The Ōpōtiki community calendar of events for Matariki is warm and inviting, with something for everyone to mark the annual rising of the Matariki stars.
While the Ōpōtiki Lantern Festival is always a big event for the town, this year, with almost 1500 tickets already sold online, the town is anticipating an even bigger influx of visitors than usual
Twelve kapa haka groups across Aotearoa have qualified for the national Te Matatini Festival after a weekend of regional competitions were held in Mātaatua (Bay of Plenty), Ngāti Kahungunu (Hawke’s
Twenty-two kapa haka teams, including the current Te Matatini champions, will take to the stage this weekend at the Mātaatua senior regional competitions in the Bay of Plenty, showcasing some of th
Lodestone Energy, New Zealand’s leading utility-scale solar energy company, today held a ground-breaking ceremony in Waiotahe to mark the start of construction of its third and largest utility-scal