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Welcome, come together for KUPU 2025. Tickets live!

by Rafael Moreira 29 Aug 2025

Welcome, come together for KUPU 2025.


A festival bringing together Māori writers from across the country, to lay down their stories and compositions before the people.


KUPU Māori Writers Festival

17–18 October 2025 | Ōhinemutu & Whakarewarewa, Rotorua

2025 PIKIHUIA AWARDS

19 October 2025 | Te Puia, Rotorua


Tickets

$30 Pāhi Rā 1 - KUPU | Kupu Day 1

$30 Pāhi Rā 2 - KUPU | Kupu Day 2

$55 Pāhi Wikena - KUPU | KUPU PASS

$30 2025 Pikihuia Awards (Te Puia, Sunday 19 October)

Payment methods

  • Card
  • Zip/Afterpay
  • Invoice

Writers

  • Tracy Manukonga – Te Roroa, Ngāpuhi, Māhuhu-ki-te-rangi

  • Qiane Matata-Sipu – Te Waiohua, Waikato, Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Pikiao

  • Taiarahia Black – Tuhoe, Te Whānau-ā-Apanui, Ngāti Tūwharetoa

  • Stacy Gregg – Ngāti Mahuta, Ngāti Pūkeko, Ngāti Maru

  • Airana Ngarewa – Ngāti Ruanui, Ngā Rauru, Ngāruahine

  • Hona Black – Tūhoe, Te Whānau-ā-Apanui, Ngāti Tūwharetoa

  • Hinemoa Elder – Te Aupōuri, Te Rarawa, Ngāti Kurī, Ngāi Takoto, Ngāpuhi

  • Hēmi Kelly – Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāti Tahu, Ngāti Whāoa

  • Hana Tapiata – Tūhourangi, Ngāti Tarāwhai

  • Donovan Farnham – Ngāti Awa, Tūhoe

Stay tuned for more writers. A total of 30 authors will be announced in the coming days.

Tickets include a 10% discount on all festival books from McLeods Booksellers Ltd.

Finally, as Māori kaupapa, you will all be welcomed into Whakatūria. There will be food, snacks, tea and coffee available.

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