Welcome, come together for KUPU 2025. Tickets live!
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
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Tracy Manukonga – Te Roroa, Ngāpuhi, Māhuhu-ki-te-rangi
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Qiane Matata-Sipu – Te Waiohua, Waikato, Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Pikiao
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Taiarahia Black – Tuhoe, Te Whānau-ā-Apanui, Ngāti Tūwharetoa
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Stacy Gregg – Ngāti Mahuta, Ngāti Pūkeko, Ngāti Maru
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Airana Ngarewa – Ngāti Ruanui, Ngā Rauru, Ngāruahine
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Hona Black – Tūhoe, Te Whānau-ā-Apanui, Ngāti Tūwharetoa
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Hinemoa Elder – Te Aupōuri, Te Rarawa, Ngāti Kurī, Ngāi Takoto, Ngāpuhi
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Hēmi Kelly – Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāti Tahu, Ngāti Whāoa
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Hana Tapiata – Tūhourangi, Ngāti Tarāwhai
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Donovan Farnham – Ngāti Awa, Tūhoe