Upcoming Events
Upcoming events.
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Ihi Camp 2027 - Where Rangatahi Ignite
We are back with our second ever Ihi Camp! This camp is for anybody from the age of 12-17. Other than that, there are no special requirements! Feel free to register for a week of fun, learning, and meeting new people. What makes this camp special is that it is all rangathi-led! Rangatahi facilitators, rangatahi MC’s etc. Our rangathi will take participants through traditional Māori games/sports, run workshops including Dance, Waiata and Kapa Haka.
Ihi Camp - Where rangatahi ignite
Toi Matarua is proud to announce we will be delivering our first ever Ihi Camp - Where rangatahi ignite.
Ihi Camp is a 4-day summer wānanga inspired by the messages of our recent youth-led production, Where There’s Smoke. The camp will focus on raising awareness about mental distress, breaking stigma, and igniting leadership and hope among rangatahi Māori.
Participants will explore the principles of ihi, wehi, and wana through our youth-led workshops delivered via a range of engaging mediums such as haka, dance, music, theatre, and digital storytelling.
Event details
Location: Ōmahu marae, 1857 Korokipo Rd, Fernhill.
Dates & times: Tuesday 20th - Friday 23rd January 2026.
Costs: The hui is fully funded for rangatahi registered by 15/12. Registration for adults is $100.
Accommodation: Please note the programme is overnight and run out of Ōmahu marae. All youth are expected to stay overnight under the supervision of a chaperone/youth worker.
Criteria to participate: We are looking for 100 rangatahi aged 12-17yrs. All participants must:
Show leadership qualities/potential
Be willing to participate in creative arts such as music, dance, drama and haka
Have an aspiration to make a difference in their community
To register, please scan the QR code or email sez@toimatarua.co.nz. Registrations close 15/12/25
Where there's smoke
Where There’s Smoke is a powerful new theatre production grounded in 10 years of creative wānanga with rangatahi across Aotearoa. The script is backed by evidence and forms part of Charlizza Matehe's doctoral research on rangatahi suicide and mental health. It pays tribute to our very first suicide prevention show, Smoke & Mirrors, which toured Aotearoa in 2015 and ignited a kaupapa that has stood the test of time.
While suitable for whānau audiences, parental guidance is advised due to sensitive themes around suicide and grief. This show was created to open honest, hopeful conversations around mental health and to remind our young people they are not alone. We warmly encourage people working with youth, youth groups and community rōpū to attend together.
Email sez@toimatarua.co.nz for more information and group bookings.
Where there's smoke - Hastings show
Where There’s Smoke is a powerful new theatre production grounded in 10 years of creative wānanga with rangatahi across Aotearoa. The script is backed by evidence and forms part of Charlizza Matehe's doctoral research on rangatahi suicide and mental health. It pays tribute to our very first suicide prevention show, Smoke & Mirrors, which toured Aotearoa in 2015 and ignited a kaupapa that has stood the test of time.
While suitable for whānau audiences, parental guidance is advised due to sensitive themes around suicide and grief. This show was created to open honest, hopeful conversations around mental health and to remind our young people they are not alone. We warmly encourage people working with youth, youth groups and community rōpū to attend together.
Email sez@toimatarua.co.nz for more information and group bookings.
Where there's smoke - Rotorua show
Where There’s Smoke is a powerful new theatre production grounded in 10 years of creative wānanga with rangatahi across Aotearoa. The script is backed by evidence and forms part of Charlizza Matehe's doctoral research on rangatahi suicide and mental health. It pays tribute to our very first suicide prevention show, Smoke & Mirrors, which toured Aotearoa in 2015 and ignited a kaupapa that has stood the test of time.
While suitable for whānau audiences, parental guidance is advised due to sensitive themes around suicide and grief. This show was created to open honest, hopeful conversations around mental health and to remind our young people they are not alone. We warmly encourage people working with youth, youth groups and community rōpū to attend together.
Email sez@toimatarua.co.nz for more information and group bookings.
Where there’s smoke - Mahia show
Where There’s Smoke is a powerful new theatre production grounded in 10 years of creative wānanga with rangatahi across Aotearoa. The script is backed by evidence and forms part of Charlizza Matehe's doctoral research on rangatahi suicide and mental health. It pays tribute to our very first suicide prevention show, Smoke & Mirrors, which toured Aotearoa in 2015 and ignited a kaupapa that has stood the test of time.
While suitable for whānau audiences, parental guidance is advised due to sensitive themes around suicide and grief. This show was created to open honest, hopeful conversations around mental health and to remind our young people they are not alone. We warmly encourage people working with youth, youth groups and community rōpū to attend together.
Email sez@toimatarua.co.nz for more information and group bookings.
Tū Tārake Matariki Ball
Toi Matarua proudly presents our 2025 Matariki Ball hosted by Tū Tārake Rangatahi.
Showcasing Indigenous rangatahi talent, there will be performances from Te Wānanga Whare Tāpere o Takitimu, Tamatea High School, DJ Regg, and a special presentation by Hawaiian youth group Welo Ka Hae.
