Manu Comp 2024

On Saturday, November 30th Te Pae Māhuri (the Dunedin Māori Youth Council) hosted the Manu Comp 2024.

‘Mā tō rourou, mā tōku rourou ka ora te Iwi’ -

‘With your food basket and my food basket the people will thrive’

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Tēnei te mihi maioha ki a koutou katoa i tae mai, i tautoko pau te kaha i tā mātou kaupapa i te pito wiki kua pahure. / On behalf of Te Pae Māhuri and He Waka Kōtuia Trust - we want to thank everyone for coming out and supporting us immensely over the weekend!

Shout out to;

Dive Otago for watching over our tamariki in the wai

Oranga Saunas for keeping our people warm

Gravity Events NZ for the entertainment/ music

Dunedin City Council for allowing us the space and time to host this event

Rewa Pene Photography for her amazing photography skills

Chase Productions + Siaki Creative for capturing this awesome video of our kaupapa !

Our amazing judges for holding it down on the front line! 🔥

Nasi Manu, Pip Laufiso, Kiringāua Cassidy, Josh Chisholm.

Last but not least, we want to mihi to our rakatahi.

You are our reason why, you are our Tomorrow People.

Mei kore ake koutou. We can’t thank you enough !

You have all played a significant role in bringing our kaupapa to fruition. The future is bright. Te Ao Māori is BRIGHT 🌟

See you all next year !

Film/ Edit - Chase Productions + Siaki Creative

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There were 3 separate weight divisions for the manu comp as well as the open division. The winner of each weight division recieved awesome Cash Prizes.

40-60kg

1st- Zaniquah

60-90kg

1st- Masi

90+

1st- Nikora

Flare

1st- Nikora

Open

1st- Travis

The best way to keep up with all the exciting kaupapa coming up with TPM is to follow them on Instagram, Facebook and Tik Tok @TePaeMāhuri