 | Te Whanganui ā Tara (Wellington) | Ngā Tūmanako |
| 2017 | Heretaunga (Hastings) | Whāngārā Mai Tawhiti |
| 2015 | Ōtautahi (Christchurch) | Te Kapa Haka o Te Whānau a Apanui |
| 2013 | Te Arawa (Rotorua) | Te Waka Huia |
| 2011 | Te Tairāwhiti (Gisborne) | Te Mātārae i Ōrehu |
| 2009 | Tauranga Moana / Mātaatua (Mt Maunganui) | Te Waka Huia |
| 2007 | Rangitāne (Palmerston North) | Whāngārā Mai Tawhiti |
| 2005 | Rangitāne (Palmerston North) | Te Kapa Haka o Te Whānau a Apanui |
| 2002 | Tāmaki Makaurau (Auckland) | Waihirere |
| 2000 | Tainui (Ngāruawāhia) | Te Mātārae i Ōrehu |
| 1998 | Te Whanganui ā Tara (Upper Hutt) | Waihirere |
| 1996 | Te Arawa (Rotorua) | Te Kapa Haka o Ngāti Rangiwewehi |
| 1994 | Hāwera (Taranaki) | Te Waka Huia |
| 1992 | Tainui (Ngāruawāhia) | Te Waka Huia |
| 1990 | Te Tai Tokerau (Waitangi) | Te Roopu Manutaki |
| 1988 | Te Tai Tokerau (Whangārei) | Waihirere |
| 1986 | Ōtautahi (Christchurch) | Te Waka Huia |
| 1983 | Heretaunga (Hastings) | Te Kapa Haka o Ngāti Rangiwewehi |
| 1981 | Tāmaki Makaurau (Auckland) | Taniwharau |
| 1979 | Te Tairāwhiti (Gisborne) | Waihirere |
| 1977 | Waitaha (Christchurch) | Te Kotahitanga o Waitaha |
| 1975 | Te Tai Tokerau (Whangārei) | Te Roopu Manutaki |
| 1973 | Te Arawa (Rotorua) | Mawai Hakona |
| 1972 | Te Tairāwhiti (Gisborne) | Waihirere |