By invitation only.
Cultural Exchange
Toi Matarua are hosting Hawaiian youth group, Welo Ka Hae, for an Indigenous cultural exchange based around our unique research processes. We will be taking our manuhiri to visit local kura, engage in traditional Matariki celebrations, as well as share our kaupapa and the synergies between our cultures.
British Columbia Haerenga
Toi Matarua are taking a small contingent over to the third annual LEGO-Family Spirit hui to meet with Indigenous partners from British Columbia, Alice Springs and USA.
'Undiscovered' Youth Production
Toi Matarua presents an ENCORE of our 2024 production ‘Undiscovered’. With fun new dances and scenes, come and re-experience the stories of our past, like NEVER told before.
Special thanks to Te Aka Ora Charitable Trust for hosting us!
Toi Matarua 2025 Recruitment Day
We are looking for rangatahi aged 12-18yrs that want to make a difference in our community! We are having a recruitment day where we will be providing the lowdown on the different kaupapa we run and what’s instore for 2025.
FREE KAI | DANCE | HAKA | GAMES
If this sounds like you, please RSVP to Sez - 0272085728
Alice Springs Haerenga
As part of a 5 year research project with Otago University and the John Hopkins Center for Indigenous Health (USA), Toi Matarua have been invited to an international indigenous hui to be held in Alice Springs (Australia) in August this year. Our rangatahi leaders will be travelling to represent TM.
Kia Au, Ko Au - Rangatahi Wellbeing Wānanga
‘Kia Au, Ko Au’ is a 4-day rangatahi wānanga that draws on ancient knowledge and practices of Oriori, Pūrākau and Maramataka to educate rangatahi on Indigenous ways of calming the mind, settling the spirit and relaxing into a deep sleep, combatting anxiety and overstimulation while developing tools to be shared with their whānau, hapū, and iwi.
There will be rangatahi-led workshops including Maramataka, Digital Storytelling and Social Enterprise. Attendees will also be the first listeners of our rangatahi audiobook ‘Kia Au, Ko Au’, a compilation of Oriori and Pūrākau retold from the perspective of our rangatahi leaders. This audiobook will be made available to the public via a variety of platforms including YouTube and our Toi Matarua website for whānau to utilise as a tool for healing and good sleep.
For more info about ‘Kia Au, Ko Au’ contact Sarah Pihema (E: sez@toimatarua.co.nz)
For more info on the research that supports this kaupapa contact Charlizza Matehe (E: charlizza@toimatarua.co.nz)
Matariki Mahuika
Take part in a new Matariki tradition - lighting fires on the beaches all around Aotearoa!
Share the warmth! Light a fire at the beach on Saturday 29th June from 5pm. Light your fire, welcome people in, look after each other and the beach.
Register by email to matchfitnz@gmail.com
Toi Matarua Open Day
TM are having an Open Day! Come see what the hypes about!
RSVP is needed! sez@toimatarua.co.nz
Tues 5th March
Pukemokimoki Marae
Powhiri 10.30 sharp
Gather at waharoa 10.15
Ōtaki Summer Camp
Toi Matarua and Āwhina Whānau Services are sending some local rangatahi leaders to the Ōtaki Summer Camp 2024.
Hawai'i Rangatahi Leadership Haerenga
As part of their research exposure and development, Te Pūtiki Wharanui will travel to Hawaii representing Toi Matarua in promoting our various Hauora kaupapa as an example of positive rangatahi engagement.
‘Kia Au, Ko Au’ Rangatahi Wānanga 4
'Kia Au, Ko Au’ draws on ancient knowledge and practices of Oriori, Pūrākau and Maramataka to educate rangatahi and tamariki on indigenous ways of calming the mind, settling the spirit and relaxing into a deep sleep, combating anxiety and overstimulation while developing tools to be shared with whānau, hapū, and iwi.
The project includes a series of wānanga and concludes with the recording of an audiobook of the Oriori and Pūrākau retold from the perceptive of our tamariki and rangatahi. This audiobook will be available to the public via a variety of platforms including YouTube and our Toi Matarua website for whānau to utilize as a tool for healing and good sleep.
‘Kia Au, Ko Au’ Rangatahi Wānanga 3
'Kia Au, Ko Au’ draws on ancient knowledge and practices of Oriori, Pūrākau and Maramataka to educate rangatahi and tamariki on indigenous ways of calming the mind, settling the spirit and relaxing into a deep sleep, combating anxiety and overstimulation while developing tools to be shared with whānau, hapū, and iwi.
The project includes a series of wānanga and concludes with the recording of an audiobook of the Oriori and Pūrākau retold from the perceptive of our tamariki and rangatahi. This audiobook will be available to the public via a variety of platforms including YouTube and our Toi Matarua website for whānau to utilize as a tool for healing and good sleep.
Albuquerque Research Haerenga
The opportunity to develop Māori-led programmes for pēpi, tamariki and whānau wellbeing and intergenerational playspaces centred on tikanga and te ao Māori has been described as “breath-taking” and a privilege by those involved.
