2023 Te Matatini Herenga Waka Herenga Tangata Final

Television (Excerpts) – 2023

Thousands of hours would have been spent in composing, teaching, rehearsing and organising 40 performers. First to qualify at their regional competition, then to prepare a single performance compressed into 30 minutes for the national stage.
– Te Matatini website

So precise, so professional, so Apanui. And they had the crowd in the palm of their hands...
– Commentator Scotty Morrison praises Te Kapa Haka o Te Whānau-ā-Apanui, at the end of this clip

Put it this way — if sport has the Olympics, kapa haka has Te Matatini. Items are closely guarded and Gloyne says it is an unspoken rule to keep ideas and tunes to yourself.
– Journalist Katie Doyle talks to Māori orator Paraone Gloyne about the significance of Te Matatini, Stuff, 22 February 2023

The growing interest in Te Matatini is from a diverse audience. People love the interaction that kapa haka provides. We held a mass haka on one of the days at the festival and everyone on the stands and sitting in front of the stage stood to participate. It was a wonderful sight to see.
– Te Matatini Chief Executive Carl Ross on Te Matatini's popularity, NZ Herald, 22 May 2023