March 02, 2023
Te Matatini money well spent for council
Posted On March 2, 2023
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Te Matatini
Auckland Council's Te Matatini ambassador says the $1.2 million the council put up to underwrite the national kapa haka competition was money well spent.
Auckland Council’s Te Matatini ambassador says the $1.2 million the council put up to underwrite the national kapa haka competition was money well spent.
Alf Filipaina says the festival also required input from council-controlled organisations including Watercare, Tātaki Auckland Unlimited, Eke Panuku and Auckland Transport.
He’d like to see the festival return to Eden Park.
“We may not get it for another 10 to 15 years, that’s up to obviously Te Matatini Society, but definitely it was a success and definitely money well spent,” Councillor Filipaina says.