Over the next five years, Te Rōpū Rangahau Hauora a Eru Pōmare at the University of Otago, Wellington, will partner with three Māori community organisations, alongside international Indigenous collaborators in the United States, Canada and Australia, led by the Johns Hopkins Center for Indigenous Health.
Te Rōpū Rangahau Hauora a Eru Pōmare will work with Kōkiri Marae, in Lower Hutt, Toi Matarua Rangatahi Research, in Napier, and Te Hou Ora Whānau Services, in Dunedin, to promote traditional whānau models of wellbeing, nature-based recreational spaces, and cultural teachings which reflect the values of the communities involved.
This trip is an opportunity for all partners to meet and begin the journey together.
For more info on this collaboration please follow this link to Otago University’s media release: https://www.otago.ac.nz/news/news/otago0239004.html?fbclid=IwAR2FNS00N33sxRFLueYM68VUkR8zFow5IcYXN69ai-ApwynEqJY8AhvhKJQ
‘Kia Au, Ko Au’ Rangatahi Sunrise Rave
FREE EVENT
Following the devastation of Cyclone Gabrielle to our rohe, ‘Kia Au, Ko Au’ is an opportunity for the rangatahi of our hapori to come together and celebrate our beautiful and powerful Taiao. The 'sunrise rave’ puts a fun and contemporary rangatahi-flavour on what it means to commemorate the Māori new year. Each star will be celebrated with workshops/activities that educate in an engaging way by rangatahi, for rangatahi.
‘Kia Au, Ko Au’ Rangatahi Wānanga 2
'Kia Au, Ko Au’ draws on ancient knowledge and practices of Oriori, Pūrākau and Maramataka to educate rangatahi and tamariki on indigenous ways of calming the mind, settling the spirit and relaxing into a deep sleep, combating anxiety and overstimulation while developing tools to be shared with whānau, hapū, and iwi.
The project includes a series of wānanga and concludes with the recording of an audiobook of the Oriori and Pūrākau retold from the perceptive of our tamariki and rangatahi. This audiobook will be available to the public via a variety of platforms including YouTube and our Toi Matarua website for whānau to utilize as a tool for healing and good sleep.
‘Kia Au, Ko Au’ Rangatahi Wānanga 1
'Kia Au, Ko Au’ draws on ancient knowledge and practices of Oriori, Pūrākau and Maramataka to educate rangatahi and tamariki on indigenous ways of calming the mind, settling the spirit and relaxing into a deep sleep, combating anxiety and overstimulation while developing tools to be shared with whānau, hapū, and iwi.
The project includes a series of wānanga and concludes with the recording of an audiobook of the Oriori and Pūrākau retold from the perceptive of our tamariki and rangatahi. This audiobook will be available to the public via a variety of platforms including YouTube and our Toi Matarua website for whānau to utilize as a tool for healing and good sleep.
'Kia Au, Ko Au' Leadership Wānanga 3
'Kia Au, Ko Au’ draws on ancient knowledge and practices of Oriori, Pūrākau and Maramataka to educate rangatahi and tamariki on indigenous ways of calming the mind, settling the spirit and relaxing into a deep sleep, combating anxiety and overstimulation while developing tools to be shared with whānau, hapū, and iwi.
The project includes a series of wānanga and concludes with the recording of an audiobook of the Oriori and Pūrākau retold from the perceptive of our tamariki and rangatahi. This audiobook will be available to the public via a variety of platforms including YouTube and our Toi Matarua website for whānau to utilize as a tool for healing and good sleep.
'Kia Au, Ko Au' Leadership Wānanga 2
'Kia Au, Ko Au’ draws on ancient knowledge and practices of Oriori, Pūrākau and Maramataka to educate rangatahi and tamariki on indigenous ways of calming the mind, settling the spirit and relaxing into a deep sleep, combating anxiety and overstimulation while developing tools to be shared with whānau, hapū, and iwi.
The project includes a series of wānanga and concludes with the recording of an audiobook of the Oriori and Pūrākau retold from the perceptive of our tamariki and rangatahi. This audiobook will be available to the public via a variety of platforms including YouTube and our Toi Matarua website for whānau to utilize as a tool for healing and good sleep.
Kaumātua Kawhe & Kōrero
In support of ‘Hawkes Bay Together in Black in White’ Toi Matarua along with Puāwai Coffee Shop invite you to join us for kawhe, kai & kōrero.
'Kia Au, Ko Au' Leadership Wānanga 1
'Kia Au, Ko Au’ draws on ancient knowledge and practices of Oriori, Pūrākau and Maramataka to educate rangatahi and tamariki on indigenous ways of calming the mind, settling the spirit and relaxing into a deep sleep, combating anxiety and overstimulation while developing tools to be shared with whānau, hapū, and iwi.
The project includes a series of wānanga and concludes with the recording of an audiobook of the Oriori and Pūrākau retold from the perceptive of our tamariki and rangatahi. This audiobook will be available to the public via a variety of platforms including YouTube and our Toi Matarua website for whānau to utilize as a tool for healing and good sleep.
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