New Plymouth

Upgrades to help marae properly host a multitude of guests for next year’s Te Matatini festival have dominated annual marae development funding in New Plymouth.

Rātana kapa leader welcomes all who will battle and leave everything on the stage.

The official launch for Te Matatini o Te Kāhui Maunga 2025 is set to get underway at 10 o’clock this morning.

Since August last year, 209 permanent positions have been cut and 66 staff made redundant at a cost of almost $2 million over two financial years.